Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1942

The 1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Republican Party of Minnesota

Republican Party of Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:...

candidate Harold Stassen

Harold Stassen

Harold Edward Stassen was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943. After service in World War II, from 1948 to 1953 he was president of the University of Pennsylvania...

defeated Farmer-Labor Party

Farmer-Labor Party

The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought...

challenger Hjalmar Petersen

Hjalmar Petersen

Hjalmar Petersen was an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Minnesota.-Background:Hjalmar Petersen was born in Eskildstrup, Denmark...

. This was the last election in which the Democratic Party of Minnesota and the Farmer-Labor Party

Farmer-Labor Party

ran separate candidates; in 1944, both parties ran under the umbrella of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party...

Results

External links

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657

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