2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota

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%. Dayton declined to run for reelection in 2006.

2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota

November 7, 2000

Nominee Mark Dayton Rod Grams James Gibson Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Independence Popular vote 1,181,553 1,047,474 140,583 Percentage 48.8% 43.3% 5.8%

County results Dayton:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Grams:      40–50%      50–60%

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

Major candidates

DFL

• Mark Dayton, former State Auditor

Republican

• Rod Grams, incumbent U.S. Senator

Debates

Dayton and Grams had three debates. One on October 18, one on October 26, and one on November 3.

Results

2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic (DFL)	Mark Dayton	1,181,553	48.83	+4.73
	Republican	Rod Grams (incumbent)	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
Total votes			2,419,520	100.00	n/a
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

References

1. General Election Results, Minnesota Secretary of State Archived November 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine