The 2000 Minnesota United States Senate election was held on November 7, 2000 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Minnesota. The race pitted incumbent Republican Senator Rod Grams against Minnesota State Auditor Mark Dayton. Dayton won with 48.83% of the vote against Grams’ 43.29%.
[edit] Election results
| 2000 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election[1] |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| DFL | Mark Dayton | 1,181,553 | 48.83% | +4.73% |
| Republican | Rod Grams | 1,047,474 | 43.29% | -5.76% |
| Independence | James Gibson | 140,583 | 5.81% | +0.43% |
| Grassroots | David Daniels | 21,447 | 0.89% | -0.01% |
| Socialist Workers | Rebecca Ellis | 12,956 | 0.54% | +0.40% |
| Constitution | David Swan | 8,915 | 0.37% | n/a |
| Libertarian | Erik D. Pakieser | 6,588 | 0.27% | n/a |
| Write-in | Ole Savior | 4 | 0.00% | n/a |
| Majority | 134,079 | 5.54% | |
| Turnout | 2,419,520 | 74.10% | |
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