List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections
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Results and election information for past Minnesota
governor races. The first election was in 1857 ahead of Minnesota becoming a state. Elections were set for every two years beginning in 1859. In 1886 elections were moved from odd years to even years. In 1962 the governor's term increased to 4 years.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
governor races. The first election was in 1857 ahead of Minnesota becoming a state. Elections were set for every two years beginning in 1859. In 1886 elections were moved from odd years to even years. In 1962 the governor's term increased to 4 years.
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1857
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1859
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1861
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1863
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1865
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1867
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1869
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1871
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1873
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1875
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1877
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1879
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1881
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1883
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1886
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1888
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1890
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1892
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1894
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1896
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1898
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1900
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1902
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1904
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1906
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1908
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1910Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1910The 1910 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1910. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Adolph Olson Eberhart defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger James Gray.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1912Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1912The 1912 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1912. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Adolph Olson Eberhart defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger Peter M. Ringdahl.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1914Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1914The 1914 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1914. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate Winfield Scott Hammond defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William E. Lee.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1916Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1916The 1916 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1916. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate J. A. A. Burnquist defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger Thomas P. Dwyer.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1918Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1918The 1918 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate J. A. A. Burnquist defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger David H. Evans...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1920Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1920The 1920 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1920. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate J. A. O. Preus defeated Independent challenger Henrik Shipstead, who would later go on to be a Farmer-Labor and Republican Senator in the United States Senate.-Results:-External links:*...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1922Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1922The 1922 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1922. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate J. A. O. Preus defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger Magnus Johnson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924The 1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1924. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Theodore Christianson defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger Floyd B. Olson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1926Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1926The 1926 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Theodore Christianson defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger Magnus Johnson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1928Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1928The 1928 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1928. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Theodore Christianson defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger Ernest Lundeen.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930The 1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1930. It was the first gubernatorial race to start in Minnesota since the beginning of the Great Depression, which contributed to the meteoric rise of the Farmer-Labor Party in the state. Farmer-Labor Party candidate Floyd B....
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1932Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1932The 1932 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1932. Farmer-Labor Party candidate Floyd B. Olson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Earle Brown .-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934The 1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1934. Farmer-Labor Party candidate Floyd B. Olson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Martin A. Nelson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1936Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1936The 1936 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936. Farmer-Labor Party candidate Elmer Austin Benson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Martin A. Nelson. The Democrats did not field a candidate.-Results:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1938Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1938The 1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Stassen defeated Farmer-Labor Party incumbent Elmer Benson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1940Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1940The 1940 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Stassen defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger Hjalmar Petersen.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1942Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1942The 1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Stassen defeated Farmer-Labor Party challenger Hjalmar Petersen...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1944Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1944The 1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1944. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Edward John Thye defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Byron G. Allen. As the Democratic Party of Minnesota and Farmer-Labor Party merged earlier in the year,...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1946Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1946The 1946 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Luther Youngdahl defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Harold H. Barker.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1948Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1948The 1948 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1948. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Luther Youngdahl defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Charles Halsted.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1950Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1950The 1950 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Luther Youngdahl defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Harry H. Peterson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1952Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1952The 1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate C. Elmer Anderson defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Orville Freeman.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1954Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1954The 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger C. Elmer Anderson.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1956Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1956The 1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Ancher Nelsen.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1958Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1958The 1958 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1958. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger George MacKinnon.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1960Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1960The 1960 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Elmer Andersen defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Orville Freeman.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1962Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1962Minnesota's 1962 gubernatorial election was the closest statewide race in Minnesota history. The election was held on November 6, 1962 but the results were not known until March 21, 1963. After recounts and court challenges, it was determined that then-Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag, DFL had...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1966Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1966The 1966 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Levander defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Karl Rolvaag.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1970Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1970The 1970 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1970. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Wendell Anderson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Douglas M. Head.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1974Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1974The 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. The 1974 election was the first election where the Governor and Lieutenant Governor ran on the same ticket. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Wendell Anderson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1978Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1978The 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978. Independent-Republican Party candidate Al Quie defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party incumbent Rudy Perpich.-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1982Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1982The 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982. Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Rudy Perpich defeated Independent-Republican Party challenger Wheelock Whitney, Jr..-Results:-External links:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1986Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1986The 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.-Results:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1990Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1990The 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990. Independent-Republican Party candidate and challenger Arne Carlson defeated then Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Governor Rudy Perpich.-Results:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1994The 1994 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Arne Carlson defeated Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger John Marty.-Results:-General election:...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1998Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1998The 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Reform Party candidate Jesse Ventura defeated Republican Party challenger Norm Coleman and Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party challenger Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2002The 2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002 for the post of Governor of Minnesota. Republican candidate Tim Pawlenty defeated Democratic candidate Roger Moe and Independence Party of Minnesota candidate Tim Penny...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006The 2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Tim Pawlenty was endorsed by the state Republican convention on June 2, 2006, while the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor convention endorsed Mike Hatch on June 10, 2006...
- Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010The 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the 40th Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota for a four-year term to begin in January 2011. The general election was contested by the major party candidates State Representative Tom Emmer , former Senator...
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