Minnesota Secretary Of State - 2008 General Election Results
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2008 General Election Results


Votes for U.S. President and Vice President
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN Republican 1,275,409 43.82%
BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN Democratic-Farmer-Labor 1,573,354 54.06%
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY AND ROSA CLEMENTE Green 5,174 0.18%
RÓGER CALERO AND ALYSON KENNEDY Socialist Workers 790 0.03%
RALPH NADER AND MATT GONZALEZ Independent 30,152 1.04%
BOB BARR AND WAYNE A. ROOT Libertarian 9,174 0.32%
CHUCK BALDWIN AND DARRELL CASTLE Constitution 6,787 0.23%
WRITE-IN** Write-In 9,496 0.33%
JONATHAN ALLEN AND JEFFREY STATH** Write-In 0 0%
JAMES GERMALIO AND MARTIN WISHNATSKY** Write-In 0 0%
KEITH RUSSELL JUDD AND MONTY JUDD** Write-In 0 0%
ALAN KEYES AND BRIAN RORBAUGH** Write-In 22 0%
GLEN JOHN MANSFIELD AND VANESSA SURRATT** Write-In 0 0%
JEFFREY S. LEHMANN AND ERIC WASNESS** Write-In 0 0%
MEL MOENCH AND MICHAEL REYNOLDS** Write-In 0 0%
CURTIS MONTGOMERY AND JANICE MONTGOMERY** Write-In 1 0%
BRIAN MOORE AND STEWARD A. ALEXANDER** Write-In 7 0%
FRANK MOORE AND SUSAN BLOCK** Write-In 0 0%
DEBRA JOYCE RENDEROS AND OSCAR R. RENDEROS** Write-In 0 0%
OSCAR R. RENDEROS AND DEBRA JOYCE RENDEROS** Write-In 0 0%
PLATT ROBERTSON AND SCOTT FALLS** Write-In 0 0%
JOE SCHRINER AND DALE WAY** Write-In 3 0%
DAVID JON SPONHEIM AND MARSHAL TANCHUCK** Write-In 0 0%
Votes for U.S. Senator*
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
DEAN BARKLEY Independence 437,505 15.15%
NORM COLEMAN Republican 1,212,317 41.98%
AL FRANKEN Democratic-Farmer-Labor 1,212,629 41.99%
CHARLES ALDRICH Libertarian 13,923 0.48%
JAMES NIEMACKL Constitution 8,907 0.31%
WRITE-IN** Write-In 2,340 0.08%
MICHAEL CAVLAN** Write-In 13 0%
JOHN H. EVAN** Write-In 0 0%
ANTHONY KEITH PRICE** Write-In 12 0%
JACK SHEPARD** Write-In 0 0%

*See 2008 State Recounts for more information on vote totals for the U.S. Senator race

Votes on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Clean Water, Wildlife, Cultural Heritage, and Natural Areas
Vote Total Votes Percent
YES 1,635,046 56.00%
NO 1,141,540 39.09%
ESTIMATED BLANKS 143,628 4.91%
ESTIMATED TOTAL VOTERS 2,920,214 100.00%

For more election results, see the Complete Election Results or Precinct Results Spreadsheet