Secretary of State, 2002 Election

General

Date: November 5, 2002
Cycle: 2002
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Mary Kiffmeyer Incumbent Woman Republican 1,040,739 47.56 +3.05
Hubert (Buck) Humphrey IV Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 974,045 44.51
Dean Alger Man Independence 104,799 4.79
Andrew Koebrick Man Green 67,404 3.08

Secretary of State Kiffmeyer was reelected to a second term.

Humphrey was the grandson of former U.S. Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey and son of former Minnesota Attorney General Skip Humphrey (1983-1999). He was a co-founder of Minnesotans for a Democratic Majority and former public policy aide to Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton.

Alger was a political consultant and author from Minneapolis.

Koebrick was the webmaster for the State of Minnesota and a resident of St. Paul.

Sources

  • Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, 2002 General Election Results.