The 1998 Minnesota Gubernatorial Debate

Leading up to the 1998 elections, gubernatorial candidates Governor Norm Coleman, Jesse, Ventura, and Hubert Humphrey III debated each other. Questions came from several Twin Cities news personalities as well as a live audience at the Mall of America.
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[@XM394-xxx]

I live in the Baja

[@powerof9915]

@XM394-xxx There are no laws just more regulations

[@rustinusti]

@@powerof9915Wait til this guy learns that every law is a regulation 🙊

[@jonfranks6902]

These guys probably thought beforehand….. this wrestler is gonna be a pushover. Didn’t even consider Jesse legitimate competition. Boy were they wrong.

[@rattsjcfanpage01]

Funny how the democrat and republican are arguing back and forth… Jesse is just sitting there like… okay😐

[@jonathansantos2271]

You notice that too....awesome🎵

[@rattsjcfanpage01]

@@jonathansantos2271 but i dont know if thats for show or not but i would be like, okay shut up!

[@jonathansantos2271]

@@rattsjcfanpage01 yes, government students!

[@chrispeterson8781]

I can see why Jesse won. I was 16 and unable to vote then, but Skip is striking me as a old time politician, Norm comes across as slick willy, or a guy from the east coast, and Jesse just talks sense. Even if all 3 of them are sort of saying the same things politicians are still saying to this day. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@Reno_56101]

I was 24 in 98. I had no interest in politics, but Jesse changed that for me. I was excited to vote that day. 1998 was an exciting year in Minnesota. The Vikings were 15-1 and Jesse Ventura shocked the world.

[@davidsmith-uw2ci]

They talked about competition, competition, competition. And now Monopolies are running out of control and running wild.

[@billykokkinidis]

Jesse had me with his wink

[@frankrusso8179]

swish.

[@tylercox1875]

@@billykokkinidis same

[@ryanb7186]

This is only 26 years ago, yet this seems like watching a political debate of a different people from a different planet, compared to the cesspool that our politics has become today.

[@java620]

I don’t even live in the continental United States. I’m in the BAJA.

[@THELAKERSWAG]

God bless jesse ventura

[@rattsjcfanpage01]

Jesse needs to be president! He has the right mind set and he knows what’s right.

[@jimmyjohn3772]

I saw the PBS Documentary on Jesse, it was great

[@jonathansantos2271]

Wow, former governor Jesse Ventura was a mayor too?
He is the man to work with💌

[@jasonball7300]

PLEASE PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT YOUR THE GUY JESSE

[@executivedecision6141]

No need for that! Kamala Harris will be our next President, and Jesse is endorsing her.

[@nolan3312]

@@executivedecision6141 we want him, not kamala

[@MEPieroni]

What good was asking the question, without context, who they would vote for if they weren’t running? What could a candidate use that question to help inform voters?

[@TheFlamingPike]

Probably a trick question to get people who'd vote for Jesse to choose one of the two other guys.

[@briansmith9698]

Jesse does not smile all the time like those 2 do never trust someone smiles way to much there up to something Jesse more serious.

[@Jedicake]

WELL WHY DON'T YOU TELL MEEE

[@zealmilenio177]

That Jeer Norman gives Jessie, you can feel the suppressed murderous anger at being exposed. 😂

[@zealmilenio177]

22:14

[@schafer18]

@@zealmilenio177 lol nice

[@db5823]

HH would have been a good Gov, too. But, wow, I had forgotten how much NC was an unlikable flip-floppy slimeball -- something that would be much more evident a few years later in his run for the Senate.

[@kevins4222]

Skip would have been the best choice. Jesse was a lot of flash but not much substance.

[@jonfranks6902]

Ventura owned both of these guys. That’s why he won. The debates. 💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SooHooSamaSito]

Any Minnesota folks here that can tell me if Ventura did what he said he would as governor? Just curious.

[@minutiaminute]

His big accomplishment was getting the light rail funded. And arguing with college students. He's pretty civil here, but he had a pretty bad temper with people who criticized him.

[@SooHooSamaSito]

@@minutiaminute Thank you.

[@jimbrewer5048]

He gave all citizens a check back from a surplus. No parameters everybody who paid taxes got money. That rarely happens in any state

[@chrisschei5597]

@@jimbrewer5048 jesse checks!

[@johnmoe7845]

Yes, he gave the surplus back. We called them ‘Jesse checks’. I remember my parents being very happy. Every other governor, including Tim Walz, has not.

[@nicktaylor1015]

I was 17…I see why Jesse won now.

[@markazizian8142]

Why when I watch this do I think of the movie Fargo 😂😂😂

[@stormwooten1606]

Norm Coleman lost to a TV wrestler and a comedian