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1914 Minnesota governor election

Winfield Scott Hammond (Democrat) beat William E. Lee (Republican) in Minnesota in 1914, 45.5% to 41.9%, a margin of 3.7 points and 12,574 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 1912 it went Republican, for Adolph Olson Eberhart.

Republicans led in 53 of the 86 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 32 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Hennepin, cast 49,809 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.0 points. The closest was Murray, where 19 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
Winfield Scott Hammond won Democratic 156,304 45.5%
William E. Lee Republican 143,730 41.9%
All other candidates 24,739 7.2%
Willis G. Calderwood Prohibition 18,582 5.4%
Total343,355

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 24,943 50.1% 18,984 38.1% 5,882 49,809 D+12.0
Ramsey 20,113 64.7% 7,569 24.3% 3,419 31,101 D+40.3
St. Louis 9,144 46.0% 7,087 35.6% 3,651 19,882 D+10.3
Stearns 5,280 69.5% 1,811 23.8% 511 7,602 D+45.6
Winona 3,340 53.0% 2,648 42.0% 318 6,306 D+11.0
Otter Tail 2,053 33.5% 3,178 51.9% 895 6,126 R+18.4
Blue Earth 2,835 48.8% 2,660 45.8% 319 5,814 D+3.0
Goodhue 2,152 38.3% 2,809 50.0% 662 5,623 R+11.7
Polk 2,038 38.7% 2,465 46.8% 764 5,267 R+8.1
Wright 2,108 43.6% 2,214 45.8% 516 4,838 R+2.2
Rice 2,247 48.2% 1,967 42.2% 451 4,665 D+6.0
Dakota 2,604 56.0% 1,608 34.6% 438 4,650 D+21.4
Olmsted 1,850 42.3% 2,178 49.8% 347 4,375 R+7.5
Renville 1,566 36.6% 2,430 56.8% 281 4,277 R+20.2
Mower 1,588 39.2% 2,104 51.9% 360 4,052 R+12.7
Le Sueur 2,125 52.6% 1,655 40.9% 263 4,043 D+11.6
Fillmore 1,213 30.0% 2,266 56.1% 560 4,039 R+26.1
Freeborn 1,381 34.5% 2,134 53.3% 491 4,006 R+18.8
Todd 1,409 35.3% 2,021 50.7% 559 3,989 R+15.3
Brown 2,283 57.6% 1,451 36.6% 230 3,964 D+21.0
Morrison 1,782 46.1% 1,582 41.0% 499 3,863 D+5.2
Washington 1,839 48.8% 1,448 38.4% 481 3,768 D+10.4
Wabasha 1,933 51.5% 1,564 41.7% 253 3,750 D+9.8
Faribault 1,432 39.3% 1,806 49.6% 406 3,644 R+10.3
Kandiyohi 1,337 37.8% 1,561 44.1% 640 3,538 R+6.3
Crow Wing 1,185 33.8% 1,291 36.8% 1,033 3,509 R+3.0
McLeod 1,828 52.1% 1,412 40.3% 267 3,507 D+11.9
Clay 1,283 38.2% 1,696 50.5% 379 3,358 R+12.3
Meeker 1,420 42.4% 1,685 50.3% 245 3,350 R+7.9
Steele 1,585 48.0% 1,473 44.6% 246 3,304 D+3.4
Carver 1,728 53.0% 1,320 40.5% 214 3,262 D+12.5
Beltrami 1,066 32.8% 1,186 36.5% 994 3,246 R+3.7
Martin 1,493 47.2% 1,401 44.3% 267 3,161 D+2.9
