Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is an American politician and lawyer. He was Attorney General of Minnesota from 1983 to 1999. He also was a State Senator from 1973 to 1983.

Humphrey is the son of Vice President Hubert Humphrey and U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey Brown. He was born in Minneapolis.

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In 1988, he unsuccessfully ran for United States Senator, loosing to Republican David Durenberger.

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He was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Minnesota in the controversial three-way election of 1998. He lost the election to Jesse Ventura. In the gubernatorial primary, he beat Ted Mondale, son of Vice President Walter Mondale.

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1942 births

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Lawyers from Minneapolis

State legislators of the United States

Businesspeople from Minneapolis

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Democratic Party (United States) politicians