United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2002
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2002
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The 2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone was running for re-election to a third term, but died in a plane crash eleven days before the election. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) chose former Vice President and 1984 Presidential candidate Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone on the ballot. Mondale lost to Republican Mayor of Saint Paul Norm Coleman. The day before the election, independent Governor Jesse Ventura had appointed Dean Barkley to serve the rest of Wellstone's term.[1]
Primary elections
DFL
Paul Wellstone defeated Dick Franson 93% to 5%.
Republican
Norm Coleman defeated Jack Shepard 95% to 5%.
General election
Major candidates
* Replaced by former Vice President Walter Mondale
Campaign
At the time of his death, Wellstone was slightly ahead in the polls. After Walter Mondale was chosen as the DFL candidate, in a poll taken a few days before the election Mondale was leading 51% to 45%. Early on Election Day, Mondale was leading in votes. By nightfall, however, Norm Coleman pulled ahead, winning by 49.5 percent to 47.3 percent.
Results
| General election results |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
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±% |
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Republican |
Norm Coleman |
1,116,697 |
49.53% |
+8.25% |
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DFL |
Walter Mondale |
1,067,246 |
47.34% |
-2.98% |
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Independence |
Jim Moore |
45,139 |
2.00% |
-4.98% |
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DFL |
Paul Wellstone |
11,381 |
0.50% |
n/a |
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Green |
Ray Tricomo |
10,119 |
0.48% |
n/a |
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Constitution |
Miro Drago Kovatchevich |
2,254 |
0.10% |
n/a |
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Write-ins |
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1,803 |
0.80% |
n/a |
| Majority |
49,451 |
2.19% |
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| Turnout |
2,254,639 |
80.26% |
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References
See also
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