| Turnout | Al Franken (DFL) |
Norm Coleman* (R) |
Dean Barkley (Independence Party) |
Charles Aldrich (Libertarian) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 68% | 1,750 | 35.8% | 2,656 | 54.3% | 426 | 8.7% | 41 | 0.8% | 22 | 0.4% | -906 | 4,895 |
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Other candidates included: James Niemacki (Constitution), 8,907 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Al Franken | |
| Total Disbursements: | $21,066,834 |
| Total Receipts: | $22,502,124 |
| Cash on Hand: | $1,435,291 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $4,600 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $17,822,723 |
| Party Contributions: | $10,073 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $589,866 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $1,492,705 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $1,546,015 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $6,390,456 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-4,844,441 |
| Net Spending: | $16,222,393 |
| Norm Coleman* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $21,821,755 |
| Total Receipts: | $23,673,308 |
| Cash on Hand: | $2,025,018 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $15,485,782 |
| Party Contributions: | $40,372 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $4,092,127 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $564,171 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $873,624 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $9,207,469 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $-8,333,845 |
| Net Spending: | $13,487,910 |
| Dean Barkley | |
| Total Disbursements: | $162,387 |
| Total Receipts: | $163,358 |
| Cash on Hand: | $971 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $400 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $153,711 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $4,946 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $162,387 |
**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/2008