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Election 1890 Results

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1890 Minnesota governor election

William R. Merriam (Republican) beat Thomas Wilson (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1890, 36.6% to 35.6%, a margin of 0.9 points and 2,267 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1888, when William R. Merriam also won.

Republicans led in 38 of the 80 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 26 and Democrats in 16. The largest, Hennepin, cast 33,294 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.1 points. The closest was Waseca, where 6 votes separated the top two.

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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
William R. Merriam won Republican 88,111 36.6%
Thomas Wilson Democratic 85,844 35.6%
Sidney M. Owen Farmers' Alliance 58,513 24.3%
All other candidates 8,424 3.5%
Total240,892

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 14,044 42.2% 11,006 33.1% 8,244 33,294 D+9.1
Ramsey 11,146 49.3% 8,956 39.6% 2,523 22,625 D+9.7
St. Louis 2,098 30.9% 3,210 47.3% 1,485 6,793 R+16.4
Stearns 3,915 64.0% 1,245 20.3% 958 6,118 D+43.6
Winona 3,562 59.6% 2,090 34.9% 328 5,980 D+24.6
Polk 854 14.6% 683 11.7% 4,322 5,859 Others
Otter Tail 1,042 17.8% 1,496 25.6% 3,310 5,848 Others
Blue Earth 1,856 33.2% 2,309 41.3% 1,424 5,589 R+8.1
Goodhue 1,345 26.6% 2,731 54.0% 985 5,061 R+27.4
Wright 2,125 43.1% 2,157 43.7% 654 4,936 R+0.6
Fillmore 1,400 29.6% 2,133 45.2% 1,190 4,723 R+15.5
Washington 1,774 38.1% 1,806 38.8% 1,076 4,656 R+0.7
Rice 1,670 36.7% 1,838 40.4% 1,037 4,545 R+3.7
Olmsted 1,922 46.2% 1,836 44.1% 405 4,163 D+2.1
Le Sueur 2,038 50.0% 1,384 34.0% 651 4,073 D+16.1
Dakota 2,019 50.2% 817 20.3% 1,182 4,018 D+29.9
Wabasha 1,781 50.4% 1,382 39.1% 368 3,531 D+11.3
Mower 1,100 31.9% 1,652 48.0% 693 3,445 R+16.0
Carver 1,892 59.1% 991 31.0% 317 3,200 D+28.2
Freeborn 490 15.5% 1,562 49.4% 1,111 3,163 R+33.9
Renville 771 24.4% 1,092 34.6% 1,297 3,160 Others
Brown 1,177 37.9% 1,115 35.9% 817 3,109 D+2.0
Meeker 1,084 35.8% 1,241 41.0% 701 3,026 R+5.2
Houston 1,195 40.1% 1,124 37.7% 661 2,980 D+2.4
McLeod 1,614 54.5% 862 29.1% 487 2,963 D+25.4
Sibley 1,373 47.0% 1,023 35.0% 528 2,924 D+12.0
Faribault 818 28.1% 1,640 56.3% 453 2,911 R+28.2
Scott 2,061 72.2% 703 24.6% 89 2,853 D+47.6
Kandiyohi 406 15.3% 1,050 39.7% 1,191 2,647 Others
Steele 1,134 43.4% 1,190 45.5% 289 2,613 R+2.1
Douglas 286 11.0% 736 28.3% 1,581 2,603 Others
Morrison 1,325 52.2% 846 33.3% 369 2,540 D+18.9
Nicollet 867 34.1% 1,066 42.0% 607 2,540 R+7.8
Waseca 904 35.9% 705 28.0% 910 2,519 Others
Todd 725 29.1% 962 38.6% 806 2,493 R+9.5
Clay 370 16.9% 613 27.9% 1,211 2,194 Others
Dodge 427 19.6% 948 43.5% 802 2,177 R+23.9
Marshall 91 4.6% 487 24.5% 1,408 1,986 Others
Becker 421 21.2% 867 43.7% 697 1,985 R+22.5
Swift 577 29.1% 468 23.6% 935 1,980 Others
Anoka 703 36.2% 1,049 54.0% 192 1,944 R+17.8
Lac Qui Parle 178 9.2% 473 24.4% 1,285 1,936 Others
Lyon 404 22.6% 605 33.8% 780 1,789 Others
Chisago 291 16.3% 1,182 66.2% 313 1,786 R+49.9
Redwood 378 21.2% 849 47.6% 557 1,784 R+26.4
Norman 182 10.8% 309 18.4% 1,190 1,681 Others
Martin 358 21.4% 809 48.5% 502 1,669 R+27.0
Yellow Medicine 223 13.8% 539 33.3% 855 1,617 Others
Nobles 498 31.3% 611 38.5% 480 1,589 R+7.1
Pope 161 10.1% 445 28.0% 982 1,588 Others
Jackson 504 32.1% 434 27.7% 630 1,568 Others
Grant 176 11.6% 314 20.6% 1,033 1,523 Others
Crow Wing 402 27.1% 661 44.6% 420 1,483 R+17.5
Chippewa 415 28.2% 473 32.1% 585 1,473 Others
Murray 238 17.0% 432 30.9% 726 1,396 Others
Rock 238 17.2% 626 45.2% 522 1,386 R+28.0
Watonwan 278 20.2% 621 45.1% 478 1,377 R+24.9
Big Stone 394 30.2% 522 40.0% 388 1,304 R+9.8
Stevens 242 18.6% 453 34.8% 606 1,301 Others
Carlton 251 19.4% 612 47.2% 434 1,297 R+27.8
Isanti 103 8.6% 625 52.5% 463 1,191 R+43.8
Benton 558 47.8% 200 17.1% 409 1,167 D+30.7
Traverse 288 25.0% 278 24.1% 587 1,153 Others
Pipestone 113 9.9% 426 37.2% 607 1,146 Others
Cottonwood 127 11.2% 392 34.7% 610 1,129 Others
Kittson 47 4.2% 374 33.5% 694 1,115 Others
Sherburne 232 21.9% 535 50.4% 294 1,061 R+28.6
Lincoln 121 11.6% 219 21.0% 701 1,041 Others
Pine 414 42.6% 502 51.7% 55 971 R+9.1
Wilkin 226 24.1% 314 33.5% 398 938 Others
Wadena 268 29.8% 324 36.0% 307 899 R+6.2
Mille Lacs 178 23.6% 392 51.9% 185 755 R+28.3
Aitkin 276 40.1% 299 43.4% 114 689 R+3.3
Itasca 274 41.6% 381 57.9% 3 658 R+16.3
Kanabec 109 24.5% 190 42.8% 145 444 R+18.2
Lake 103 25.8% 219 54.9% 77 399 R+29.1
Hubbard 83 22.5% 81 22.0% 205 369 Others
Cass 97 31.4% 201 65.0% 11 309 R+33.7
Beltrami 5 5.2% 80 82.5% 12 97 R+77.3
Cook 9 19.1% 38 80.9% 47 R+61.7

Counties as they stood in 1890; 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