1982 Minnesota Attorney General election

The 1982 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on 2 November 1982 in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota Senate Hubert Humphrey III defeated Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Elliot C. Rothenberg and Conservative People's nominee Samuel A. Faulk.^[1]

1982 Minnesota Attorney General election

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Nominee Hubert Humphrey III Elliot C. Rothenberg Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Popular vote 1,082,539 653,162 Percentage 61.72% 37.24%

Humphrey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Rothenberg:      50–60%

Attorney General before election Warren Spannaus Democratic (DFL) Elected Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III Democratic (DFL)

General election

On election day, 2 November 1982, Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Hubert Humphrey III won the election by a margin of 429,377 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Elliot C. Rothenberg, thereby retaining Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party control over the office of attorney general. Humphrey was sworn in as the 27th attorney general of Minnesota on 3 January 1983.^[2]

Results

Minnesota Attorney General election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hubert Humphrey III	1,082,539	61.72
	Republican	Elliot C. Rothenberg	653,162	37.24
	Conservative People's	Samuel A. Faulk	18,278	1.04
Total votes			1,753,979	100.00
	Democratic (DFL) hold