| Election Name: | 1986 Minnesota Attorney General election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1982 Minnesota Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 1982 |
| Next Election: | 1990 Minnesota Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
| Election Date: | 4 November 1986 |
| Nominee1: | Hubert Humphrey III |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 985,569 |
| Percentage1: | 70.33% |
| Nominee2: | Lewis Freeman |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 399,483 |
| Percentage2: | 28.51% |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Hubert Humphrey III |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Hubert Humphrey III |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1986 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on 4 November 1986 in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee and incumbent attorney general Hubert Humphrey III defeated Republican nominee Lewis Freeman and Grassroots nominee Derrick P. Grimmer.[1]
On election day, 4 November 1986, Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Hubert Humphrey III won re-election by a margin of 586,086 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Lewis Freeman, thereby retaining Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party control over the office of attorney general. Humphrey was sworn in for his second term on 6 January 1987.[2]