Certified returns for every federal race in Minnesota in 2000, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 9 of 9 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,168,266
47.9%
Republican
1,109,659
45.5%
Green
126,696
5.2%
Reform Party Minnesota (Reform Party candidate)
22,166
0.9%
Libertarian
5,282
0.2%
Constitution
3,272
0.1%
Reform (Natural Law candidate)
2,294
0.1%
Socialist Workers
1,022
0.0%
Write-in
28
0.0%
Total
2,438,685
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2000 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Dayton
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,181,553
48.8%
Rod Grams
Republican
1,047,474
43.3%
James (Jim) Gibson
Independence
140,583
5.8%
David Daniels
Grassroots
21,447
0.9%
Rebecca Ellis
Socialist Workers
12,956
0.5%
David Swan
Constitution
8,915
0.4%
Erik D. Pakieser
Libertarian
6,588
0.3%
Write-in
4
0.0%
Total
2,419,520
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gil Gutknecht
Republican
159,835
56.4%
Mary Rieder
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
117,946
41.6%
Rich Osness
Libertarian
5,440
1.9%
Total
283,221
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Kennedy
Republican
138,957
48.1%
David Minge
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
138,802
48.0%
Gerald W. Brekke
Independence
7,875
2.7%
Ron Helwig
Libertarian
1,929
0.7%
Dennis A. Burda
Constitution
1,337
0.5%
Total
288,900
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Ramstad
Republican
222,571
67.6%
Sue Shuff
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
98,219
29.8%
Bob Odden
Libertarian
5,302
1.6%
Arne Niska
Constitution
2,970
0.9%
Total
329,062
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Betty McCollum
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
130,403
48.0%
Linda Runbeck
Republican
83,852
30.9%
Tom Foley
Independence
55,899
20.6%
Nicholas Skrivanek
Constitution
1,285
0.5%
Total
271,439
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
176,629
69.2%
Frank Taylor
Republican
58,191
22.8%
Rob Tomich
Independence
11,323
4.4%
Renee Lavoi
Constitution
4,522
1.8%
Chuck P. Charnstrom
Libertarian
4,480
1.8%
Total
255,145
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Luther
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
176,340
49.6%
John Kline
Republican
170,900
48.0%
Ralph A. Hubbard
Constitution
8,584
2.4%
Total
355,824
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Collin C. Peterson
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
185,771
68.7%
Glen Menze
Republican
79,175
29.3%
Owen Sivertson
Constitution
5,550
2.1%
Total
270,496
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James L. Oberstar
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
210,094
67.8%
Bob Lemen
Republican
79,890
25.8%
Mike Darling
Independent
19,667
6.4%
Total
309,651
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2000 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 358230d84d1c9d85d859e9f311b1f994b6646c0f51da1967bec490a0cfd4d975
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.