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
Republican primary Candidate Rod Grams, incumbent U.S. Senator William Paul "Bill" Dahn
Results
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 Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic Independence ConstitutionKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Rod Grams Mark Dayton James Gibson David Swan1 Oct. 18, 2000 KARE-TV Paul MajorsTim Russert C-SPAN 2 Oct. 26, 2000 WCCO-TV Don Shelby C-SPAN 3 Nov. 3, 2000 KTCA-TVMinnesota Citizen's ForumStar TribuneTwin Cities Public TelevisionWCCO Eric EskolaCathy Wurzer C-SPAN
Results
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