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MN US Senate

RACE DETAILS

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> United States > Minnesota > Senate Class II

Office

Senate

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

June 01, 1996 - 12:00am

Polls Open

November 05, 1996 - 06:00am

Polls Close

November 05, 1996 - 08:00pm

Term Start

January 03, 1997 - 12:00pm

Term End

October 25, 2002 - 12:00pm

Turnout

49.89% Total Population

Contributor

Barack O-blame-a

Last Modified

Jason November 16, 2010 12:07am

Data Sources

The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1997-1998. Minnesota Secretary of State. n.d., 364-65.

Description

Term end due to tragic death of Paul Wellstone.

Hanson's party was officially the "Resource Party."

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/06/1990
	Name	Paul Wellstone	Votes	911,999 (50.49%)
	Term	01/03/1991 - 01/03/1997	Margin	47,624 (+2.64%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	MN Independence	Won	10/25/2002
	Name	Dean M. Barkley	Votes	1 (100.00%)
	Term	10/25/2002 - 01/03/2003	Margin	1 (+100.00%)

PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 10, 1996	MN US Senate - R Primary	Rudy Boschwitz
Sep 10, 1996	MN US Senate - DFL Primary	Paul Wellstone

MAP

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KEY RACE? 10.0000000000 Average

MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

08/30/1996	10/25/1996

CANDIDATES

Photo

Name

(I) Sen. Paul Wellstone

Sen. Rudy Boschwitz

Dean M. Barkley

Tim Davis

Roy Ezra Carlton

Howard B. Hanson

Steve Johnson

Party

Website

[Website]

Uncertified Votes

1,098,430 (50.32%)

901,194 (41.28%)

152,328 (6.98%)

14,139 (0.65%)

5,428 (0.25%)

4,381 (0.20%)

4,321 (0.20%)

Margin

0 (0.00%)

-197,236 (-9.04%)

-946,102 (-43.34%)

-1,084,291 (-49.67%)

-1,093,002 (-50.07%)

-1,094,049 (-50.12%)

-1,094,109 (-50.12%)

Predict Avg.

0.00%

Cash On Hand

$--

MATCHUP POLLS (4 from 2 pollsters)

Adj Poll Avg

45.71%

43.57%

0.00%

1.65%

0.00%

Unknown
10/25/96-10/25/96

48.00%

6.0

42.00%

0.00%

Unknown
10/10/96-10/10/96

42.00%

1.0

0.00%

Star Tribune
09/03/96-09/06/96

43.00%

42.00%

0.00%

Unknown
08/30/96-08/30/96

42.00%

41.00%

0.00%

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsements

J	Doctor Huh
IS	Sesel
IndP	6921
D	Andy

FL	Silver Dime

AENM	Angry Russian
MNI	Jack Uldrich [L]
R	TurnerforCongress

OC Beard Caucus

MORE CANDIDATES

Photo

Name

Thomas A. Fiske

(W) Others

Party

Socialist Workers

Other

Website

Uncertified Votes

1,554 (0.07%)

1,130 (0.05%)

Margin

-1,096,876 (-50.25%)

-1,097,300 (-50.27%)

Predict Avg.

0.00%

Cash On Hand

$--

MATCHUP POLLS (4 from 2 pollsters)

Adj Poll Avg

0.00%

Unknown
10/25/96-10/25/96

0.00%

Unknown
10/10/96-10/10/96

0.00%

Star Tribune
09/03/96-09/06/96

0.00%

Unknown
08/30/96-08/30/96

0.00%

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsements

EVENTS

Start Date

End Date

Type

Title

Contributor

VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS

Start Date	Candidate	Category	Ad Tone	Lng	Title	Run Time	Contributor

00/00/1996

Paul Wellstone

TVAd

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eng

Monster

00:00:31

Jason

INFORMATION LINKS

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