| Election Name: | 1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1983 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1982 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
| Image1: | File:Rudy Perpich (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Rudy Perpich |
| Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Running Mate1: | Marlene Johnson |
| Popular Vote1: | 790,138 |
| Percentage1: | 56.1% |
| Map Size: | 280px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Rudy Perpich |
| Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| After Election: | Rudy Perpich |
| After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Nominee2: | Cal Ludeman |
| Running Mate2: | Dennis W. Schulstad |
| Party2: | Independent-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 606,755 |
| Percentage2: | 43.1% |
The 1986 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Rudy Perpich defeated Independent-Republican Party challenger Cal Ludeman. George Latimer unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination.
Democrats would not win another gubernatorial election in the state until 2010.
1986 is also the year that the Twin Cities WCCO sportcaster Mark Rosen had a write-in campaign for governor as a morning radio program's publicity stunt.[1]