Sibley 1,462 47.2% 1,419 45.8% 216 3,097 D+1.4
Redwood 1,230 40.5% 1,621 53.4% 186 3,037 R+12.9
Becker 1,193 39.3% 1,372 45.2% 469 3,034 R+5.9
Itasca 1,247 42.2% 1,007 34.0% 704 2,958 D+8.1
Lyon 1,107 39.0% 1,472 51.8% 260 2,839 R+12.9
Douglas 943 33.6% 1,346 48.0% 518 2,807 R+14.4
Marshall 911 32.7% 1,399 50.2% 476 2,786 R+17.5
Scott 1,902 68.5% 720 25.9% 156 2,778 D+42.5
Houston 998 36.0% 1,457 52.5% 320 2,775 R+16.5
Lac Qui Parle 933 34.0% 1,452 53.0% 357 2,742 R+18.9
Waseca 1,128 41.7% 1,417 52.4% 160 2,705 R+10.7
Swift 1,081 40.1% 1,285 47.7% 327 2,693 R+7.6
Pine 1,025 38.1% 1,090 40.6% 573 2,688 R+2.4
Yellow Medicine 889 33.3% 1,440 53.9% 342 2,671 R+20.6
Chippewa 823 31.6% 1,380 53.0% 402 2,605 R+21.4
Nicollet 1,324 52.6% 1,002 39.8% 192 2,518 D+12.8
Chisago 708 28.2% 1,472 58.6% 330 2,510 R+30.4
Pope 705 28.1% 1,497 59.8% 303 2,505 R+31.6
Jackson 1,085 43.7% 1,290 52.0% 108 2,483 R+8.3
Dodge 670 27.2% 1,575 64.0% 215 2,460 R+36.8
Nobles 1,091 44.9% 1,166 48.0% 171 2,428 R+3.1
Anoka 881 36.3% 1,140 47.0% 405 2,426 R+10.7
Cass 931 39.0% 897 37.5% 561 2,389 D+1.4
Carlton 837 35.1% 807 33.9% 740 2,384 D+1.3
Aitkin 635 26.8% 1,115 47.0% 622 2,372 R+20.2
Roseau 659 28.8% 987 43.1% 645 2,291 R+14.3
Cottonwood 911 40.9% 1,126 50.6% 188 2,225 R+9.7
Koochiching 1,068 48.1% 617 27.8% 537 2,222 D+20.3
Norman 738 33.5% 1,086 49.3% 380 2,204 R+15.8
Pennington 683 32.2% 1,031 48.7% 405 2,119 R+16.4
Watonwan 1,177 55.6% 844 39.8% 97 2,118 D+15.7
Mille Lacs 737 36.1% 920 45.1% 384 2,041 R+9.0
Benton 917 45.5% 853 42.3% 245 2,015 D+3.2
Murray 927 46.1% 908 45.1% 177 2,012 D+0.9
Big Stone 783 42.2% 734 39.6% 337 1,854 D+2.6
Lincoln 761 41.7% 839 45.9% 226 1,826 R+4.3
Sherburne 619 34.1% 918 50.6% 278 1,815 R+16.5
Isanti 480 26.5% 882 48.7% 450 1,812 R+22.2
Kittson 628 35.2% 868 48.7% 286 1,782 R+13.5
Stevens 826 46.7% 798 45.1% 144 1,768 D+1.6
Pipestone 705 41.4% 841 49.4% 155 1,701 R+8.0
Rock 726 42.8% 824 48.5% 148 1,698 R+5.8
Grant 558 34.0% 895 54.5% 189 1,642 R+20.5
Wilkin 691 42.5% 805 49.5% 130 1,626 R+7.0
Wadena 534 36.3% 698 47.5% 239 1,471 R+11.1
Hubbard 345 25.2% 702 51.3% 321 1,368 R+26.1
Traverse 672 49.9% 609 45.2% 66 1,347 D+4.7
Kanabec 378 28.5% 671 50.5% 279 1,328 R+22.1
Lake 373 30.1% 330 26.6% 537 1,240 Others
Clearwater 403 36.1% 489 43.8% 225 1,117 R+7.7
Red Lake 569 52.1% 449 41.1% 74 1,092 D+11.0
Mahnomen 429 49.5% 336 38.8% 102 867 D+10.7
Cook 85 22.6% 168 44.7% 123 376 R+22.1

Counties as they stood in 1914; 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