Certified returns for every federal race in Minnesota in 2010, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 8 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Timothy J. Walz
Democrat
122,365
49.3%
Randy Demmer
Republican
109,242
44.0%
Steven Wilson
Independence
13,242
5.3%
Lars Johnson
Party Free
3,054
1.2%
Write-in
102
0.0%
Total
248,005
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Kline
Republican
181,341
63.3%
Shelley Madore
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
104,809
36.6%
Write-in
303
0.1%
Total
286,453
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Erik Paulsen
Republican
161,177
58.8%
Jim Meffert
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
100,240
36.6%
Jon Oleson
Independence
12,508
4.6%
Write-in
167
0.1%
Total
274,092
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Betty McCollum
Democrat
136,746
59.1%
Teresa Collett
Republican
80,141
34.6%
Steve Carlson
Independence
14,207
6.1%
Amber Garlan
Write-in
39
0.0%
Jack Shepard
Write-in
10
0.0%
Write-in
283
0.1%
Total
231,426
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Keith Ellison
Democrat
154,833
67.7%
Joel Demos
Republican
55,222
24.1%
Lynne Torgerson
Independent
8,548
3.7%
Tom Schrunk
Independence
7,446
3.3%
Michael James Cavlan
Independent Progressive
2,468
1.1%
Write-in
229
0.1%
Total
228,746
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Michele Bachmann
Republican
159,476
52.5%
Tarryl Clark
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
120,846
39.8%
Bob Anderson
Independence
17,698
5.8%
Aubrey Immelman
Independent
5,490
1.8%
Dennis S. Ferche
Write-in
3
0.0%
Write-in
178
0.1%
Total
303,691
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Collin C. Peterson
Democrat
133,096
55.2%
Lee Byberg
Republican
90,652
37.6%
Gene Waldorf
Independent
9,317
3.9%
Glen R. Menze
Independence
7,839
3.3%
Write-in
193
0.1%
Total
241,097
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Chip Cravaack
Republican
133,490
48.2%
James L. Oberstar
Democrat
129,091
46.6%
Timothy Olson
Independence
11,876
4.3%
Richard ‘‘George’’ Burton
Constitution
2,492
0.9%
Write-in
132
0.0%
Total
277,081
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2010 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 014213615892d72d46bdb36ab9ea5cb427b409e13e508e6c6f059e4ad7b6da31
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.