In election year 2002 Norm Coleman won to become the last republican elected as of 2017.
 Coleman was elected to the Senate in 2002 and served one term, losing his 2008 reelection bid by 312 votes (out of over 3 million cast). 
The 2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 2002. 
 As of 2017, this is the last Senate election in Minnesota won by a Republican. 
