1982 Minnesota Attorney General election

The 1982 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on November 2, 1982, in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. [Minnesota Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor] nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota Senate Hubert Humphrey III defeated Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Elliot C. Rothenberg and Conservative People's nominee Samuel A. Faulk.

General election

On election day, November 2, 1982, Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Hubert Humphrey III won the election by a margin of 429,377 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Elliot C. Rothenberg, thereby retaining Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party control over the office of attorney general. Humphrey was sworn in as the 27th attorney general of Minnesota on January 3, 1983.