Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1986
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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
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Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party...
candidate Rudy Perpich
Rudy Perpich
Rudolph George "Rudy" Perpich, Sr. was an American politician and the longest-serving governor of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he served as the 34th and 36th Governor of Minnesota from December 29, 1976 to January 4, 1979, and from January 3, 1983, to January 7, 1991...
defeated Independent-Republican Party challenger Cal Ludeman
Cal Ludeman
Cal R. Ludeman is a Minnesota politician, the current Secretary of the Minnesota Senate, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota. First elected in 1978, he was re-elected in 1980 and 1982...
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