1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election

| country = Minnesota

| flag_year = 1893

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1896

| next_election = 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1900

| election_date = November 8, 1898

| image1 = File:John Lind.jpg

| image_size = 150x150px

| nominee1 = John Lind

| party1 = Democratic–People's

| color1 = 3333FF

| popular_vote1 = 131,980

| percentage1 = 52.26%

| image2 = File:William Henry Eustis 001.jpg

| nominee2 = William Henry Eustis

| party2 = Republican Party of Minnesota

| popular_vote2 = 111,796

| percentage2 = 44.26%

| map_image = 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = County results
Lind: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Eustis: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = David Marston Clough

| before_party = Republican

| after_election = John Lind

| after_party = Democratic-People's

}}

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The 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1898. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate John Lind defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William Henry Eustis. This is the second of three successive elections in which John Lind ran as a candidate for a coalition formed from the Democrats and the People's Party.