The 1994 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1994, to elect the Minnesota Attorney General for a four-year term. Incumbent DFLer Skip Humphrey ran for re-election to a fourth term, ultimately defeating Republican nominee Sharon Anderson. The election marked the seventh attorney general race in a row won by the DFL since 1970. Humphrey won every single county in the state, becoming the first person to do so since Senator Hubert Humphrey in 1976, and the most recent person to do so as of , although Governor Arne Carlson won all but three counties in the adjacent gubernatorial election, and U.S. senator Amy Klobuchar won all but two in 2012.
Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary The primary was held on September 13. Incumbent attorney general Skip Humphrey won the DFL nomination. Humphrey faced only token opposition for renomination from LaRouchite candidates.
Candidates
Nominated in primary
Hubert "Skip" Humphrey III, incumbent attorney general, former state senator
Elimated in primary
Kent S. Herschbach, LaRouchite perennial candidate, truck driver Lewis du Pont Smith, LaRouchite and heir of the du Pont family
Results
Independent-Republican primary The primary was held on September 13. Sharon Anderson won the Independent-Republican nomination over Republican Party-endorsed candidate Tom Neuville, an upset attributed to Anderson's "very electable name."
Candidates
Nominated in primary
Sharon Anderson, activist, perennial candidate
Elimated in primary
Thomas M. Neuville, state senator Andrew Olson, LaRouchite farmer
Results
Other candidates
Grassroots Party
Nominee
Dean W. Amundson
General election
Results
References