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Parents > United States > Minnesota > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline July 00, 2014 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2014 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2014 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
Term End January 02, 2018 - 12:00pm
ContributorJ.R.
Last ModifiedRBH December 20, 2017 02:50pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Franken announced his resignation on December 7th following a series of accusations of inappropriate contact. His office announced on December 20th that the resignation would be effective January 2nd, 2018.
LAST 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
  PartyDemocratic Won12/13/2017
NameTina Smith Votes1 (100.00%)
Term01/02/2018 - 01/03/2019 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 12, 2014 MN US Senate - R Primary
Mike McFadden
R 180,662
Aug 12, 2014 MN US Senate - DFL Primary
Al Franken
D 193,347
Aug 12, 2014 MN US Senate - MNI Primary
Steve Carlson
MNI 6,336
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
06/30/2009 11/04/2014
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Al Franken 14 14 16 5
Mike McFadden 2 ----2
Leaning Call: Al Franken (91.67%)
Weighted Call: Al Franken (99.98%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

01/21/2012 10/30/2014

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (I) Sen. Al Franken Mike McFadden Steve Carlson Heather Johnson (W) Write-In  
PartyDemocratic Republican MN Independence Libertarian Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,053,205 (53.15%) 850,227 (42.91%) 47,530 (2.40%) 29,685 (1.50%) 881 (0.04%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -202,978 (-10.24%) -1,005,675 (-50.75%) -1,023,520 (-51.65%) -1,052,324 (-53.11%)  
Predict Avg.49.50% 39.50% 1.50% 0.50% 0.00%  
DylanSH9949.00% (+2.22 pts) 36.00% (-0.39 pts) -- -- --
Grasshopper50.00% (+2.89 pts) 43.00% (+4.16 pts) 3.00% (+0.78 pts) 1.00% (+0.78 pts) --
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 01/01/2014 01/01/2014 01/01/2010 01/01/2014 01/01/2014  
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MATCHUP POLLS (15 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg48.96%-- 39.32%-- 2.86%-- 0.70%-- 0.00%--  
Survey USA 
10/27/14-10/30/14		 51.00% 2.0 40.00% 2.0 4.00% 1.0 2.00% -- 0.00% --
YouGov 
10/16/14-10/23/14		 51.00% 2.0 41.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/20/14-10/22/14		 48.00% 1.0 39.00% 3.0 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/14/14-10/16/14		 53.00% 2.0 38.00% 1.0 3.00% -- 0.00% 1.0 0.00% --
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
10/05/14-10/07/14		 46.00% -- 39.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
09/30/14-10/02/14		 55.00% 4.0 37.00% 5.0 3.00% 1.0 1.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
  Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul)
Laf-W Craverguy
R Minnesota Populist
I E Pluribus Unum
 


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