| Turnout | Mark Dayton (DFL) |
Rod Grams* (R) |
Jim Gibson (Independence Party) |
David Daniels (Green) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 64% | 2,614 | 48.3% | 2,532 | 46.8% | 178 | 3.3% | 33 | 0.6% | 59 | 1.1% | 82 | 5,416 |
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Other candidates included: Rebecca Ellis (Socialist Workers), 12,956 votes ; David Swan (Constitution), 8,915 votes ; Erik Pakieser (Libertarian), 6,588 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Mark Dayton | |
| Total Disbursements: | $11,957,114 |
| Total Receipts: | $12,040,466 |
| Cash on Hand: | $83,352 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $3,412,067 |
| Candidate Loans: | $8,360,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $236,856 |
| Party Contributions: | $500 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $238,666 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $238,666 |
| Net Spending: | $12,195,780 |
| Rod Grams* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $7,640,147 |
| Total Receipts: | $7,548,490 |
| Cash on Hand: | $17,543 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $5,307,849 |
| Party Contributions: | $49,953 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $1,806,485 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $143,229 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $442,282 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $26,884 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $415,398 |
| Net Spending: | $8,055,545 |
| Jim Gibson | |
| Total Disbursements: | $255,415 |
| Total Receipts: | $261,357 |
| Cash on Hand: | $5,942 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $197,000 |
| Individual Contributions: | $62,339 |
| Party Contributions: | $300 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $255,415 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MN/2000