Editing 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election (section)

==DFL primary==
===Candidates===
*[[Skip Humphrey]], [[Attorney General of Minnesota]] and son of former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Hubert Humphrey]] and former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Muriel Humphrey]] 
**Running mate: [[Roger Moe]], Minnesota Senate Majority Leader (SD2)
*[[Ted Mondale]], former State Senator (SD44) and son of former Vice President [[Walter Mondale]]
**Running mate: Deanna Winter, political reporter
*[[Michael O. Freeman|Mike Freeman]], [[Hennepin County]] Attorney and son of former Governor [[Orville Freeman]]
**Running mate: [[Ruth Johnson (Minnesota politician)|Ruth Johnson]], State Representative (HD24B) 
*[[Doug Johnson (Minnesota politician)|Doug Johnson]], State Senator (SD6) from the [[Iron Range]] and Chair of the Senate Committee on Taxation
**Running mate: Tom Foley, former Ramsey County Attorney and Washington County Attorney. 
*[[Mark Dayton]], Minnesota Auditor and heir to the [[Dayton's]] fortune<ref>{{cite news |date=1998-03-09 |title=Three famous sons and heir to a fortune battle in governor's race |url=https://mndaily.com/187564/uncategorized/three-famous-sons-and-heir-fortune-battle-governors-race/ |access-date=27 August 2022 |work=Minnesota Daily |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
**Running mate: Julie Jansen, [[Olivia, Minnesota|Olivia]] day care provider and environmental activist
*Ole Savior, perennial candidate
**Running mate: Ron Moseng

===Polling===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"
|- valign=bottom
! Poll source
! Date(s)<br>administered
! Sample<br>size{{efn|name="Key"}}
! Margin<br>of error
! style="width:100px;"| Mark<br>Dayton
! style="width:100px;"| Mike<br>Freeman
! style="width:100px;"| Skip<br>Humphrey
! style="width:100px;"| Doug<br>Johnson
! style="width:100px;"| John<br>Marty
! style="width:100px;"| Ted<br>Mondale
! Undecided
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Mason-Dixon<ref name=augpoll/>{{Efn-ua|name=MPRKPP}}
|August 28–30, 1998
|317 (LV)
|±&nbsp;5.6%
|23%
|10%
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|'''38%'''
|4%
|–
|10%
|15%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Mason-Dixon<ref name=maypoll/>{{Efn-ua|name=MPRKPP}}
|May 30 – June 1, 1998
|326 (LV)
|±&nbsp;5.5%
|10%
|13%
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|'''32%'''
|4%
|3%
|12%
|26%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Mason-Dixon<ref name=febpoll/>{{Efn-ua|name=MPRKPP}}
|February 20–22, 1998
|319 (LV)
|±&nbsp;5.6%
|7%
|9%
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|'''35%'''
|6%
|5%
|11%
|26%
|}

===Results===
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Democratic primary results
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Skip Humphrey]]
| party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| votes = 182,562		
| percentage = 36.95%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Michael O. Freeman|Mike Freeman]]
| party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| votes = 93,714	
| percentage = 18.97%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Doug Johnson (Minnesota politician)|Doug Johnson]]
| party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| votes =  91,888 	
| percentage = 18.60%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Mark Dayton]]
| party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| votes = 88,070	
| percentage = 17.83%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Ted Mondale]]
| party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| votes =  36,237 	
| percentage = 7.33%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate=Ole Savior|votes=1,598|percentage=0.32%}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 494,069
| percentage = 100.0%
}}
{{Election box end}}