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1912 Minnesota governor election

Adolph Olson Eberhart (Republican) beat Peter M. Ringdal (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1912, 40.7% to 31.3%, a margin of 9.4 points and 30,029 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1910, when Adolph O. Eberhart also won.

Republicans led in 55 of the 86 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 16 and Democrats in 15. The largest, Hennepin, cast 46,008 votes and went to the Republican by 15.5 points. The closest was Chippewa, where 0 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
Adolph Olson Eberhart won Republican 129,688 40.7%
Peter M. Ringdal Democratic 99,659 31.3%
All other candidates 55,645 17.5%
Paul V. Collins Progressive 33,455 10.5%
Total318,447

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 12,428 27.0% 19,569 42.5% 14,011 46,008 R+15.5
Ramsey 11,012 34.2% 14,592 45.4% 6,572 32,176 R+11.1
St. Louis 6,707 34.2% 6,706 34.2% 6,196 19,609 level
Otter Tail 1,845 29.7% 2,183 35.1% 2,194 6,222 Others
Stearns 3,137 52.3% 1,759 29.3% 1,098 5,994 D+23.0
Winona 2,790 48.0% 2,236 38.5% 785 5,811 D+9.5
Goodhue 1,678 30.1% 2,179 39.1% 1,715 5,572 R+9.0
Polk 1,657 29.7% 1,762 31.6% 2,152 5,571 Others
Blue Earth 2,059 40.4% 2,070 40.6% 972 5,101 R+0.2
Rice 1,496 33.7% 1,900 42.9% 1,038 4,434 R+9.1
Fillmore 827 19.7% 1,944 46.4% 1,417 4,188 R+26.7
Dakota 1,510 36.2% 1,778 42.7% 878 4,166 R+6.4
Wright 1,219 29.7% 1,737 42.4% 1,145 4,101 R+12.6
Washington 1,109 27.3% 1,989 49.0% 965 4,063 R+21.7
Mower 1,009 26.4% 2,046 53.5% 772 3,827 R+27.1
Renville 1,180 31.4% 1,718 45.7% 862 3,760 R+14.3
Olmsted 1,404 37.4% 1,600 42.6% 754 3,758 R+5.2
Freeborn 992 27.1% 1,553 42.4% 1,116 3,661 R+15.3
Todd 1,053 29.3% 1,450 40.4% 1,090 3,593 R+11.0
Morrison 1,494 43.1% 1,340 38.7% 631 3,465 D+4.4
Le Sueur 1,538 44.6% 1,307 37.9% 602 3,447 D+6.7
Wabasha 1,482 45.5% 1,261 38.7% 516 3,259 D+6.8
Kandiyohi 896 27.7% 1,199 37.0% 1,144 3,239 R+9.4
Faribault 817 25.5% 1,359 42.5% 1,024 3,200 R+16.9
Martin 1,321 42.1% 1,162 37.0% 655 3,138 D+5.1
Meeker 995 31.7% 1,413 45.0% 729 3,137 R+13.3
Brown 1,314 42.3% 1,162 37.4% 634 3,110 D+4.9
Crow Wing 653 21.1% 1,229 39.7% 1,210 3,092 R+18.6
Steele 1,364 44.3% 1,148 37.2% 570 3,082 D+7.0
Redwood 1,040 34.7% 1,276 42.6% 680 2,996 R+7.9
Becker 639 22.1% 1,228 42.4% 1,026 2,893 R+20.4
Beltrami 644 22.5% 1,001 35.0% 1,211 2,856 Others
Clay 764 26.8% 1,336 46.8% 754 2,854 R+20.0
