Minnesota Secretary Of State - 1998 General Election Results
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1998 General Election Results


Votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
JESSE VENTURA AND MAE SCHUNK Reform 773,403 37.00%
NORM COLEMAN AND GEN OLSON Republican 716,880 34.29%
HUBERT H. "SKIP" HUMPHREY III AND ROGER D. MOE Democratic-Farmer-Labor 587,060 28.08%
FRANK GERMANN AND MICHAEL C. STRAND Libertarian 1,932 0.09%
CHRIS WRIGHT AND D.G. PAULSEN Grassroots 1,727 0.08%
THOMAS FISKE AND JOHN HAWKINS Socialist Workers 787 0.04%
FANCY RAY MCCLONEY AND (MOM) TONI MCCLONEY The People's Champion 919 0.04%
KEN PENTEL AND SUSAN JASPER Green Party Minnesota 7,034 0.34%
WRITE-IN (TOTAL) Write-In 776 0.04%
Votes for Secretary of State
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
ALAN SHILEPSKY Reform 192,898 9.72%
MARY KIFFMEYER Republican 928,156 46.76%
EDWINA GARCIA Democratic-Farmer-Labor 817,607 41.19%
KENNETH IVERSON Libertarian 44,663 2.25%
WRITE-IN (TOTAL) Write-In 1,742 0.09%
Votes for State Auditor
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
JUDI DUTCHER Republican 967,590 49.06%
NANCY A. LARSON Democratic-Farmer-Labor 812,347 41.19%
JOSEPH G. PESCHEK Progressive Minnesota 33,507 1.70%
BOB ODDEN Libertarian 40,228 2.04%
PATRICIA G. V. BECKER Minnesota Taxpayers' 116,578 5.91%
WRITE-IN (TOTAL) Write-In 1,940 0.09%
Votes for State Treasurer
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
JAMES N. (JIM) DUNLOP Reform 235,109 12.03%
KEVIN KNIGHT Republican 791,723 40.52%
CAROL JOHNSON Democratic-Farmer-Labor 887,025 45.39%
MITCHELL BERG Libertarian 37,855 1.94%
WRITE-IN (TOTAL) Write-in 2,354 0.12%
Votes for Attorney General
Candidate Party Total Votes Percent
JIM MANGAN Reform 116,481 5.80%
CHARLIE WEAVER Republican 879,864 43.83%
MIKE HATCH Democratic-Farmer-Labor 960,048 47.83%
RUTH A. MASON Libertarian 49,173 2.45%
WRITE-IN (TOTAL) Write-in 1,757 0.08%

For more election results, see the Precinct Results Spreadsheet