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The 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate election will take place on November 4, 2008. The seat is currently held by Senator Norm Coleman who won the 2002 election.

Contents

Candidates who have declared their intention to run

Other potential candidates

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Republican Party

Dropped out

Democrat

Republican

Fundraising

Polling

External links

See also

References

External links

Candidates who have declared their intention to run

★ Norm Coleman - (Republican) First-term Incumbent Senator.

★ Michael Ciresi - (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) Minneapolis lawyer, argued high-profile cases against chemical, tobacco, health care industries. 2000 Senate candidate. Announced candidacy April 18, 2007.^[1]

★ Jim Cohen - (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)

★ Al Franken - (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) Comedian, former radio talk-show host, writer, and political commentator. He announced his candidacy on February 14, 2007.

★ Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer - (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)

★ James Broom Wellstone (Independence) [1]

★ Michael Cavlan - (Green Party) 2006 candidate for the United States Senate [2]

Other potential candidates

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

★ Joe Atkins - State Representative^[2]

★ Tarryl Clark - State Senator

★ Dick Fransen - Veteran, former Minneapolis City Alderman, frequent candidate

★ Mee Moua - State Senator

★ Ralph Remington - Minneapolis City Council

Republican Party

On June 12, 2007, Joe Repya announced that he is considering challenging Coleman in the Republican primary. The previous week Repya ran for election of the chair of the Minnesota GOP, which he lost. Repya, a retired lieutenant colonel, is a pro-Iraq War activist and formerly advised Coleman on military and veterans issues in his 2002 campaign.^[3]

Dropped out

Democrat

★ Peter Agre - Nobel Laureate.^[4] Agre grew up in Northfield and currently is a vice chancellor at Duke University in North Carolina. He won the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry for cell membrane discoveries.^[5] On August 29, 2007 he announced that he is not running for the seat, citing his slim chances of success.^[6]

★ Bob Olson - (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) Energy/environment activist, wind power advocate, banker, tax lawyer. Announced candidacy on June 05, 2007.^[7] website. (In mid-July, 2007, Olson announced that he was switching to run for Congress in CD-6.)

Republican

★ None at this time

Fundraising

Minnesota Public Radio reported that in the second quarter, Franken had raised $1.9 million, Coleman had raised about $1.6 million, and Ciresi had raised $750,000. Franken leads the pack in second quarter fundraising

Polling

'Source'	'Date'	'Republican Candidate'	'DFL Candidate'
Survey USA	July 30, 2007	'Coleman - 48%'	Ciresi - 42%
Survey USA	July 30, 2007	'Coleman - 49%'	Cohen - 37%
Survey USA	July 30, 2007	'Coleman - 49%'	Franken - 42%
MPR/Mason-Dixon	May 9, 2007	'Coleman - 52%'	Ciresi - 29%
MPR/Mason-Dixon	May 9, 2007	'Coleman - 54%'	Franken - 32%
Rasmussen Reports	March 13, 2007	'Coleman - 46%'	Franken - 36%
Survey USA	Feb 13, 2007	'Coleman - 57%'	Ciresi - 34%
Survey USA	Feb 13, 2007	'Coleman - 57%'	Franken - 35%

External links

★ Coleman for Senate - Republican

★ Ciresi for U.S Senate - Democrat

★ Cohen for Senate - Democrat

★ Franken for Senate - Democrat

★ Pallmeyer for senate - Democrat

See also

United States Senate elections, 2008

References

1. Ciresi enters Senate race Eric Black
2. Another DFLer is considering a U.S. Senate run
3. Coleman faces challenge from his former adviser Aaron Blake
4. Nobel Prize-winning scientist considers challenging Coleman
5. [3]
6. Nobel-winning scientist won't run for Senate
7. Olson makes Senate run official Lawrence Schumacher

External links

★ Pioneer Press article on potential Democratic candidates for 2008.