2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota

none March 2026 September 2023 2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota Minnesota 1983 presidential no 1994 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1994 2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota 2006 November 7, 2000 150x150px Mark Dayton official photo.jpg Mark Dayton Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (Minnesota) 1,181,553 48.83% Rod Grams, Official Senate portrait.jpg Rod Grams Republican Party (US) 1,047,474 43.29% 3x4.svg James Gibson Independence Party of Minnesota 140,583 5.81% 280px County results 280px Precinct results 1 270px Dayton: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0D0596 >90%Grams: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Tie: #d2b1d9 40–50% #ae8bb1 50% #808080 No votes U.S. Senator Rod Grams Republican Party (US) Mark Dayton Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (Minnesota) The 2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 7, 2000, to select a U.S. senator from the state of Minnesota. Republican incumbent Rod Grams ran for a second consecutive term in office, but he was defeated by former Minnesota state auditor Mark Dayton of the DFL. Upon Dayton's swearing in, the Democratic Party held both of Minnesota's Senate seats for the first time since 1978. DFL primary Mark Dayton, former Minnesota state auditor and nominee for Senate in 1982 Michael V. Ciresi, attorney Jerry Janezich, state senator Rebecca Yanisch Richard "Dick" Franson, city councilman Oloveuse S. "Ole" Savior, artist and perennial candidate. Gregg A. Iverson Results Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party primary results Mark Dayton Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 178,972 41.30 Mike Ciresi Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 96,874 22.35 Jerry Janezich Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 90,074 20.78 Rebecca Yanisch Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 63,289 14.60 Richard Franson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1,336 0.31 Oloveuse S. Savior Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1,206 0.28 Gregg A. Iverson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 1,038 0.24 462,789 100.00 Republican primary Candidate Rod Grams, incumbent U.S. Senator William Paul "Bill" Dahn Results Republican primary results Rod Grams (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 112,335 89.11 William Paul Dahn Republican Party (United States) 13,728 10.89 126,063 100.00 General election Candidates David Daniels (Grassroots) Mark Dayton, former Minnesota state auditor and nominee for Senate in 1982 (DFL) Rebecca Ellis (Socialist Workers) James Gibson (Independence) Rod Grams, incumbent U.S. senator since 1995 (Republican) Erik Pakieser (Libertarian) Ole Savior, perennial candidate (Independent; write-in) David Swan (Constitution) Debates + 2000 United States Senate election in Minnesota debates No. Number Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic Independence ConstitutionKey:black #90ff90  P  Participant  black #FFFFDD  A  Absent  black #ff9090  N  Not invited  black #CCFFCC  I  Invited #f0e68c W Withdrawn Rod Grams Mark Dayton James Gibson David Swan1 Oct. 18, 2000 KARE-TV Paul MajorsTim Russert C-SPAN P P P N2 Oct. 26, 2000 WCCO-TV Don Shelby C-SPAN P P P P3 Nov. 3, 2000 KTCA-TVMinnesota Citizen's ForumStar TribuneTwin Cities Public TelevisionWCCO Eric EskolaCathy Wurzer C-SPAN P P P N Results 2000 United States Senate election in MinnesotaGeneral Election Results, Minnesota Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153611/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20001107/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=S&P=A November 10, 2012 Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (Minnesota) Mark Dayton 1,181,553 48.83 +4.73 Republican Party (US) Rod Grams (incumbent) 1,047,474 43.29 -5.76 Independence Party (Minnesota) James Gibson 140,583 5.81 +0.43 Grassroots Party David Daniels 21,447 0.89 -0.01 Socialist Workers Party (US) Rebecca Ellis 12,956 0.54 +0.40 Constitution Party (US) David Swan 8,915 0.37 n/a Libertarian Party (US) Erik D. Pakieser 6,588 0.27 n/a Write-in Ole Savior 4 0.00 n/a 2,419,520 100.00 n/a Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (Minnesota) Republican Party (US) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Aitkin (largest city: Aitkin) Big Stone (largest city: Ortonville) Grant (largest city: Elbow Lake) Lincoln (largest city: Tyler) Marshall (largest city: Warren) Pennington (largest city: Thief River Falls) Pine (largest city: Pine City) Polk (largest city: East Grand Forks) Pope (largest city: Glenwood) Red Lake (largest city: Red Lake Falls) Yellow Medicine (largest city: Granite Falls) Beltrami (largest city: Bemidji) Blue Earth (largest city: Mankato) Chippewa (largest city: Montevideo) Clay (largest city: Moorhead) Fillmore (largest city: Spring Valley) Freeborn (largest city: Albert Lea) Itasca (largest city: Grand Rapids) Koochiching (largest city: International Falls) Lac qui Parle (largest city: Madison) Mahnomen (largest city: Mahnomen) Nicollet (largest city: North Mankato) Rice (largest city: Faribault) Swift (largest city: Benson) Traverse (largest city: Wheaton) Winona (largest city: Winona) Kandiyohi (largest city: Willmar) Jackson (largest city: Jackson) Renville (largest city: Olivia) See also 2000 United States Senate elections References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Mark Dayton (D) for Senate Rod Grams (R) for Senate James Gibson (L) for Senate Category:2000 Minnesota elections Minnesota 2000