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1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1998_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/250px-1998_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png) County results
Ventura:
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Coleman:
30?40%
40?50%
Humphrey:
30-40%
40-50%
50?60%
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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]
1998 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
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Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±%
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Reform
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Jesse Ventura
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773,713
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36.99%
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n/a
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Republican
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Norm Coleman
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717,350
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34.29%
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-29.04%
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Democratic (DFL)
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Skip Humphrey
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587,528
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28.09%
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-6.02%
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Green
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Ken Pentel
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7,034
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0.34%
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n/a
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Libertarian
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Frank Germann
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1,932
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0.09%
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-0.80%
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Grassroots
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Chris Wright
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1,727
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0.08%
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-1.12%
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People's Champion
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Fancy Ray McCloney
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919
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0.04%
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n/a
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Socialist Workers
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Thomas Fiske
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787
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0.04%
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-0.14%
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Write-ins
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776
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n/a
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Majority
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56,363
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2.69%
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Turnout
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2,091,766
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60%
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Reform
gain
from
Republican
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Swing
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