Douglas 476 16.7% 909 31.9% 1,468 2,853 Others
Marshall 746 26.5% 1,005 35.7% 1,064 2,815 Others
Pine 866 31.0% 1,099 39.3% 832 2,797 R+8.3
Lyon 1,038 38.1% 940 34.5% 748 2,726 D+3.6
Nobles 940 34.6% 1,143 42.0% 636 2,719 R+7.5
Carver 932 34.5% 1,446 53.6% 322 2,700 R+19.0
McLeod 1,215 45.1% 1,101 40.9% 379 2,695 D+4.2
Houston 711 27.4% 1,422 54.8% 464 2,597 R+27.4
Waseca 922 35.6% 1,110 42.9% 556 2,588 R+7.3
Jackson 896 35.4% 1,072 42.4% 561 2,529 R+7.0
Chisago 429 17.1% 1,213 48.4% 863 2,505 R+31.3
Swift 867 34.7% 851 34.0% 784 2,502 D+0.6
Itasca 727 29.4% 886 35.8% 863 2,476 R+6.4
Lac Qui Parle 660 26.7% 839 33.9% 977 2,476 Others
Chippewa 809 32.8% 827 33.6% 827 2,463 R+0.7
Sibley 793 32.9% 1,137 47.2% 478 2,408 R+14.3
Yellow Medicine 669 28.1% 764 32.0% 952 2,385 Others
Carlton 641 27.0% 734 30.9% 1,000 2,375 Others
Nicollet 884 37.4% 1,027 43.5% 452 2,363 R+6.1
Pope 290 13.2% 996 45.3% 915 2,201 R+32.1
Norman 482 22.2% 778 35.8% 913 2,173 Others
Anoka 455 21.2% 1,022 47.6% 671 2,148 R+26.4
Scott 1,049 49.1% 837 39.1% 252 2,138 D+9.9
Murray 685 32.5% 966 45.9% 455 2,106 R+13.3
Isanti 242 11.5% 878 41.8% 979 2,099 Others
Watonwan 623 31.7% 865 44.0% 479 1,967 R+12.3
Aitkin 508 26.1% 634 32.5% 808 1,950 Others
Mille Lacs 394 21.0% 817 43.5% 668 1,879 R+22.5
Dodge 464 25.0% 926 49.9% 464 1,854 R+24.9
Cottonwood 471 25.4% 736 39.8% 644 1,851 R+14.3
Pennington 437 24.1% 648 35.7% 732 1,817 Others
Cass 404 22.3% 829 45.7% 582 1,815 R+23.4
Roseau 311 17.2% 765 42.2% 737 1,813 R+25.0
Benton 646 36.0% 690 38.5% 458 1,794 R+2.5
Koochiching 453 26.0% 624 35.8% 667 1,744 Others
Rock 470 28.5% 768 46.5% 412 1,650 R+18.1
Hubbard 459 29.0% 637 40.2% 487 1,583 R+11.2
Lincoln 473 30.1% 628 39.9% 473 1,574 R+9.8
Big Stone 522 33.4% 588 37.6% 454 1,564 R+4.2
Stevens 522 34.5% 601 39.7% 391 1,514 R+5.2
Pipestone 438 29.6% 652 44.1% 389 1,479 R+14.5
Sherburne 326 22.2% 663 45.1% 481 1,470 R+22.9
Grant 284 19.7% 521 36.1% 639 1,444 Others
Kittson 423 29.9% 502 35.5% 491 1,416 R+5.6
Wilkin 449 33.4% 536 39.9% 359 1,344 R+6.5
Kanabec 233 18.5% 515 40.8% 513 1,261 R+22.4
Wadena 303 24.7% 519 42.4% 403 1,225 R+17.6
Traverse 441 36.6% 483 40.1% 280 1,204 R+3.5
Lake 203 17.3% 357 30.4% 615 1,175 Others
Clearwater 169 15.8% 375 35.0% 526 1,070 Others
Red Lake 423 47.9% 302 34.2% 158 883 D+13.7
Mahnomen 247 43.0% 181 31.5% 147 575 D+11.5
Cook 66 21.2% 132 42.3% 114 312 R+21.2

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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