1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election

1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election
	County results; Ventura: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60%; Coleman: 30–40% 40–50%; Humphrey: 30-40% 40-50% 50–60%
Governor before election; Arne Carlson; Republican	Elected Governor ; Jesse Ventura; Reform

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

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Democratic Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Skip Humphrey	154,037	37
	Democrat	Mike Freeman	78,895	19
	Democrat	Doug Johnson	78,041	19
	Democrat	Mark Dayton	74,706	18
	Democrat	Ted Mondale	29,749	7
Total votes			415,428	100
Turnout

Republican

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Republican Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norm Coleman	107,989	91
	Republican	Bill Dahn	10,505	9
Total votes			118,494	100
Turnout

Results

1998 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color: Template:Reform Party of the United States of America/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Reform Party of the United States of America\|Template:Reform Party of the United States of America/meta/shortname]]	Jesse Ventura	773,713	36.99%	*n/a*
	Republican	Norm Coleman	717,350	34.29%	-29.04%
	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/M' not found.	Skip Humphrey	587,528	28.09%	-6.02%
	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.	Ken Pentel	7,034	0.34%	n/a
	Libertarian	Frank Germann	1,932	0.09%	-0.80%
	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found.	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%
style="background-color: Template:Reform Party of the United States of America/meta/color" \|	[[Reform Party of the United States of America\|Template:Reform Party of the United States of America/meta/shortname]] gain from Republican		Swing

1998 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election Media

This image shows the precinct level results for the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election trend map by county

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Minnesota primary results - September 15, 1998". CNN.
↑ "A 'Bad Boy' Wrestler's Unscripted Upset". The New York Times. 5 November 1998.

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[cnn.com-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Minnesota primary results - September 15, 1998". CNN.

[2] "A 'Bad Boy' Wrestler's Unscripted Upset". The New York Times. 5 November 1998.

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