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Parents > United States > Minnesota > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last ModifiedRBH September 24, 2017 01:02am
Data Sources[Link]
Description Senator Wellstone died on October 25th, 2002. Absentee ballots cast for him before his death were counted.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyMN Independence Won11/04/2002
NameDean M. Barkley Votes1 (100.00%)
Term11/04/2002 - 01/03/2003 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameAl Franken Votes1,212,431 (41.99%)
Term07/07/2009 - 01/07/2015 Margin225 (+0.01%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/09/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale 9 12 5 --
Paul Wellstone 7 4 ----
Norm Coleman 7 2 1 --
Leaning Call: Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale (62.34%)
Weighted Call: Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale (99.86%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/02/2002 11/04/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Mayor Norm Coleman Ambassador Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale Party Leader Jim Moore (I) Sen. Paul Wellstone Ray Tricomo Miro Drago Kovatchevich Others
PartyRepublican Democratic MN Independence Democratic Green Constitution Independent
Campaign Logo
Uncertified Votes 1,116,697 (49.53%) 1,067,246 (47.34%) 45,139 (2.00%) 11,381 (0.51%) 10,119 (0.45%) 2,254 (0.10%) 1,796 (0.08%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -49,451 (-2.19%) -1,071,558 (-47.53%) -1,105,316 (-49.02%) -1,106,578 (-49.08%) -1,114,443 (-49.43%) -1,114,901 (-49.45%)
Predict Avg.46.58% 49.19% 1.35% 49.31% 1.74% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 01/01/2002 10/27/2002 01/01/2002 -- 01/01/2002 01/01/2002 01/01/2002
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MATCHUP POLLS (20 from 8 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg44.80%-- 45.25%-- 1.82%-- 36.69%-- 0.40%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Zogby International 
11/02/02-11/04/02
45.00% -- 51.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Opinion Research 
11/03/02-11/03/02
47.90% -- 48.10% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/31/02-11/01/02
45.00% 8.0 50.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 46.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/30/02-11/01/02
47.00% 3.0 41.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 47.0 0.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Star Tribune 
10/30/02-11/01/02
41.00% 2.0 46.00% 1.0 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 2.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Star Tribune 
10/28/02-10/28/02
39.00% 2.0 47.00% -- 2.00% 2.0 0.00% 47.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
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MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Ed McGaa  
PartyGreen  
Campaign Logo  
Uncertified Votes 7 (0.00%)  
Margin-1,116,690 (-49.53%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Cash On Hand $--  
Website [Website]  
Entry Date 01/01/2002  
MATCHUP POLLS (20 from 8 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
Zogby International 
11/02/02-11/04/02
0.00% --
Public Opinion Research 
11/03/02-11/03/02
0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/31/02-11/01/02
0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/30/02-11/01/02
0.00% --
Star Tribune 
10/30/02-11/01/02
0.00% --
Star Tribune 
10/28/02-10/28/02
0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


EVENTS
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VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS
Start Date Candidate Category Ad Tone Lng Title Run Time Contributor
00/00/2002 Paul Wellstone TVAd Issue eng Paul Wellstone - "Represent"   00:00:32 Green Pigs 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 29, 2002 03:32pm General Upper Midwest Friendly To Jewish Senators  Article Stephen Yellin 
Nov 29, 2002 03:31pm General Jewish Senators in 108th Congress  Article Stephen Yellin 
Oct 31, 2002 07:45pm General Daschle Will Give Mondale Leadership Position  Article Stephen Yellin 
Oct 28, 2002 07:03am General GOP Takes Aim at Mondale  Article Nats In First! 
Oct 25, 2002 12:55pm General Senator Wellstone killed in Minnesota plane crash  Article RP 
Oct 24, 2002 10:43pm General Wellstone Gets Back on the Bus  Article RP 

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