Skip Humphrey

Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born 26 June 1942) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). He is the son of former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Muriel Humphrey. He attended American University where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Chi chapter, and is a graduate University of Minnesota Law School. Humphrey was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1972 and served as a state senator from 1973 to 1983. He was elected attorney general in 1982. He served as Attorney General of Minnesota from 1983-1999. In 1988, he challeneged incumbent Independent-Republican Dave Durenberger in the race for US Senate seat (a seat that his father previously held), but lost. He ran for governor of Minnesota in 1998 as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate against the Reform Party (now known as the Independence Party) candidate Jesse Ventura and Republican candidate Norm Coleman. He lost to Ventura. As attorney general he was one of the DFL Party's most popular candidates ever in terms of votes cast for him. He is married to Nancy Lee Humphrey and is the father of Hubert H. "Buck" Humphrey IV.

Humphrey is currently the president of the Minnesota chapter of the AARP.

Electoral history

• 1998 Race for Governor
  • Jesse Ventura (Ref.), 37%
  • Norm Coleman (R), 34%
  • Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 28%

• 1994 Race for state Attorney General
  • Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.)

• 1990 Race for state Attorney General
  • Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.)

• 1988 Race for U.S. Senate
  • David Durenberger (R) (inc.), 56%
  • Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL), 41%

• 1986 Race for state Attorney General
  • Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL) (inc.)

• 1982 Race for state Attorney General
  • Hubert H. Humphrey III (DFL)