Governor, 1994 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date:	September 13, 1994
Cycle:	1994
Office:	Governor
State:	Minnesota
District:	Statewide

Candidate	Gender	Running mate	Party	Votes	Percent	Margin
John Marty	Man	Nancy A. Larson (Woman)	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	144,462	37.80	+1.40
Mike Hatch	Man	Robert J. (Bob) Schmitz (Man)	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	139,109	36.40
Tony Bouza	Man	Kim Stokes (Woman)	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	93,841	24.55
Richard T. Van Bergen	Man	Glenn Mesaros (Man)	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	4,761	1.25

Marty was a state Senator (SD 63, 1987-1993; SD 54, 1993-2013; SD 66, 2013-present) from Roseville; Larson was a resident of Dassel and Executive Director of the Minnesota Association of Small Cities (1988-98).

Hatch was an attorney from Minneapolis, former DFL state party chair, state Commerce Commissioner (1983-1989), and DFL candidate for governor in 1990; Schmitz was a farmer from Jordan and former state Senator (SD 36, 1975-1991).

Bouza was the former Minneapolis Chief of Police (1980-1989) and Director of the Minnesota Gaming Commission (1989-1991); Stokes was a resident of Britt.

For the LaRouche-backed ticket, Van Bergen was a resident of Buffalo and a Democratic U.S. House candidate for the 6th CD in 1992; Mesaros was a perennial candidate and resident of Minneapolis.

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Sources

Minnesota Election Results 1994, Election Division, Secretary of State (p. 6).