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Election 1879 Results

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1879 Minnesota governor election

John S. Pillsbury (Republican) beat Edmund Rice (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1879, 54.0% to 39.3%, a margin of 14.7 points and 15,678 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1877, when John S. Pillsbury also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 74 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 21. The largest, Hennepin, cast 5,333 votes and went to the Republican by 51.5 points. The closest was Lake, where 7 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John S. Pillsbury won Republican 57,522 54.0%
Edmund Rice Democratic 41,844 39.3%
All other candidates 7,126 6.7%
Total106,492

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 998 18.7% 3,744 70.2% 591 5,333 R+51.5
Winona 2,403 53.4% 1,718 38.2% 376 4,497 D+15.2
Ramsey 3,318 74.6% 1,098 24.7% 30 4,446 D+49.9
Fillmore 507 11.6% 2,330 53.2% 1,542 4,379 R+41.6
Blue Earth 1,794 46.3% 2,013 52.0% 66 3,873 R+5.7
Rice 1,483 40.0% 1,910 51.6% 311 3,704 R+11.5
Olmsted 1,030 29.5% 2,072 59.4% 387 3,489 R+29.9
Wabasha 1,699 51.9% 1,492 45.6% 80 3,271 D+6.3
Stearns 2,270 70.3% 913 28.3% 44 3,227 D+42.1
Mower 598 19.1% 1,899 60.5% 640 3,137 R+41.5
Le Sueur 1,941 65.5% 948 32.0% 75 2,964 D+33.5
Dakota 1,633 55.1% 1,256 42.4% 74 2,963 D+12.7
Freeborn 402 13.9% 2,258 78.3% 225 2,885 R+64.3
Goodhue 783 28.2% 1,890 68.0% 105 2,778 R+39.8
Wright 1,326 48.3% 1,347 49.0% 74 2,747 R+0.8
Washington 1,472 54.7% 1,183 44.0% 35 2,690 D+10.7
Scott 1,803 76.8% 532 22.6% 14 2,349 D+54.1
Waseca 992 42.4% 868 37.1% 481 2,341 D+5.3
Houston 1,122 48.2% 1,165 50.1% 39 2,326 R+1.8
Otter Tail 653 30.0% 1,517 69.7% 8 2,178 R+39.7
Carver 1,577 75.9% 502 24.1% 2,079 D+51.7
Steele 766 37.0% 1,175 56.7% 131 2,072 R+19.7
Meeker 363 18.5% 870 44.5% 724 1,957 R+25.9
Faribault 615 31.5% 1,035 53.1% 300 1,950 R+21.5
Nicollet 767 43.8% 983 56.1% 3 1,753 R+12.3
Kandiyohi 176 10.1% 1,419 81.8% 140 1,735 R+71.6
Dodge 395 24.5% 1,173 72.8% 44 1,612 R+48.3
Renville 532 36.4% 919 62.9% 11 1,462 R+26.5
Sibley 916 63.6% 519 36.0% 5 1,440 D+27.6
Swift 584 45.9% 677 53.2% 12 1,273 R+7.3
McLeod 688 54.3% 534 42.1% 45 1,267 D+12.2
Polk 338 31.6% 730 68.2% 3 1,071 R+36.6
Brown 699 67.0% 292 28.0% 53 1,044 D+39.0
Redwood 206 21.4% 668 69.5% 87 961 R+48.1
Todd 350 37.1% 573 60.8% 20 943 R+23.6
Chippewa 156 17.9% 681 78.3% 33 870 R+60.3
Watonwan 261 30.1% 606 69.9% 867 R+39.8
Chisago 203 24.1% 636 75.5% 3 842 R+51.4
Yellow Medicine 87 10.4% 722 86.0% 31 840 R+75.6
Morrison 492 60.0% 328 40.0% 820 D+20.0
Douglas 133 16.9% 643 81.5% 13 789 R+64.6
Becker 133 16.9% 653 83.1% 786 R+66.2
Jackson 60 7.6% 723 92.0% 3 786 R+84.4
Nobles 201 25.6% 581 74.1% 2 784 R+48.5
Stevens 403 51.8% 374 48.1% 1 778 D+3.7
Martin 159 20.6% 609 79.0% 3 771 R+58.4
Anoka 266 37.6% 371 52.4% 71 708 R+14.8
Pope 56 8.2% 621 91.2% 4 681 R+83.0
Lac Qui Parle 17 2.8% 591 97.0% 1 609 R+94.3
Lyon 100 18.7% 421 78.5% 15 536 R+59.9
Sherburne 166 31.6% 319 60.6% 41 526 R+29.1
Cottonwood 62 11.9% 443 85.4% 14 519 R+73.4
Lincoln 53 11.0% 425 88.5% 2 480 R+77.5
Benton 279 59.4% 191 40.6% 470 D+18.7
Crow Wing 196 43.0% 259 56.8% 1 456 R+13.8
Rock 69 15.8% 366 83.9% 1 436 R+68.1
Grant 44 10.1% 389 89.6% 1 434 R+79.5
Clay 85 19.7% 340 78.9% 6 431 R+59.2
St. Louis 177 44.9% 213 54.1% 4 394 R+9.1
Isanti 45 11.8% 327 86.1% 8 380 R+74.2
Wadena 57 15.1% 321 84.9% 378 R+69.8
Murray 53 14.8% 287 80.2% 18 358 R+65.4
Wilkin 99 33.2% 198 66.4% 1 298 R+33.2
Kittson 138 59.0% 96 41.0% 234 D+17.9
Mille Lacs 56 26.8% 106 50.7% 47 209 R+23.9
Pine 105 56.5% 61 32.8% 20 186 D+23.7
Pipestone 70 40.5% 96 55.5% 7 173 R+15.0
Big Stone 41 24.3% 128 75.7% 169 R+51.5
Carlton 64 55.7% 51 44.3% 115 D+11.3
Kanabec 22 21.8% 79 78.2% 101 R+56.4
Marshall 22 71.0% 9 29.0% 31 D+41.9
Traverse 3 14.3% 18 85.7% 21 R+71.4
Aitkin 1 6.7% 14 93.3% 15 R+86.7
Lake 11 73.3% 4 26.7% 15 D+46.7

