United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1994

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1994

November 7, 1994

Nominee Rod Grams Ann Wynia Dean Barkley Party Independent-Republican DFL Independence Popular vote 869,653 781,860 95,400 Percentage 49.1% 44.1% 5.4%

U.S. senator before election David Durenberger Independent-Republican Elected U.S. Senator Rod Grams Independent-Republican

Elections in Minnesota
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The 1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held in 1994. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David Durenberger decided to retire instead of seeking a third full term. Republican Rod Grams won the open seat.

Major candidates

DFL

• Ann Wynia, State Representative

Independence

• Dean Barkley, attorney

Republican

• Rod Grams, U.S. Congressman

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rod Grams	869,653	49.1
	Democratic	Ann Wynia	781,860	44.1
	Independence	Dean Barkley	95,400	5.4
	Independent	Candice E. Sjostrom	15,920	0.9
	Natural Law	Stephen Johnson	5,054	0.3
	Socialist Workers	Marea Himelgrin	2,428	0.1