MPR: Campaign 2002: Minnesota - Congressional Results

MINNESOTA CAMPAIGN RACES

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ELECTION NIGHT AUDIO

Norm Coleman
GOP Senate candidate accepts victory at a rally at the Capitol rotunda Listen.

Walter Mondale
DFL Senate candidate concedes. Listen.

Tim Pawlenty
Pawlenty accepts victory. Listen.

Roger Moe
DFL gubernatorial candidates conceded after waiting until 2 a.m. for a turnaround. Listen.

Tim Penny
In a concession speech, Penny says he changed politics in Minnesota. Listen.

Mark Kennedy
2nd District congressman beats Janet Robert Listen.

Jim Ramstad
3rd District congressman celebrates an easy re-election. Listen.

John Kline
2nd District candidate knocks off incumbent Bill Luther Listen.

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Election Returns

Minnesota - Congressional Results

Snapshot

Minnesota's congressional districts have changed significantly because of redistricting, mandated by the census of 2000. That has set up hotly contested races in the 2nd and 6th Districts.

Election Results

National Trends - The chart below shows any current shift in control of the U.S. House.

U.S. House

	Dem	GOP	Other
Won	203	228	1
Leading	2	1	0
Holdovers	0	0	0
Trend	205	229	1
Current	210	223	2
Net Change	-5	+6	-1

Minnesota U.S. House District 1

751 of 751 precincts - 100 percent

x-	Gil Gutknecht (i)	GOP	163,532 - 62 percent
	Steve Andreasen	Dem	92,149 - 35 percent
	Greg Mikkelson	Grn	9,954 - 4 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 2

306 of 306 precincts - 100 percent

x-	John Kline	GOP	152,533 - 53 percent
	Bill Luther (i)	Dem	121,072 - 42 percent
	Samuel Garst	NNT	12,408 - 4 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 3

240 of 240 precincts - 100 percent

x-	Jim Ramstad (i)	GOP	213,355 - 72 percent
	Darryl Stanton	Dem	82,587 - 28 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 4

178 of 220 precincts - 81 percent

x-	Betty McCollum (i)	Dem	131,855 - 62 percent
	Clyde Billington	GOP	71,700 - 34 percent
	Scott Raskiewicz	Grn	7,991 - 4 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 5

224 of 225 precincts - 100 percent

x-	Martin Olav Sabo (i)	Dem	170,946 - 67 percent
	Daniel Nielsen Mathias	GOP	65,847 - 26 percent
	Tim Davis	Grn	17,784 - 7 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 6

302 of 302 precincts - 100 percent

x-	Mark Kennedy (i)	GOP	164,742 - 57 percent
	Janet Robert	Dem	100,732 - 35 percent
	Dan Becker	INP	21,483 - 7 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 7

1231 of 1243 precincts - 99 percent

x-	Collin Peterson (i)	Dem	167,363 - 65 percent
	Dan Stevens	GOP	88,688 - 35 percent

Minnesota U.S. House District 8

810 of 819 precincts - 99 percent

x-	James Oberstar (i)	Dem	187,576 - 68 percent
	Bob Lemen	GOP	86,976 - 32 percent

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U.S. House

APEmitLink("states","MN.shtml","Minnesota") Minnesota U.S. House APEmitLink("districts","MN1.shtml","District 1") District 1

751 of 751 precincts - 100 percent

APEmitLink("states","MN.shtml","Minnesota") Minnesota U.S. House APEmitLink("districts","MN2.shtml","District 2") District 2