1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election
1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election
County resultsVentura: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60%Coleman: 30–40% 40–50%Humphrey: 30-40% 40-50% 50–60%
The 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Reform Party candidate Jesse Ventura beat Republican Party challenger Norm Coleman and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party challenger Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III .[1]
Ventura's victory as a third party candidate was seen as a historic major upset, especially since he was a former professional wrestler. He ran on the Reform Party ticket, a party which had been founded by two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot who had received 23% of the vote in Minnesota in the 1992 presidential election and 12% in the 1996 election .[2]
Primary results
Democratic
Republican
Results
1998 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Reform
Jesse Ventura
773,713
36.99%
n/a
Republican
Norm Coleman
717,350
34.29%
-29.04%
Democratic (DFL)
Skip Humphrey
587,528
28.09%
-6.02%
Green
Ken Pentel
7,034
0.34%
n/a
Libertarian
Frank Germann
1,932
0.09%
-0.80%
Grassroots
Chris Wright
1,727
0.08%
-1.12%
People's Champion
Fancy Ray McCloney
919
0.04%
n/a
Socialist Workers
Thomas Fiske
787
0.04%
-0.14%
Write-ins
776
n/a
Majority
56,363
2.69%
Turnout
2,091,766
60%
Reform gain from Republican
Swing
References
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