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Parents > United States > Minnesota > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline July 00, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start July 07, 2009 - 11:15am
Term End January 07, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorThe Oncoming Storm
Last ModifiedRBH September 24, 2017 01:04am
Data SourcesMinnesota Secretary of State: [Link]

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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameNorm Coleman Votes1,116,697 (49.53%)
Term01/03/2003 - 01/03/2009 Margin49,451 (+2.19%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2014
NameAl Franken Votes1,053,205 (53.15%)
Term01/03/2015 - 01/02/2018 Margin202,978 (+10.24%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 07, 2008 MN US Senate - DFL Convention
Al Franken
DFL 97
Sep 09, 2008 MN US Senate - R Primary
Norm Coleman
R 143,429
Sep 09, 2008 MN US Senate - DFL Primary
Al Franken
D 251,205
Sep 09, 2008 MN US Senate - MNI Primary
Dean M. Barkley
MNI 11,341
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/26/2003 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Norm Coleman 33 5 2 4
Al Franken 38 2 ----
Leaning Call: Norm Coleman (60.75%)
Weighted Call: Norm Coleman (79.13%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/12/2007 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Al Franken (I) Sen. Norm Coleman Sen. Dean M. Barkley Charles A. Aldrich James Niemackl (W) Write-In (W) Michael James Cavlan
PartyDemocratic Republican MN Independence Libertarian Constitution Independent Green
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 1,212,431 (41.99%) 1,212,206 (41.98%) 437,505 (15.15%) 13,923 (0.48%) 8,907 (0.31%) 2,340 (0.08%) 13 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -225 (-0.01%) -774,926 (-26.84%) -1,198,508 (-41.51%) -1,203,524 (-41.68%) -1,210,091 (-41.91%) -1,212,418 (-41.99%)
Predict Avg.43.57% 42.30% 10.85% 0.58% 0.31% 0.00% 0.00%
Jason43.00% (+3.48 pts) 42.00% (+4.14 pts) 14.00% (+1.37 pts) 0.50% (+1.02 pts) 0.50% (+0.90 pts) -- --
Don't Tase Me, Bro!55.00% (-4.52 pts) 41.00% (+3.49 pts) 4.00% (-5.30 pts) -- -- -- --
Ashley48.00% (+0.14 pts) 49.90% (-1.13 pts) 2.10% (-6.57 pts) -- -- -- --
Gölök "LD Taylored" Buday32.00% (-2.51 pts) 33.00% (-1.84 pts) -- -- -- -- --
M@41.70% (+3.95 pts) 45.86% (+1.56 pts) 12.44% (+0.33 pts) -- -- -- --
CincinnatiReds199046.00% (+1.48 pts) 45.00% (+2.14 pts) 5.00% (-4.63 pts) 3.00% (-0.64 pts) 1.00% (+0.56 pts) -- --
garyray941.00% (+3.49 pts) 40.00% (+2.83 pts) 16.00% (+1.57 pts) -- -- -- --
Brandonius Maximus44.00% (+2.81 pts) 45.00% (+2.14 pts) 11.00% (-0.63 pts) -- -- -- --
McCord 201445.00% (+2.14 pts) 39.00% (+2.16 pts) 15.00% (+2.03 pts) 0.50% (+1.02 pts) 0.45% (+0.93 pts) -- --
CBlock94140.50% (+3.15 pts) 41.50% (+3.83 pts) 18.00% (+0.24 pts) -- -- -- --
the wanderer43.10% (+3.41 pts) 43.00% (+3.47 pts) 11.00% (-0.63 pts) 1.20% (+0.56 pts) 0.80% (+0.70 pts) -- --
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (52 from 14 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg37.55%-- 39.74%-- 12.42%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Survey USA 
10/30/08-11/01/08		 39.00% -- 44.00% 3.0 16.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 40.00% -- 39.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
10/29/08-10/31/08		 42.00% 3.0 38.00% 2.0 15.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/28/08-10/30/08		 45.00% -- 40.00% -- 14.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/27/08-10/29/08		 40.00% 1.0 43.00% 4.0 15.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/27/08-10/28/08		 36.00% 4.0 42.00% 12.0 12.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
IndP 6921
Veg Thomas Walker
D PaGuy
D 6 KM
D Some say...
IND Monsieur
POP None
D Bob
MFL The Oncoming Storm
D Brandonius Maximus
D Eric
R Ben Stein 🔗
D Jason
I McCord 2014
  eQualityGiving
LBR Old LW
G BR_Green
Laf-W Craverguy
D Homegrown Democrat
D Ashley
DFL Douglas J. "Doug" Johnson 🔗
REFS Servo
R ...
  Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul)
  St. Paul Pioneer Press
  Esquire
R Barack O-blame-a
R ...
LBT Smart
AENM Angry Russian
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
I Bill Hillsman 🔗
  St. Cloud Times
DS Bob Sacamano
R TurnerforCongress
I smm
I M@
R CincinnatiReds1990
REFS Servo
D Ex-New Jerseyan
R Minnesota Populist
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (W) Anthony Keith Price  
PartyUnknown  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 12 (0.00%)  
Margin-1,212,419 (-41.99%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Jason --
Don't Tase Me, Bro! --
Ashley --
Gölök "LD Taylored" Buday --
M@ --
CincinnatiReds1990 --
garyray9 --
Brandonius Maximus --
McCord 2014 --
CBlock941 --
the wanderer --
Cash On Hand $--  
Website  
Entry Date --  
MATCHUP POLLS (52 from 14 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
Survey USA 
10/30/08-11/01/08		 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 0.00% --
Princeton Survey Research Associates 
10/29/08-10/31/08		 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
10/28/08-10/30/08		 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/27/08-10/29/08		 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/27/08-10/28/08		 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 06, 2012 07:00pm News When 1,099 felons vote in race won by 312 ballots  Article Scott³ 
Jul 23, 2010 09:00am Poll 49% in Minnesota Favor Investigation of Alleged Illegal Voting by Felons  Article Scott³ 
Jul 07, 2009 02:00pm News Senator Al Franken takes oath of office  Article Monsieur 
Jul 02, 2009 06:05pm News Franken to be sworn in Tuesday  Article WesternDem 
Jul 02, 2009 02:00am General Another Consequence of Coleman’s Concession  Article Jason 
Jun 30, 2009 06:45pm Analysis Why Norm Coleman lost  Article Monsieur 

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