Sept. 9 primary results
On Tuesday, Sept. 9, Minnesota held a primary election to determine the final list of persons to appear on the ballot.
U.S. Senate 2008 GOP
x-Norm Coleman (i) 130,276 - 91 percent
Jack Shepard 12,426 - 9 percent
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U.S. Senate 2008 IP - Primary
x-Dean Barkley 6,681 - 59 percent
Jack Uldrich 1,414 - 12 percent
Stephen Williams 806 - 7 percent
Kurt Anderson 775 - 7 percent
Doug Williams 643 - 6 percent
Darryl Stanton 631 - 6 percent
Bill Dahn 458 - 4 percent
U.S. Senate 2008 Dem - Primary
x-Al Franken 164,039 - 65 percent
Priscilla Lord Faris 74,584 - 30 percent
Dick Franson 3,963 - 2 percent
Bob Larson 3,159 - 1 percent
Rob Fitzgerald 3,098 - 1 percent
Ole Savior 1,243 - 0 percent
Alve Erickson 1,027 - 0 percent
U.S. Representative 1st District
Republican
x-Brian J. Davis 17,112 - 66 percent
Dick Day 8,449 - 33 percent
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Tim Walz (i) 20,961 - 100 percent
Independence
Gregory Mikkelson 1,039 - 100 percent
U.S. Representative 3rd District
Republican
Erik Paulsen 14,187 - 100 percent
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Ashwin Madia 20,830 - 100 percent
Independence
x-David Dillon 674 - 73 percent
Steve Ramsdell 252 - 27 percent
U.S. Representative 5th District
Republican
Barb Davis White 5,284 - 100 percent
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
x-Keith Ellison (i) 33,988 - 84 percent
Gregg A. Iverson 6,251 - 16 percent
Independence
Bill McGaughey 828 - 100 percent
U.S. Representative 6th District
Republican
x-Michele Bachmann (i) 18,991 - 86 percent
Aubrey Immelman 3,126 - 14 percent
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
El Tinklenberg 17,399 - 100 percent
Independence
Bob Anderson 825 - 100 percent
U.S. Representative 7th District
Republican
x-Glen Menze 7,688 - 52 percent
Alan Roebke 7,143 - 48 percent
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Collin C. Peterson (i) 21,810 - 100 percent
State Representative District 41B
Republican
x-Jan Schneider 2,271 - 57 percent
Neil Peterson (i) - 43 percent
State Representative District 48B
Republican
x-Jim Abeler (i) 2,069 - 64 percent
Don Huizenga 1,172 - 36 percent
Minnesota Supreme Court
Associate Justice 4
Lorie Gildea 168,849 - 53 percent
Deborah Hedlund 56,432 - 17.86 percent
Jill Clark 55,063 - 17.43 percent
F. Richard Gallo, Jr. 35,568 - 11 percent