. . "Norm Coleman"@en . "Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party"@en . . . . . "45139"^^ . . . . "2254"^^ . . . . . . "2002-11-05"^^ . "-2.98"^^ . "100.0"^^ . "1121382960"^^ . "1996"^^ . "11381"^^ . . . . . "49.53"^^ . "Independence Party"@en . "Green Party"@en . "1996"^^ . . "Norm Coleman congress cropped.jpg"@en . . . . . "+8.25%"@en . "U.S. Senator"@en . . . "n/a"@en . "0.1"^^ . "-4.98"^^ . "2.0"^^ . . . "1116697"^^ . "2008"^^ . . . . "Waltermondaleasdiplomat .jpg"@en . "Republican Party of Minnesota"@en . . . "1067246"^^ . . . "Minnesota"@en . "10119"^^ . "The 2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone was running for reelection to a third term, but died in a plane crash eleven days before the election. The Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL) chose former Vice President and 1984 Presidential nominee Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone on the ballot. Mondale had previously held the seat from 1964 to 1976, resigning to take office as Vice President. He narrowly lost to Republican Norm Coleman, the former Mayor of Saint Paul. The day before the election, Governor Jesse Ventura appointed the 1996 Independence Party candidate, Dean Barkley, to serve the remainder of Wellstone's term. As of 2022, this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Minnesota. This is also the last time in a midterm election that the party controlling the White House flipped a Senate seat in a state they did not win in the preceding presidential election. This marked the first election that Mondale had lost in Minnesota, as he had even narrowly carried it against Ronald Reagan in his landslide defeat in the 1984 United States presidential election, where he lost 49 states, winning only Minnesota and the District of Columbia. As a result of his defeat in this election, Mondale became the first, and so far only, major party candidate in American history to have lost a general election in every state."@en . "Constitution Party"@en . "presidential"@en . "Jim Moore"@en . "2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota"@en . "2008"^^ . "2002-11-05"^^ . "47.34"^^ . . . . . "Miro Drago Kovatchevich"@en . . . . "49.5"^^ . "1067246"^^ . "Ray Tricomo"@en . . . . "47.3"^^ . "Republican Party of Minnesota"@en . "145"^^ . . . . "2002"^^ . . "1803"^^ . . . "County results"@en . . . . "8722"^^ . "0.08"^^ . "2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota"@en . "Mondale:"@en . "Independence Party"@en . "1116697"^^ . . . . . . . . . "2254639"^^ . . . . "Republican Party"@en . "Independence Party"@en . . "0.5"^^ . "0.48"^^ . "12832965"^^ . . "Coleman:"@en . "The 2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone was running for reelection to a third term, but died in a plane crash eleven days before the election. The Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party (DFL) chose former Vice President and 1984 Presidential nominee Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone on the ballot. Mondale had previously held the seat from 1964 to 1976, resigning to take office as Vice President. He narrowly lost to Republican Norm Coleman, the former Mayor of Saint Paul. The day before the election, Governor Jesse Ventura appointed the 1996 Independence Party candidate, Dean Barkley, to serve the remainder of Wellstone's term."@en . "2002"^^ . . "no"@en .