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Election 1881 Results

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1881 Minnesota governor election

Lucius F. Hubbard (Republican) beat Richard W. Johnson (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1881, 61.5% to 35.2%, a margin of 26.4 points and 27,857 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1879, when John S. Pillsbury won.

Republicans led in 62 of the 73 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 11. The largest, Ramsey, cast 5,980 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.1 points. The closest was Sibley, where 6 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
Lucius F. Hubbard won Republican 65,025 61.5%
Richard W. Johnson Democratic 37,168 35.2%
All other candidates 3,493 3.3%
Total105,686

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ramsey 3,620 60.5% 2,360 39.5% 5,980 D+21.1
Hennepin 1,518 31.7% 3,264 68.3% 4,782 R+36.5
Winona 2,079 53.7% 1,789 46.3% 3,868 D+7.5
Blue Earth 1,401 39.9% 2,109 60.1% 3,510 R+20.2
Rice 1,319 40.0% 1,979 60.0% 3,298 R+20.0
Stearns 2,211 70.8% 914 29.2% 3,125 D+41.5
Le Sueur 1,793 59.4% 1,227 40.6% 3,020 D+18.7
Olmsted 1,096 37.9% 1,793 62.1% 2,889 R+24.1
Dakota 1,809 63.1% 1,057 36.9% 2,866 D+26.2
Otter Tail 479 17.0% 2,336 83.0% 2,815 R+66.0
Wabasha 1,198 43.6% 1,547 56.4% 2,745 R+12.7
Wright 1,229 44.8% 1,514 55.2% 2,743 R+10.4
Washington 1,158 43.8% 1,487 56.2% 2,645 R+12.4
Freeborn 219 9.5% 2,096 90.5% 2,315 R+81.1
Polk 278 13.9% 1,719 86.1% 1,997 R+72.2
Waseca 746 37.4% 1,250 62.6% 1,996 R+25.3
Scott 1,388 70.7% 576 29.3% 1,964 D+41.3
Goodhue 364 19.3% 1,523 80.7% 1,887 R+61.4
Fillmore 296 15.9% 1,567 84.1% 1,863 R+68.2
Houston 711 39.7% 1,081 60.3% 1,792 R+20.6
Steele 627 35.0% 1,163 65.0% 1,790 R+29.9
Brown 611 36.1% 1,083 63.9% 1,694 R+27.9
Mower 363 22.0% 1,284 78.0% 1,647 R+55.9
Carver 762 48.3% 815 51.7% 1,577 R+3.4
Faribault 536 34.7% 1,010 65.3% 1,546 R+30.7
Nicollet 518 35.3% 950 64.7% 1,468 R+29.4
Dodge 444 30.3% 1,020 69.7% 1,464 R+39.3
Kandiyohi 169 11.7% 1,273 88.3% 1,442 R+76.6
McLeod 714 50.4% 702 49.6% 1,416 D+0.8
Meeker 296 21.8% 1,061 78.2% 1,357 R+56.4
Swift 488 38.8% 770 61.2% 1,258 R+22.4
Renville 346 29.6% 823 70.4% 1,169 R+40.8
Chippewa 120 11.0% 967 89.0% 1,087 R+77.9
Todd 355 33.1% 718 66.9% 1,073 R+33.8
Clay 343 32.6% 709 67.4% 1,052 R+34.8
Douglas 118 11.4% 913 88.6% 1,031 R+77.1
Sibley 511 50.3% 505 49.7% 1,016 D+0.6
Stevens 388 42.0% 536 58.0% 924 R+16.0
Nobles 281 30.8% 632 69.2% 913 R+38.4
Redwood 112 12.3% 801 87.7% 913 R+75.5
Morrison 553 61.7% 343 38.3% 896 D+23.4
Anoka 381 43.6% 493 56.4% 874 R+12.8
Grant 94 10.8% 773 89.2% 867 R+78.3
Watonwan 186 21.5% 681 78.5% 867 R+57.1
Lincoln 96 11.3% 752 88.7% 848 R+77.4
Martin 141 16.8% 697 83.2% 838 R+66.3
Becker 80 10.0% 717 90.0% 797 R+79.9
Yellow Medicine 34 4.5% 730 95.5% 764 R+91.1
Crow Wing 231 30.5% 527 69.5% 758 R+39.1
Chisago 114 15.6% 619 84.4% 733 R+68.9
St. Louis 248 34.0% 481 66.0% 729 R+32.0
Carlton 264 36.9% 451 63.1% 715 R+26.2
Big Stone 157 24.7% 479 75.3% 636 R+50.6
Rock 107 17.7% 497 82.3% 604 R+64.6
Traverse 205 34.6% 387 65.4% 592 R+30.7
Lac Qui Parle 11 1.9% 561 98.1% 572 R+96.2
Lyon 79 14.1% 481 85.9% 560 R+71.8
Marshall 66 12.0% 485 88.0% 551 R+76.0
Pope 30 5.8% 487 94.2% 517 R+88.4
Murray 131 25.9% 375 74.1% 506 R+48.2
Jackson 7 1.5% 467 98.5% 474 R+97.0
Wadena 86 19.0% 366 81.0% 452 R+61.9
Cottonwood 72 16.0% 379 84.0% 451 R+68.1
Benton 254 57.6% 187 42.4% 441 D+15.2
Isanti 24 5.9% 386 94.1% 410 R+88.3
Kittson 105 28.2% 267 71.8% 372 R+43.5
Pipestone 94 26.3% 264 73.7% 358 R+47.5
Sherburne 134 41.6% 188 58.4% 322 R+16.8
Wilkin 23 9.1% 229 90.9% 252 R+81.7
Mille Lacs 28 12.7% 192 87.3% 220 R+74.5
Pine 95 58.3% 68 41.7% 163 D+16.6
Kanabec 23 23.7% 74 76.3% 97 R+52.6
Lake 1 5.0% 19 95.0% 20 R+90.0

Counties as they stood in 1881; 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