1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1986

November 4, 1986

Nominee Rudy Perpich Cal Ludeman Party Democratic (DFL) Ind.-Republican Running mate Marlene Johnson Dennis W. Schulstad Popular vote 790,138 606,755 Percentage 56.11% 43.09%

County Results

Governor before election Rudy Perpich Democratic (DFL) Elected Governor Rudy Perpich Democratic (DFL)

The 1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Rudy Perpich defeated Independent-Republican Party challenger Cal Ludeman.

Results

1986 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rudy Perpich	790,138	56.11%	-2.64%
	Ind.-Republican	Cal Ludeman	606,755	43.09%	+3.23%
	Workers League	W. Z. Brust	4,208	0.30%	n/a
	Libertarian	Joseph A. Rohner III	3,852	0.27%	-0.08%
	Socialist Workers	Tom Jaax	3,151	0.22%	n/a
Majority			183,383	13.02%
Turnout			1,408,104
	Democratic (DFL) hold		Swing

1986 is also the year that the Twin Cities WCCO sportcaster Mark Rosen had a write-in campaign for governor as a morning radio program's publicity stunt.