Counties as they stood in 1879; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tim Walz (D) D+7.7
2018 Tim Walz (D) D+11.4
2014 Mark Dayton (D) D+5.6
2010 Mark Dayton (D) D+0.4
2006 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+1.0
2002 Tim Pawlenty (R) R+7.9
1998 Jesse Ventura (other)
1994 Arne Carlson (R) R+29.2
1990 Arne Carlson (R) R+3.3
1986 Rudy Perpich (D) D+13.0
1982 Rudy Perpich (D) D+18.6
1978 Albert H. Quie (R) R+7.0
1974 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+33.4
1970 Wendell R. Anderson (D) D+8.5
1966 Harold Levander (R) R+5.6
1962 Karl F. Rolvaag (D) level
1960 Elmer L. Andersen (R) R+1.5
1958 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+14.4
1956 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+3.2
1954 Orville L. Freeman (D) D+5.9
1952 C. Elmer Anderson (R) R+11.3
1950 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+22.5
1948 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+8.1
1946 Luther W. Youngdahl (R) R+19.3
1944 Edward John Thye (R) R+23.8
1942 Harold Stassen (R) R+42.1
1940 Harold Stassen (R) R+40.9
1938 Harold Stassen (R) R+54.1
1936 Elmer Austin Benson (other)
1934 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1932 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1930 Floyd B. Olson (other)
1928 Theodore Christianson (R) R+33.6
1926 Theodore Christianson (R) R+51.1
1924 Theodore Christianson (R) R+42.8
1922 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+33.5
1920 J. A. O. Preus (R) R+42.7
1918 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+24.3
1916 J. A. A. Burnquist (R) R+39.1
1914 Winfield Scott Hammond (D) D+3.7
1912 Adolph Olson Eberhart (R) R+9.4
1910 Adolph O. Eberhart (R) R+20.5
1908 John Albert Johnson (D) D+8.0
1906 John A. Johnson (D) D+26.2
1904 John A. Johnson (D) D+2.6
1902 Samuel R. Van Sant (R) R+20.9
1900 Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (R) R+0.7
1898 John Lind (D) D+8.0
1896 David M. Clough (R) R+1.1
1894 Knute Nelson (R) R+31.9
1892 Knute Nelson (R) R+5.7
1890 William R. Merriam (R) R+0.9
1888 William R. Merriam (R) R+9.2
1886 Andrew R. McGill (R) R+1.1
1883 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+10.5
1881 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) R+26.4
1879 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.7
1877 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+17.9
1875 John S. Pillsbury (R) R+14.1
1873 Cushman K. Davis (R) R+7.1
1871 Horace Austin (R) R+21.2
1869 Horace Austin (R) R+3.7
1867 William R. Marshall (R) R+8.2
1865 William R. Marshall (R) R+11.2