Certified returns for every federal race in Minnesota in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 8 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gil Gutknecht
Republican
131,233
54.7%
Tracy L. Beckman
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
108,420
45.2%
Write-in
250
0.1%
Total
239,903
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David Minge
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
148,933
57.0%
Craig Duehring
Republican
99,490
38.1%
Stan Bentz
Reform
12,319
4.7%
Write-in
385
0.1%
Total
261,127
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Ramstad
Republican
203,731
71.9%
Stan J. Leino
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
66,505
23.5%
Derek W. Schramm
Minnesota Taxpayers
12,823
4.5%
Write-in
250
0.1%
Total
283,309
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bruce F. Vento
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
128,726
53.7%
Dennis R. Newinski
Republican
95,388
39.8%
Dan R. Vacek
Legal Marijuana Now
5,839
2.4%
Carol Simmons Schulstad
Minnesota Taxpayers
4,524
1.9%
Michael A. Neitzel
Libertarian
2,866
1.2%
Heather Wood
Socialist Workers
2,264
0.9%
Write-in
139
0.1%
Total
239,746
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
145,535
66.9%
Frank Taylor
Republican
60,035
27.6%
Kevin Houston
Libertarian
7,378
3.4%
Michael Pennock
Socialist Workers
2,842
1.3%
Jason Kassel
Anti-Federalist
1,561
0.7%
Write-in
261
0.1%
Total
217,612
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Luther
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
148,728
50.0%
John Kline
Republican
136,866
46.0%
Eric M. Johnson
Libertarian
11,805
4.0%
Write-in
302
0.1%
Total
297,701
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Collin C. Peterson
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
169,907
71.7%
Aleta Edin
Republican
66,562
28.1%
Write-in
473
0.2%
Total
236,942
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James L. Oberstar
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
173,734
66.0%
Jerry Shuster
Republican
69,667
26.5%
Stan (The Man) Estes
Reform
15,137
5.7%
Larry Fuhol
Libertarian
4,558
1.7%
Write-in
167
0.1%
Total
263,263
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.