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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Minnesota governor election

Jesse Ventura (Reform) beat Norm Coleman (Republican) in Minnesota in 1998, 37.0% to 34.3%, a margin of 2.7 points and 56,363 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 1994 it went Republican, for Arne Carlson.

other candidates led in 38 of the 87 counties and Republicans in 32 and Democrats in 17. The largest, Hennepin, cast 487,102 votes and went to the other candidates by 6.0 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 7 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jesse Ventura won Reform 773,713 37.0%
Norm Coleman Republican 717,350 34.3%
Skip Humphrey Democratic 587,528 28.1%
All other candidates 13,175 0.6%
Total2,091,766

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 147,059 30.2% 155,311 31.9% 184,732 487,102 Others
Ramsey 68,619 32.1% 69,240 32.4% 75,707 213,566 Others
Dakota 33,253 22.0% 56,242 37.3% 61,393 150,888 Others
Anoka 24,975 19.7% 37,111 29.3% 64,463 126,549 Others
Washington 20,205 22.2% 32,565 35.8% 38,210 90,980 Others
Saint Louis 41,208 47.7% 24,439 28.3% 20,699 86,346 D+19.4
Stearns 11,696 21.7% 20,731 38.5% 21,436 53,863 Others
Olmsted 12,205 26.8% 19,480 42.7% 13,909 45,594 R+16.0
Wright 6,027 16.2% 11,957 32.1% 19,230 37,214 Others
Scott 5,787 16.7% 12,075 34.9% 16,709 34,571 Others
Carver 4,621 16.0% 11,479 39.9% 12,694 28,794 Others
Sherburne 4,163 16.4% 8,139 32.1% 13,077 25,379 Others
Crow Wing 6,257 26.0% 9,559 39.7% 8,266 24,082 R+13.7
Otter Tail 6,982 29.1% 10,785 45.0% 6,185 23,952 R+15.9
Rice 6,518 28.5% 6,732 29.4% 9,614 22,864 Others
Blue Earth 5,666 24.9% 7,031 30.9% 10,084 22,781 Others
Goodhue 4,547 22.7% 6,786 33.9% 8,702 20,035 Others
Chisago 3,621 18.9% 5,376 28.0% 10,209 19,206 Others
Itasca 7,911 41.6% 7,181 37.8% 3,911 19,003 D+3.8
Winona 6,176 33.7% 7,856 42.9% 4,274 18,306 R+9.2
Kandiyohi 5,337 29.3% 6,287 34.5% 6,575 18,199 Others
Clay 7,766 43.5% 6,200 34.7% 3,888 17,854 D+8.8
Mower 6,234 39.3% 5,529 34.9% 4,101 15,864 D+4.4
McLeod 2,449 15.9% 4,754 30.9% 8,176 15,379 Others
Douglas 3,503 23.3% 6,323 42.1% 5,203 15,029 R+18.8
Beltrami 5,289 35.9% 5,872 39.8% 3,582 14,743 R+4.0
Steele 3,022 21.6% 5,399 38.5% 5,596 14,017 Others
Freeborn 4,605 33.3% 5,463 39.5% 3,771 13,839 R+6.2
Isanti 2,665 19.6% 3,719 27.3% 7,245 13,629 Others
Morrison 2,899 21.9% 5,377 40.6% 4,983 13,259 R+18.7
Benton 2,750 20.8% 4,388 33.2% 6,074 13,212 Others
Nicollet 3,384 25.9% 4,345 33.2% 5,350 13,079 Others
Carlton 5,439 42.9% 3,929 31.0% 3,296 12,664 D+11.9
Becker 4,349 35.8% 5,030 41.4% 2,783 12,162 R+5.6
Le Sueur 2,614 22.2% 3,582 30.4% 5,586 11,782 Others
Brown 2,417 21.2% 5,150 45.2% 3,838 11,405 R+24.0
Cass 3,288 28.9% 4,781 42.0% 3,323 11,392 R+13.1
Todd 2,426 22.2% 4,293 39.3% 4,206 10,925 R+17.1
Pine 2,730 25.6% 2,869 26.9% 5,075 10,674 Others
Meeker 2,083 19.7% 3,320 31.3% 5,192 10,595 Others
Lyon 2,966 28.7% 4,043 39.1% 3,343 10,352 R+10.4
Martin 2,534 26.7% 3,676 38.8% 3,266 9,476 R+12.1
Wabasha 2,221 23.6% 3,363 35.8% 3,817 9,401 Others
Mille Lacs 1,998 21.4% 2,898 31.0% 4,443 9,339 Others
Hubbard 2,609 30.1% 3,697 42.6% 2,374 8,680 R+12.5
Waseca 1,904 22.3% 3,064 35.8% 3,585 8,553 Others
Polk 4,462 52.2% 2,347 27.4% 1,743 8,552 D+24.7
Fillmore 2,823 33.4% 3,359 39.7% 2,275 8,457 R+6.3
Nobles 2,664 31.8% 3,265 39.0% 2,438 8,367 R+7.2
Renville 2,079 25.4% 2,514 30.7% 3,607 8,200 Others
Faribault 2,382 29.3% 2,778 34.2% 2,957 8,117 Others
Aitkin 2,347 30.3% 2,447 31.6% 2,944 7,738 Others
Houston 2,797 37.7% 3,616 48.8% 1,002 7,415 R+11.0
Redwood 1,654 22.5% 3,140 42.8% 2,550 7,344 R+20.2
Sibley 1,262 17.9% 2,261 32.1% 3,521 7,044 Others
Dodge 1,484 21.2% 2,619 37.4% 2,894 6,997 Others
Kanabec 1,374 21.1% 1,895 29.0% 3,255 6,524 Others
Koochiching 2,347 38.1% 2,721 44.2% 1,095 6,163 R+6.1
Cottonwood 1,884 30.8% 2,420 39.5% 1,817 6,121 R+8.8
Chippewa 2,064 34.0% 1,721 28.3% 2,290 6,075 Others
Roseau 1,863 31.2% 2,975 49.8% 1,138 5,976 R+18.6
