United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2000

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2000

1994 ← November 7, 2000 → 2006

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 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

Elections in Minnesota
Federal government Presidential elections 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Senate elections Class 1 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018 Class 2 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 House of Representatives elections 2002 2004 2006 5th 6th 8th 2008 2010 2012 2014
State government General elections 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Gubernatorial elections 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Senate elections 2010 2012 2016 House of Representatives elections 2008 2010 2012 2014 Attorney general elections 2010 2014 Secretary of state elections 2010 2014 State auditor elections 2006 2010 2014 Special elections House of Representatives
Ballot measures 2012 Amendment 1 Amendment 2
Minneapolis Municipal elections 2005 2009 Mayoral elections 2013

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%