Alger (Independence), 104,799 (4.8%) Andrew Koebrick (Green), 67,404 (3.1%) Write-in, 1,253 (0.1%) Minnesota secretary of state election, 1998 Mary Kiffmeyer (Republican), 928,576 (46.8%) Edwina Garcia (DFL), 818,236 (41.2%) Alan Shilepsky (Reform), 192,997 (9.7%) Kenneth Iverson (Libertarian), 44,663 (2.2%) Write-in, 1,742 (0.1%) Personal life Kiffmeyer lives near Big Lake, Minnesota with her husband, Ralph Kiffmeyer, a nurse anesthetist who served one term in the Minnesota House of Representatives. They have four children and 14 grandchildren. References External links Second Inaugural Address (Delivered in Saint Paul, January 6, 2003) AU, Allies 'Let Freedom Ring' On National Day Of Prayer (Online source for 2004 National Day of Prayer quotation) Voting Rights Project-ACLU v. Kiffmeyer Minnesota Secretary of State Legislative Auditor Report for 2005 and 2006 Senator Mary Kiffmeyer official Minnesota Senate website |- |- |- |- 1946 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Living people Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives People from Pierz, Minnesota People from Rugby, North Dakota People from Sherburne County, Minnesota Secretaries of State of Minnesota Women state legislators in Minnesota