Secretary of State, 1986 Election

General

Date: November 4, 1986
Cycle: 1986
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joan Anderson Growe Incumbent Woman Democratic-Farmer-Labor 911,977 66.46 +32.94
Don Koenig Man Independent-Republican 459,927 33.52

Secretary of State Growe was reelected to a fourth term.

Koenig was a media consultant from Sartell. Koenig later pled guilty to a misdeamor charge for co-mingling campaign funds and the Ethical Practices Board delivered fines against him for two political action committee violations. He was also an Independent-Republican candidate for Auditor in 1990 and 1994, the Independence Party nominee for the SD 16 special election in December 1994, a Republican candidate for SD 12 in 1996, and a Republican candidate for Secretary of State in 1998.

Sources

  • Report of the State Canvassing Board, Office of Secretary of State, State of Minnesota, November 18, 1986 (p. 46).