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Parents > United States > Minnesota > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline July 00, 2014 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2014 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2014 - 07:00pm
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]
DescriptionFranken 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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 12, 2014 MN US Senate - R Primary Mike McFadden
Aug 12, 2014 MN US Senate - DFL Primary Al Franken
Aug 12, 2014 MN US Senate - MNI Primary Steve Carlson
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Al Franken
Safe 5
Strong 16
Lean 14
Slight 14
8
Mike McFadden
Safe 2
Slight 2
2
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/21/2012 10/30/2014

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Sen. Al Franken Mike McFadden Steve Carlson Heather Johnson (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican MN Independence Libertarian Nonpartisan
Votes1,053,205 (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%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
10/27-10/30
51.00% (-2.0) 40.00% (+2.0) 4.00% (+1.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
YouGov 
10/16-10/23
51.00% (+2.0) 41.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/20-10/22
48.00% (-1.0) 39.00% (+3.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/14-10/16
53.00% (-2.0) 38.00% (+1.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
10/05-10/07
46.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
09/30-10/02
55.00% (+4.0) 37.00% (-5.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
  Star Tribune, The (Minneapolis - St. Paul)
Laf-W Craverguy
R Minnesota Populist
NDP BigZuck08
I E Pluribus Unum

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