Wadena 1,537 25.9% 2,563 43.1% 1,845 5,945 R+17.3
Lake 2,472 42.2% 1,766 30.1% 1,620 5,858 D+12.1
Pope 1,738 29.9% 1,954 33.6% 2,116 5,808 Others
Pennington 2,253 39.3% 2,226 38.8% 1,261 5,740 D+0.5
Yellow Medicine 1,838 33.7% 1,628 29.8% 1,991 5,457 Others
Swift 1,852 35.1% 1,410 26.7% 2,017 5,279 Others
Jackson 1,728 33.5% 1,796 34.9% 1,629 5,153 R+1.3
Watonwan 1,429 27.9% 1,711 33.4% 1,984 5,124 Others
Stevens 1,507 29.9% 2,052 40.7% 1,480 5,039 R+10.8
Marshall 2,008 41.5% 1,959 40.5% 872 4,839 D+1.0
Murray 1,620 34.5% 1,819 38.7% 1,263 4,702 R+4.2
Pipestone 1,621 35.7% 2,127 46.8% 795 4,543 R+11.1
Lac Qui Parle 1,621 39.5% 1,133 27.6% 1,346 4,100 D+11.9
Rock 1,384 36.1% 1,832 47.7% 621 3,837 R+11.7
Grant 1,089 31.6% 1,055 30.6% 1,304 3,448 Others
Norman 1,621 49.7% 1,024 31.4% 615 3,260 D+18.3
Clearwater 1,124 35.0% 1,439 44.8% 649 3,212 R+9.8
Lincoln 1,136 36.7% 1,129 36.4% 833 3,098 D+0.2
Big Stone 1,144 40.0% 912 31.9% 801 2,857 D+8.1
Wilkin 892 32.6% 1,181 43.2% 661 2,734 R+10.6
Cook 1,046 39.8% 1,010 38.4% 574 2,630 D+1.4
Kittson 1,185 50.3% 757 32.2% 412 2,354 D+18.2
Traverse 721 33.7% 733 34.2% 688 2,142 R+0.6
Red Lake 920 43.3% 842 39.6% 363 2,125 D+3.7
Lake of the Woods 852 42.2% 837 41.5% 329 2,018 D+0.7
Mahnomen 716 36.5% 821 41.8% 427 1,964 R+5.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tim Walz (D) D+7.7
2018 Tim Walz (D) D+11.4
2014 Mark Dayton (D) D+5.6
2010 Mark Dayton (D) D+0.4
2006 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+1.0
2002 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+7.9
1998 Jesse Ventura (other)
1994 Arne Carlson (R) R+29.2
1990 Arne Carlson (R) R+3.3
1986 Rudy Perpich (D) D+13.0
1982 Rudy Perpich (D) D+18.6
1978 Albert H. Quie (R) R+7.0
1974 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+33.4
1970 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+8.5
1966 Harold Levander (R) R+5.6
1962 Karl F. Rolvaag (D) level
1960 Elmer L. Andersen (R) R+1.5
1958 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+14.4
1956 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+3.2
1954 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+5.9
1952 C. Elmer Anderson (R) R+11.3
1950 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+22.5
1948 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+8.1
1946 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+19.3
1944 Edward John Thye (R) R+23.8
1942 Harold Stassen (R) R+42.1
1940 Harold Stassen (R) R+40.9
1938 Harold Stassen (R) R+54.1
1936 Elmer Austin Benson (other)
1934 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1932 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1930 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1928 Theodore Christianson (R) R+33.6
1926 Theodore Christianson (R) R+51.1
1924 Theodore Christianson (R) R+42.8
1922 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+33.5
1920 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+42.7
1918 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+24.3
1916 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+39.1
1914 Winfield Scott Hammond (D) D+3.7
1912 Adolph Olson Eberhart (R) R+9.4
1910 Adolph O. Eberhart (R) R+20.5
1908 John Albert Johnson (D) D+8.0
1906 John A. Johnson (D) D+26.2
1904 John A. Johnson (D) D+2.6
1902 Samuel R. Van Sant (R) R+20.9
1900 Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (R) R+0.7
1898 John Lind (D) D+8.0
1896 David M. Clough (R) R+1.1
1894 Knute Nelson (R) R+31.9
1892 Knute Nelson (R) R+5.7
1890 William R. Merriam (R) R+0.9
1888 William R. Merriam (R) R+9.2
1886 Andrew R. McGill (R) R+1.1
1883 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+10.5
1881 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+26.4
1879 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.7
1877 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+17.9
1875 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.1
1873 Cushman K. Davis (R) R+7.1
1871 Horace Austin (R) R+21.2
1869 Horace Austin (R) R+3.7
1867 William R. Marshall (R) R+8.2
1865 William R. Marshall (R) R+11.2