1998 Minnesota Secretary of State election

none February 2026 December 2025 ly 1998 Minnesota Secretary of State election Minnesota 1983 Presidential no 1994 Minnesota Secretary of State election 1994 2002 Minnesota Secretary of State election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:Minnesota State Senator Mary Kiffmeyer.jpg 150x150px Mary Kiffmeyer Republican Party (United States) 928,576 46.75% File:Edwina Garcia 2020 (cropped).jpg Edwina Garcia Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 818,236 41.20% 3x4.svg Alan Shilepsky Reform Party (United States) 192,997 9.72% 1998 Minnesota secretary of state election results map by county.svg County results Kiffmeyer: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60%Garcia: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Secretary of State Joan Growe Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Mary Kiffmeyer Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 1998, in order to elect the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Republican nominee Mary Kiffmeyer defeated Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 63B district Edwina Garcia, Reform nominee Alan Shilepsky and Libertarian nominee Kenneth Iverson.https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319981099922600/ Secretary of State, 1998 Election electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2024-09-28 Reform primary The Reform Party primary was held on September 11, 1998, and featured Alan Shilepsky as the sole candidate. He was subsequently elected with 100.00% of the vote.https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319983038322600/ Secretary of State, 1998 Election electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2024-09-28 Results Reform primary election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1016149 MN Secretary of State - REF Primary ourcampaigns.com April 21, 2023 2024-09-28 Reform Party (United States) Alan Shilepsky 13,905 100.00 13,905 100.00 Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary The Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party primary was held on September 15, 1998, and featured incumbent member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 63B district Edwina Garcia, Jennifer Mattson, Dick Franson and Gregg A. Iverson as possible candidates. Garcia won the primary with 36.27% of the vote.https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319983010122600/ Secretary of State, 1998 Election electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2024-09-28 Results Reform primary election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=736824 MN Secretary of State - DFL Primary ourcampaigns.com February 1, 2017 2024-09-28 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Edwina Garcia 149,400 36.27 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Jennifer Mattson 116,092 28.18 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Dick Franson 75,156 18.24 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Gregg A. Iverson 71,297 17.31 411,945 100.00 Republican primary The Republican Party primary was held on September 15, 1998, and featured Mary Kiffmeyer and Don Koenig as candidates. Kiffmeyer won the primary with 55.36% of the vote.https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319983015022600/ Secretary of State, 1998 Election electionarchives.lib.umn.edu 2024-09-28 Results Republican primary election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=827752 MN Secretary of State - R Primary ourcampaigns.com February 1, 2017 2024-09-28 Republican Party (United States) Mary Kiffmeyer 71,678 55.36 Republican Party (United States) Don Koenig 57,799 44.64 129,477 100.00 General election On election day, November 3, 1998, Republican nominee Mary Kiffmeyer won the election by a margin of 110,340 votes against her foremost opponent Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Edwina Garcia, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of Secretary of State. Kiffmeyer was sworn in as the 20th Secretary of State of Minnesota on January 3, 1999.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=20094 MN Secretary of State ourcampaigns.com December 10, 2004 2024-09-28 Results Minnesota Secretary of State election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Mary Kiffmeyer 928,576 46.75 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Edwina Garcia 818,236 41.20 Reform Party (United States) Alan Shilepsky 192,997 9.72 Libertarian Party (United States) Kenneth Iverson 44,663 2.25 1,742 0.08 1,986,214 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party References Category:1998 Minnesota elections Category:Minnesota Secretary of State elections Category:1998 United States state secretary of state elections