U.S. Senate, 2008 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date:	September 9, 2008
Cycle:	2008
Office:	U.S. Senate
State:	Minnesota
District:	Statewide

Candidate	Gender	Party	Votes	Percent	Margin
Al Franken	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	164,136	65.34	+35.62
Priscilla Lord Faris	Woman	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	74,655	29.72
Dick Franson	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	3,923	1.56
Bob H. Larson	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	3,152	1.25
Robert Fitzgerald	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	3,095	1.23
Ole Savior	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	1,227	0.49
Alve Erickson	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	1,017	0.40

Franken was a comedian, author, and actor from Minneapolis. He was the party-endorsed candidate.

Lord Faris was an attorney from St. Paul. She was the daughter of former DFL Attorney General Miles Lord (1955-1960) and brother of former state Senator (SD 36, 1973-1974) and DFL Treasurer (1975-1983) Jim Lord.

Franson was a retired appraiser for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, former Minneapolis Alderman, and perennial candidate.

Larson was a resident of South St. Paul.

Fitzgerald was a nonprofit executive director from Rothsay and Independence nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006.

Savior was an artist from Minneapolis and perennial candidate.

Erickson was a retired mechanical engineer from Chisholm and DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 2002.

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Sources

State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 2009-2010 (p. 488).