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'Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III' (born
26 June 1942) is an
American politician and member of the
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). He is the son of the late
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and the late
U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey. He attended
American University where he was a member of the
Alpha Sigma Phi,
Beta Chi chapter, and is a graduate
University of Minnesota Law School. Humphrey was elected to the
Minnesota Senate in
1972 and served as a state
senator from
1973 to
1983. He was elected
attorney general in 1982. He served as
Attorney General of
Minnesota from
1983-
1999. In
1988, he challenged incumbent
Independent-Republican David Durenberger in the race for
US Senate seat (a seat that his father and his mother previously held), but lost. He ran for
governor of
Minnesota in
1998 as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate against the Reform Party (now known as the
Independence Party) candidate
Jesse Ventura and
Republican candidate
Norm Coleman. He lost to Ventura. As attorney general he was one of the DFL Party's most popular candidates ever in terms of popular vote. He is married to
Nancy Lee Humphrey and is the father of three children, including
Hubert H. "Buck" Humphrey IV. Hubert H. Humphrey III is currently a consultant with Tunheim Partners, a Minnesota based communications and public affairs firm.
Humphrey is currently serving as the president of the Minnesota chapter of the
AARP.
Electoral history
★ '1998 Race for Governor'
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Jesse Ventura (Ref.), 37%
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Norm Coleman (R), 34%
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 28%
★ '1998 Race for Governor - Democratic Primary'
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★ Skip Humphrey (DFL), 37%
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Mike Freeman (DFL), 19%
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★ Doug Johnson (DFL), 19%
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Mark Dayton (DFL), 18%
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Ted Mondale (DFL), 7%
★ '1994 Race for state Attorney General'
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), 1,115,285
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Sharon Anderson (IR), 488,753
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★ Dean W. Amundson (Grassroots Party), 69,776
★ '1990 Race for state Attorney General'
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), 1,126,447
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★ Kevin E. Johnson (IR), 655,282
★ '1988 Race for U.S. Senate'
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David Durenberger (R) (inc.), 56%
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 41%
★ '1986 Race for state Attorney General'
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), 985,569
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★ Lew Freeman (IR), 399,483
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★ Derrick P. Grimmer (Grassroots Party), 16,394
★ '1982 Race for state Attorney General'
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 61.72%
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★ Elliot Rothenberg (IR), 37.24%
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★ Samuel A. Faulk (Conservative People's Party), 1.04%
★ '1980 Race for State Senate (District 44)'
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★ Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), unopposed (19,579 votes, 100%)