MPR: Campaign 2002: Minnesota

MINNESOTA CAMPAIGN RACES

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U.S. Senate
U.S. House
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Auditor
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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 - Governor

Snapshot

The race for governor took a somewhat surprising turn in mid-2002 when incumbent Jesse Ventura decided not to run again. His re-election was, by no means, assured. But the strategies of his challengers clearly were directed at him. House Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe, along with Independence Party candidate Tim Penny, have been at the top of several polls over the course of the campaign. Green Party candidate Ken Pentel has been a distant fourth, and party officials hope he - or the candidate for state auditor or U.S. Senate - can garner 5 percent of the vote to maintain major party status in Minnesota.

Election Results

Governor

4082 of 4106 precincts - 99 percent

x-		GOP	993,168 - 45 percent
		Dem	811,322 - 36 percent
	Tim Penny	IP	362,107 - 16 percent
	Ken Pentel	Grn	50,129 - 2 percent
	Booker Hodges IV	Ind	9,578 - 0 percent
	Kari Sachs	SWP	2,963 - 0 percent
	Lawrence Michael Aeshliman	CST	2,511 - 0 percent

Vote broken down by county

	TP	PR	Aeshliman	Hodges IV	Moe	Pawlenty	Penny	Pentel	Sachs
Aitkin	61	61	21	45	3064	3341	1326	114	12
Anoka	120	120	156	575	45553	71169	19161	2172	161
Becker	46	46	20	59	5384	6145	1392	161	19
Beltrami	62	62	25	42	6720	6395	1250	533	26
Benton	30	30	13	53	4336	6524	2129	335	15
Big Stone	23	23	7	17	1192	1116	315	25	6
Blue Earth	54	54	30	67	6333	8925	8001	601	30
Brown	32	32	13	44	2731	5833	2586	142	15
Carlton	39	39	20	49	8198	4267	1487	177	16
Carver	33	33	26	86	7699	20959	4725	498	42
Cass	72	72	8	68	4174	6115	1843	249	17
Chippewa	23	23	5	19	2394	2250	1117	69	8
Chisago	23	23	28	101	6755	11791	2879	364	32
Clay	54	54	26	79	9956	8292	1707	302	36
Clearwater	29	29	9	13	1705	1597	274	51	9
Cook	12	12	25	18	1228	962	441	148	11
Cottonwood	29	29	6	23	1813	2638	992	66	12
Crow Wing	59	59	28	135	8984	12970	3952	426	37
Dakota	135	135	131	519	53425	90514	22149	2653	141
Dodge	19	19	6	27	1383	3203	3382	74	6
Douglas	36	36	11	48	4790	8092	2206	231	24
Faribault	33	33	4	19	1209	2627	3689	58	9
Fillmore	37	37	12	20	1730	2951	4429	101	8
Freeborn	40	40	9	33	2827	4530	8189	146	17
Goodhue	44	44	19	64	5229	8749	6258	283	16
Grant	23	23	3	21	1313	1464	434	44	4
Hennepin	422	422	431	2715	213157	210154	71009	17645	605
Houston	27	27	14	35	2007	3358	3060	100	23
Hubbard	34	34	11	49	3246	4563	1010	187	7
Isanti	17	17	19	78	4745	7827	1820	250	21
Itasca	80	80	30	75	9701	6608	2213	386	26
Jackson	30	30	9	28	1719	2161	986	58	14
Kanabec	21	21	8	41	2177	3302	815	105	10
Kandiyohi	47	47	23	52	6879	8332	2483	199	22
Kittson	38	38	3	8	1470	735	189	17	3
Koochiching	35	35	12	33	2866	2186	776	98	5
Lac Qui Parle	33	33	5	20	1797	1511	644	53	9
Lake	18	18	12	20	2735	1437	581	117	3
Lake of the Woods	15	15	5	21	944	888	254	26	6
Le Sueur	29	29	9	34	2824	5038	3739	184	16
Lincoln	20	20	8	25	1275	1237	433	38	7
Lyon	33	33	20	34	3349	4896	1477	139	21
Mahnomen	19	19	10	29	1100	926	226	35	14
Marshall	60	60	5	31	2348	1975	398	36	10
Martin	37	37	7	43	2389	4437	2399	103	8
McLeod	28	28	34	59	3578	8001	2418	226	17
Meeker	30	30	54	51	3117	5162	1747	150	21
Mille Lacs	25	25	18	62	3205	5190	1510	170	14
Morrison	49	49	29	80	3985	7838	2014	219	39
Mower	39	39	12	52	4361	4656	6875	177	21
Murray	29	29	11	36	1731	2042	735	66	15
Nicollet	33	33	6	40	4207	5783	4242	267	13
Nobles	40	40	16	44	3132	3735	1264	107	35
Norman	33	33	5	5	1921	1093	279	22	5
Olmsted	75	75	36	95	10455	20873	20886	588	42
Otter Tail	91	91	22	107	9101	13676	2760	324	37
Pennington	34	34	9	30	2739	2130	507	52	8
Pine	47	47	28	66	4501	4939	1534	217	22
Pipestone	22	22	9	26	1460	2158	711	73	16
Polk	82	82	12	43	7153	4521	840	87	12
Pope	30	30	6	25	2215	2436	828	101	11
Ramsey	178	175	287	1267	99847	85148	26955	7163	381
Red Lake	21	21	6	10	990	717	172	17	1
Redwood	43	43	24	32	1855	3671	1275	77	12
Renville	37	25	4	7	887	1263	563	37	2
Rice	33	33	19	77	8380	9334	6033	911	37
Rock	24	24	16	38	1727	2195	452	34	12
Roseau	44	44	10	49	2701	3158	352	69	12
Scott	40	40	38	154	10898	26074	6884	637	50
Sherburne	29	29	21	87	7975	17293	3758	464	31
Sibley	24	24	7	26	1687	3594	1656	91	10
St. Louis	187	178	88	233	51438	23135	9203	2131	118
Stearns	102	102	71	230	17359	28536	8646	1623	107
Steele	26	26	16	45	2615	6421	6352	169	17
Stevens	25	25	7	20	1918	2451	702	239	12
Swift	31	31	8	15	2403	1883	667	65	5
Todd	38	38	28	60	3218	5363	1474	165	25
Traverse	20	20	0	10	826	788	253	23	5
Wabasha	33	33	8	24	2133	3998	3735	127	10
Wadena	24	24	7	39	1979	3213	669	100	5
Waseca	22	22	4	17	887	2562	5024	76	9
Washington	84	84	96	389	33968	54790	12808	1804	89
Watonwan	21	21	7	16	1436	1985	1414	69	10
Wilkin	31	31	7	8	1079	1452	258	36	7
Winona	47	47	18	80	5409	7382	6101	628	37
Wright	39	39	95	186	11962	25575	6011	678	57
Yellow Medicine	33	33	10	23	2031	1964	715	51	15

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