Auditor, 1982 Election

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Date: November 2, 1982
Cycle: 1982
Office: Auditor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Arne Carlson Incumbent Man Independent-Republican 932,925 54.81 +9.62
Paul Wellstone Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 769,254 45.19

Auditor Carlson was reelected to a second term.

Wellstone was a political science professor at Carleton College in Northfield who would later serve in the U.S. Senate (1991-2002).

Sources

  • Minnesota Election Results 1982, Election Division, Secretary of State (p. 31).