Certified returns for every federal race in Minnesota in 2006, 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.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Amy Klobuchar
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,278,849
58.1%
Mark R. Kennedy
Republican
835,653
37.9%
Robert Fitzgerald
Independence
71,194
3.2%
Michael James Cavlan
Green
10,714
0.5%
Ben Powers
Constitution
5,408
0.2%
Write-in
954
0.0%
Total
2,202,772
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Walz
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
141,556
52.7%
Gil Gutknecht
Republican
126,486
47.1%
Write-in
379
0.1%
Total
268,421
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Kline
Republican
163,269
56.2%
Coleen Rowley
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
116,343
40.0%
Douglas Williams
Independence
10,802
3.7%
Write-in
126
0.0%
Total
290,540
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Ramstad
Republican
184,333
64.9%
Wendy Wilde
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
99,588
35.0%
Write-in
323
0.1%
Total
284,244
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Betty McCollum
Democrat
172,096
69.5%
Obi Sium
Republican
74,797
30.2%
Write-in
573
0.2%
Total
247,466
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Keith Ellison
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
136,060
55.6%
Alan Fine
Republican
52,263
21.3%
Tammy Lee
Independence
51,456
21.0%
Jay Pond
Green
4,792
2.0%
Write-in
334
0.1%
Total
244,905
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michele Bachmann
Republican
151,248
50.1%
Patty Wetterling
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
127,144
42.1%
John Paul Binkowski
Independence
23,557
7.8%
Write-in
239
0.1%
Total
302,188
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Collin C. Peterson
Democrat
179,164
69.7%
Michael J. Barrett
Republican
74,557
29.0%
Ken Lucier
Constitution
3,303
1.3%
Write-in
170
0.1%
Total
257,194
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James L. Oberstar
Democrat
180,670
63.6%
Rod Grams
Republican
97,683
34.4%
Harry Welty
Unity
5,508
1.9%
Write-in
155
0.1%
Total
284,016
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2006 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 8b83915dfdc26cb0310708ce15b1f2fe04eea88fc223decff0ea9d608fa34a84
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.