Skip Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey III

27^th Minnesota Attorney General
In office January, 1984 – January, 2000
Preceded by	Warren Spannaus
Succeeded by	Mike Hatch

Born	June 26, 1942
Political party	Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse	Nancy Lee Humphrey
Profession	Attorney

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 H. 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 Dave 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.

Humphrey is currently the president of the Minnesota chapter of the AARP.

[edit] Electoral history

1998 Race for Governor
- Jesse Ventura (Ref.), 37%
- Norm Coleman (R), 34%
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 28%

1994 Race for state Attorney General
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), 1,115,285
- Sharon Anderson (IR), 488,753
- Dean W. Amundson (Grassroots Party), 69,776

1990 Race for state Attorney General
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), 1,126,447
- Kevin E. Johnson (IR), 655,282

1988 Race for U.S. Senate
- David Durenberger (R) (inc.), 56%
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 41%

1986 Race for state Attorney General
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), 985,569
- Lew Freeman (IR), 399,483
- Derrick P. Grimmer (Grassroots Party), 16,394

1982 Race for state Attorney General
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 61.72%
- Elliot Rothenberg (IR), 37.24%
- Samuel A. Faulk (Conservative People's Party), 1.04%

1980 Race for State Senate (District 44)
- Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.), unopposed (19,579 votes, 100%)

Preceded by: Warren Spannaus	Minnesota Attorney General 1983 – 1999	Succeeded by: Mike Hatch

Attorneys General of Minnesota
Berry • Cole • Colville • Cornell • Wilson • Start • Hahn • Clapp • Childs • Douglas • Donahower • Young • Simpson • Smith • Hilton • Pratt • Youngquist • Benson • Peterson • Ervin • Burnquist • Lord • Mondale • Mattson • Head • Spannaus • Humphrey • Hatch • Swanson