MPR: Campaign 2002: Minnesota

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 - U.S. Senate

Snapshot

The death of Sen. Paul Wellstone on Oct. 25, 2002, threw a close race into chaos. After Wellstone's memorial service, the DFL nominated former Vice President Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone on the ballot. St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, a former Democrat who is now a Republican, is the GOP nominee. Prior to Wellstone's death Social Security and U.S. military action against Iraq have emerged as two of the hottest issues in the race. Minnesota's two other major parties - the Green and Independence parties - have nominated writer Ray Tricomo and banker Jim Moore, respectively. Neither has held elective office.

Election Results

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

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	Dem	GOP	Other
Won	11	22	0
Leading	1	0	0
Holdovers	36	29	1
Trend	48	51	1
Current	50	49	1
Net Change	-2	+2	0

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4034 of 4106 precincts - 98 percent

x-		GOP	1,065,649 - 50 percent
		Dem	1,007,278 - 47 percent
	Jim Moore	INP	42,805 - 2 percent
	Ray Tricomo	Grn	9,523 - 0 percent
	Miro Drago Kovatchevich	CST	2,128 - 0 percent

Vote broken down by county

	TP	PR	Coleman	Kovatchevich	Mondale	Moore	Tricomo
Aitkin	61	61	3721	6	3815	268	41
Anoka	120	120	78226	129	59476	2697	498
Becker	46	46	6661	23	5685	387	28
Beltrami	62	62	5677	22	5880	204	107
Benton	30	30	7193	14	5807	391	83
Big Stone	23	23	1173	3	1337	86	8
Blue Earth	54	54	11367	33	11222	698	245
Brown	32	32	6564	11	4404	375	47
Carlton	39	39	5048	18	8400	317	50
Carver	33	33	22395	28	10775	586	95
Cass	72	72	6697	16	5006	353	75
Chippewa	23	23	2488	2	3173	167	17
Chisago	23	23	12567	28	8656	549	66
Clay	54	54	7175	19	8127	386	44
Clearwater	29	29	1790	3	1746	81	29
Cook	12	12	1180	24	1240	115	23
Cottonwood	29	29	2777	4	2606	134	14
Crow Wing	59	59	14222	30	10883	619	149
Dakota	135	135	96163	132	68762	2408	536
Dodge	19	19	4234	7	3592	304	35
Douglas	36	36	8622	8	6021	426	54
Faribault	33	33	3734	6	3627	223	5
Fillmore	37	37	3897	11	4639	286	35
Freeborn	40	40	6542	25	8318	516	46
Goodhue	44	44	10662	22	9088	508	96
Grant	23	23	1551	7	1594	100	9
Hennepin	422	400	227023	374	250151	7253	2570
Houston	27	27	4234	15	4110	243	46
Hubbard	34	34	4944	9	3758	222	32
Isanti	17	17	8365	17	6019	319	59
Itasca	80	80	7849	32	10879	464	85
Jackson	30	30	2356	7	2526	151	23
Kanabec	21	21	3508	16	2755	168	37
Kandiyohi	47	47	9245	12	8145	404	48
Kittson	38	38	937	6	1212	57	4
Koochiching	35	35	2735	6	3106	153	12
Lac Qui Parle	33	33	1653	4	2236	146	11
Lake	18	18	1778	7	2923	137	25
Lake of the Woods	15	15	1125	4	754	100	15
Le Sueur	29	29	6152	8	5302	342	66
Lincoln	20	20	1261	4	1660	93	11
Lyon	33	33	4917	0	4580	250	31
Mahnomen	19	19	1039	6	1218	62	14
Marshall	60	60	2713	4	2412	149	9
Martin	37	37	5024	9	4039	251	34
McLeod	28	28	8270	26	5036	438	54
Meeker	30	30	5622	42	4259	310	41
Mille Lacs	25	25	5454	17	4352	254	56
Morrison	49	49	7839	19	6039	441	82
Mower	39	39	6122	24	9497	410	69
Murray	29	29	2164	5	2361	133	13
Nicollet	33	33	7020	10	6813	351	83
Nobles	40	40	4190	5	3979	218	23
Norman	33	33	1286	2	1941	80	8
Olmsted	75	75	27723	39	23218	1379	195
Otter Tail	91	65	0	0	0	0	0
Pennington	34	34	2474	9	2869	139	15
Pine	47	47	5278	21	5640	334	44
Pipestone	22	22	2309	6	2004	150	17
Polk	82	82	5854	26	6407	243	28
Pope	30	30	2599	6	2872	141	23
Ramsey	178	175	87878	188	113300	2790	973
Red Lake	21	21	839	3	991	57	8
Redwood	43	43	3758	12	2824	220	22
Renville	37	25	1362	1	1293	97	14
Rice	33	33	11012	23	12927	482	144
Rock	24	24	2373	10	2019	126	7
Roseau	44	44	3589	7	2630	150	21
Scott	40	40	27283	25	14679	800	160
Sherburne	29	29	17779	13	9938	637	120
Sibley	24	24	3808	2	2743	303	37
St. Louis	187	178	27758	100	56691	1560	389
Stearns	102	102	31956	69	23178	1467	330
Steele	26	26	8096	13	6552	446	73
Stevens	25	25	2624	10	2564	92	37
Swift	31	31	1999	3	2907	143	12
Todd	38	38	5186	24	4100	341	39
Traverse	20	20	853	3	1016	60	6
Wabasha	33	33	4905	7	4549	301	45
Wadena	24	24	3373	11	2458	169	24
Waseca	22	22	4369	13	3687	396	43
Washington	84	84	52517	57	37790	1229	337
Watonwan	21	21	2362	12	2346	196	14
Wilkin	31	31	1555	3	1219	80	7
Winona	47	47	9219	28	9755	480	175
Wright	39	39	23707	58	13621	862	146
Yellow Medicine	33	33	2101	5	2550	152	22

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