Certified returns for every federal race in Minnesota in 2008, 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
1,573,354
54.1%
Republican
1,275,409
43.8%
Independent
30,152
1.0%
Write-in
9,529
0.3%
Libertarian
9,174
0.3%
Constitution
6,787
0.2%
Green
5,174
0.2%
Socialist Workers
790
0.0%
Total
2,910,369
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Al Franken
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,212,629
42.0%
Norm Coleman
Republican
1,212,317
42.0%
Dean Barkley
Independence
437,505
15.2%
Charles Aldrich
Libertarian
13,923
0.5%
James Niemackl
Constitution
8,907
0.3%
Michael Cavlan
Write-in
13
0.0%
Anthony Keith Price
Write-in
12
0.0%
Write-in
2,340
0.1%
Total
2,887,646
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Timothy J. Walz
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
207,753
62.5%
Brian J. Davis
Republican
109,453
32.9%
Gregory Mikkelson
Independence
14,904
4.5%
Write-in
290
0.1%
Total
332,400
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Kline
Republican
220,924
57.3%
Steve Sarvi
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
164,093
42.5%
Kevin Masrud
Write-in
41
0.0%
Curt Walor
Write-in
1
0.0%
Write-in
597
0.2%
Total
385,656
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Erik Paulsen
Republican
178,932
48.5%
Ashwin Madia
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
150,787
40.9%
David Dillon
Independence
38,970
10.6%
Harley Swarm, Jr.
Write-in
9
0.0%
Write-in
406
0.1%
Total
369,104
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Betty McCollum
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
216,267
68.4%
Ed Matthews
Republican
98,936
31.3%
Amber Garlan
Write-in
1
0.0%
Write-in
814
0.3%
Total
316,018
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Keith Ellison
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
228,776
70.9%
Barb Davis White
Republican
71,020
22.0%
Bill McGaughey
Independence
22,318
6.9%
Write-in
633
0.2%
Total
322,747
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michele Bachmann
Republican
187,817
46.4%
El Tinklenberg
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
175,786
43.4%
Bob Anderson
Independence
40,643
10.0%
Aubrey Immelman
Write-in
20
0.0%
Write-in
459
0.1%
Total
404,725
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Collin C. Peterson
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
227,187
72.2%
Glen Menze
Republican
87,062
27.7%
Write-in
431
0.1%
Total
314,680
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James L. Oberstar
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
241,831
67.7%
Michael Cummins
Republican
114,871
32.2%
Write-in
582
0.2%
Total
357,284
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.