United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2000

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2000

November 7, 2000

100px Nominee Mark Dayton Rod Grams James Gibson Party DFL Republican Independence Popular vote 1,181,553 1,047,474 140,583 Percentage 48.8% 43.3% 5.81%

County Results

U.S. senator before election Rod Grams Republican Elected U.S. Senator Mark Dayton DFL

The 2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 7, 2000 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Minnesota. The race pitted incumbent Republican Senator Rod Grams against Former Minnesota State Auditor Mark Dayton. Dayton won with 48.83% of the vote against Grams’ 43.29%.

Major candidates

DFL

• Mark Dayton, State Auditor

Republican

• Rod Grams, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

2000 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DFL	Mark Dayton	1,181,553	48.83%	+4.73%
	Republican	Rod Grams	1,047,474	43.29%	-5.76%
	Independence	James Gibson	140,583	5.81%	+0.43%
	Grassroots	David Daniels	21,447	0.89%	-0.01%
	Socialist Workers	Rebecca Ellis	12,956	0.54%	+0.40%
	Constitution	David Swan	8,915	0.37%	n/a
	Libertarian	Erik D. Pakieser	6,588	0.27%	n/a
	Write-in	Ole Savior	4	0.00%	n/a
Majority			134,079	5.54%
Turnout			2,419,520	74.10%