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  MN US Senate - DFL Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Minnesota > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline July 00, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open September 09, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close September 09, 2008 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorEric
Last ModifiedRBH January 26, 2018 06:12pm
Data Sources[Link]
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 Won11/04/2008
NameAl Franken Votes1,212,431 (41.99%)
Term07/07/2009 - 01/07/2015 Margin225 (+0.01%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMN US Senate 11/04/2008
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/04/2007 09/09/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Al Franken 2 4 6 17
Leaning Call: Al Franken (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Al Franken (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/18/2008 08/14/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Al Franken Priscilla Lord Faris City Councillor Richard "Dick" Franson Bob H. Larson, Sr. Robert "Rob" Fitzgerald Oloveuse S. "Ole" Savior Alve Erickson
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes 164,136 (65.34%) 74,655 (29.72%) 3,923 (1.56%) 3,152 (1.26%) 3,095 (1.23%) 1,227 (0.49%) 1,017 (0.41%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -89,481 (-35.62%) -160,213 (-63.78%) -160,984 (-64.08%) -161,041 (-64.11%) -162,909 (-64.85%) -163,119 (-64.93%)
Predict Avg.59.33% 0.00% 5.33% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 3/31 $1,162,528.00 $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 02/14/2007 07/00/2008 07/01/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 00/00/2008
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MATCHUP POLLS (2 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.00%-- 27.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Survey USA 
08/13/08-08/14/08		 45.00% -- 27.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Humphrey Institute/University of Minnesota 
01/18/08-01/27/08		 42.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
IndP 6921
? Burt Bacharach 🔗
D Some say...
D Ashley
  Democratic Farmer Labor Party
D Keith M. Ellison 🔗
D Amy Klobuchar 🔗
DFL Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer 🔗
D Ben Cohen 🔗
  Human Rights Campaign
D Jim Cohen 🔗
  DFL Veterans Caucus
  eQualityGiving
D Sarnstrom
D Eric
DFL Doug Peterson 🔗
DFL Robert "Bob" Bergland 🔗
DFL Wendell R. "Wendy" Anderson 🔗
D Brandonius Maximus
IND Monsieur
I M@
I McCord 2014
PC Don't Tase Me, Bro!
D COSDem
D Jason
D Stumbo for Senate
DFL Kim Norton
DFL Scott Kranz
DFL Robin Brown
DFL Tim D. Faust
DFL John Benson
DFL Larry W. Haws
DFL Cy Thao
DFL John Lesch
DFL Bernie L. Lieder
DFL Mike Jaros
DFL Dan Skogen
DFL Rick Olseen
DFL Sharon Erickson Ropes
DFL Anthony "Tony" Lourey
DFL John P. Doll
DFL James "Jim" Carlson
DFL Steven L. "Steve" Murphy
DFL Donald R. "Don" Betzold
DFL Sandra L. "Sandy" Pappas
DFL Rebecca L. W. Otto
Laf-W Craverguy
R Scott³
LBR Old LW
D Moof
DFL Robert W. "Bob" Mattson, Jr.
D John

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Michael V. "Mike" Ciresi (D)
 00, 2008 -  00, 2008 		Jim Cohen (D)
 00, 2008 -  00, 2008 		Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer (D)
 00, 2008 -  00, 2008

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 30, 2008 09:00am News Franken challenger fights to gain ground  Article John 
Jul 14, 2008 06:10pm News Franken gets Democratic challenger in Senate race  Article RBH 
Jun 07, 2008 03:00pm Endorsement Minnesota Democratic Party endorses Al Franken  Article M@ 
Mar 17, 2008 11:10am News Prof who ousted Ciresi eyes Franken  Article Craverguy 
Dec 05, 2007 09:00am News Comedian Says Minnesota Run Is a Serious One  Article ArmyDem 
May 17, 2007 09:00pm Announcement Agre To Consider Senate Run [from MN]  Article WesternDem 
Apr 06, 2007 12:00pm Speculative Atkins mulls possible run for Senate  Article Eric 
Apr 04, 2007 04:00pm News Franken raised $1.3 million in first quarter  Article Eric 
Mar 14, 2007 03:30pm Blog Entry Star Tribune: Is the DSCC recruiting Tim Walz to run for Senate?  Article *crickets chirp* 
Feb 23, 2007 09:00am Speculative Lesch weighs bid for Coleman's Senate seat  Article Eric 
Feb 14, 2007 02:00pm News Al Franken enters Minn. Senate race  Article Eric 
Feb 12, 2007 09:00pm Speculative Coleman's challengers - who's in, who might be  Article Eric 
Feb 12, 2007 05:00pm General The Senate race is all his, for the moment  Article Thomas Walker 
Feb 12, 2007 04:20pm News Ciresi: Won't self-fund Senate campaign  Article Eric 
Feb 12, 2007 12:00am Announcement DFLer Ciresi says he is forming an exploratory committee for a U.S. Senate campaign  Article Eric 
Feb 10, 2007 01:00pm Speculative (MN Sen:) One more legislator who’s more than halfway serious about running for the U.S. Senate: Aaron Peterson  Article Eric 
Feb 07, 2007 11:00pm News Ciresi says he'll announce next week if he'll run for Senate  Article Eric 
Feb 01, 2007 12:00am Blog Entry Michael Ciresi: “Very Strongly Leaning” Towards a Run  Article Eric 
Jan 31, 2007 05:45pm News Franken tells DFLers he's running for Senate  Article Servo 
Jan 25, 2007 08:00pm Speculative Another DFLer is considering a U.S. Senate run  Article Eric 
Jan 18, 2007 10:00am News Franken Seeks Advice for Possible Bid  Article SC Moose 
Jan 01, 2007 03:00pm Speculative Rybak not running for Senate  Article Eric 
Dec 18, 2006 11:00am Speculative DFL minds bubbling about '08 Senate race  Article Eric 
Nov 12, 2006 01:00pm News DFL itches to take out Coleman next  Article Eric 
Jul 15, 2006 11:00am Announcement Rybak says he won't seek Senate seat in '08  Article Eric 
Feb 13, 2006 03:00pm News Al Franken Inching Toward Senate Run  Article SC Moose 
Feb 03, 2006 02:00pm News Politicos handicap (Minneapolis Mayor RT) Rybak for (2008 MN) Senate run  Article Eric 
Sep 21, 2004 12:00am Poll MN: Voters like Coleman over Franken  Article Tony82 
Nov 11, 2003 12:00am Speculative Al Franken for Senate?  Article Eric 

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