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Election 1946 Results

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1946 Minnesota governor election

Luther W. Youngdahl (Republican) beat Harold H. Barker (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1946, 59.0% to 39.7%, a margin of 19.3 points and 169,502 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1944, when Edward John Thye won.

Republicans led in 75 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Hennepin, cast 205,513 votes and went to the Republican by 14.6 points. The closest was Red Lake, where 10 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
Luther W. Youngdahl won Republican 519,067 59.0%
Harold H. Barker Democratic 349,565 39.7%
All other candidates 11,716 1.3%
Total880,348

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 86,711 42.2% 116,763 56.8% 2,039 205,513 R+14.6
Ramsey 35,827 40.8% 50,219 57.2% 1,772 87,818 R+16.4
St. Louis 44,009 57.5% 31,682 41.4% 850 76,541 D+16.1
Stearns 6,280 34.2% 11,778 64.2% 297 18,355 R+30.0
Dakota 5,629 39.8% 8,264 58.4% 260 14,153 R+18.6
Itasca 7,612 55.8% 5,797 42.5% 223 13,632 D+13.3
Olmsted 3,845 31.8% 8,087 66.8% 178 12,110 R+35.0
Otter Tail 3,292 28.7% 8,082 70.4% 105 11,479 R+41.7
Blue Earth 2,853 25.3% 8,270 73.3% 159 11,282 R+48.0
Polk 4,377 40.1% 6,349 58.1% 194 10,920 R+18.1
Mower 4,211 38.7% 6,534 60.0% 143 10,888 R+21.3
Goodhue 2,861 26.6% 7,789 72.4% 114 10,764 R+45.8
Winona 3,167 31.5% 6,750 67.0% 152 10,069 R+35.6
Washington 3,501 35.8% 6,140 62.7% 149 9,790 R+27.0
Freeborn 3,595 37.2% 5,939 61.4% 140 9,674 R+24.2
Kandiyohi 4,641 51.8% 4,255 47.5% 71 8,967 D+4.3
Rice 2,230 25.2% 6,547 73.9% 83 8,860 R+48.7
Crow Wing 3,576 43.6% 4,530 55.2% 101 8,207 R+11.6
Becker 3,299 41.0% 4,605 57.3% 138 8,042 R+16.2
Todd 2,663 33.8% 5,089 64.6% 129 7,881 R+30.8
Beltrami 3,839 48.9% 3,860 49.1% 159 7,858 R+0.3
Clay 2,629 33.6% 5,113 65.3% 91 7,833 R+31.7
Morrison 3,017 38.6% 4,656 59.6% 140 7,813 R+21.0
Carlton 4,025 53.1% 3,460 45.6% 97 7,582 D+7.5
Renville 2,495 33.4% 4,861 65.0% 125 7,481 R+31.6
Fillmore 1,428 19.3% 5,904 79.8% 69 7,401 R+60.5
Faribault 1,803 24.4% 5,516 74.6% 74 7,393 R+50.2
Le Sueur 2,236 32.0% 4,618 66.2% 123 6,977 R+34.1
Steele 1,841 26.7% 4,939 71.7% 111 6,891 R+45.0
Wright 2,061 30.2% 4,695 68.7% 74 6,830 R+38.6
Lyon 2,086 31.5% 4,475 67.6% 62 6,623 R+36.1
Anoka 3,047 46.1% 3,478 52.6% 86 6,611 R+6.5
Pine 3,158 48.4% 3,270 50.1% 96 6,524 R+1.7
Meeker 2,169 33.3% 4,283 65.7% 67 6,519 R+32.4
Martin 1,312 20.4% 5,069 78.7% 61 6,442 R+58.3
McLeod 1,621 25.3% 4,701 73.5% 76 6,398 R+48.1
Nobles 1,805 28.4% 4,445 70.0% 98 6,348 R+41.6
Douglas 2,732 43.1% 3,544 55.9% 64 6,340 R+12.8
Carver 1,360 21.8% 4,813 77.0% 78 6,251 R+55.2
Wabasha 1,595 26.3% 4,348 71.7% 118 6,061 R+45.4
Redwood 1,572 27.1% 4,162 71.7% 73 5,807 R+44.6
Chippewa 2,553 44.3% 3,134 54.4% 77 5,764 R+10.1
Marshall 2,214 38.6% 3,442 59.9% 86 5,742 R+21.4
Brown 1,482 26.5% 4,024 72.1% 79 5,585 R+45.5
Jackson 1,736 31.2% 3,701 66.6% 121 5,558 R+35.4
Aitkin 2,346 42.6% 3,075 55.8% 92 5,513 R+13.2
Koochiching 2,775 51.4% 2,552 47.3% 73 5,400 D+4.1
Scott 1,972 36.6% 3,329 61.7% 92 5,393 R+25.2
Waseca 1,443 26.9% 3,853 71.8% 70 5,366 R+44.9
Houston 1,118 21.1% 4,125 77.8% 62 5,305 R+56.7
Benton 1,731 34.9% 3,128 63.0% 106 4,965 R+28.1
Mille Lacs 2,070 41.7% 2,824 56.9% 71 4,965 R+15.2
Yellow Medicine 1,812 37.8% 2,931 61.1% 53 4,796 R+23.3
Sibley 1,129 23.6% 3,580 75.0% 65 4,774 R+51.3
Cass 1,875 39.3% 2,835 59.4% 61 4,771 R+20.1
Nicollet 1,224 26.0% 3,446 73.1% 46 4,716 R+47.1
Pipestone 1,270 28.4% 3,146 70.3% 59 4,475 R+41.9
Chisago 1,456 33.0% 2,907 65.9% 50 4,413 R+32.9
Roseau 2,279 51.7% 2,076 47.1% 54 4,409 D+4.6
Lac Qui Parle 1,623 36.9% 2,729 62.1% 43 4,395 R+25.2
Swift 1,954 45.9% 2,264 53.2% 38 4,256 R+7.3
Norman 1,573 37.7% 2,537 60.8% 61 4,171 R+23.1
Cottonwood 1,014 24.7% 3,051 74.3% 41 4,106 R+49.6
Wadena 1,247 31.0% 2,713 67.5% 60 4,020 R+36.5
Murray 1,147 29.2% 2,723 69.3% 60 3,930 R+40.1
Pope 1,562 40.4% 2,279 58.9% 28 3,869 R+18.5
Hubbard 1,270 33.8% 2,396 63.7% 96 3,762 R+29.9
Dodge 925 25.6% 2,636 72.9% 55 3,616 R+47.3
Pennington 1,664 46.1% 1,896 52.5% 48 3,608 R+6.4
Watonwan 1,058 29.4% 2,489 69.3% 46 3,593 R+39.8
Grant 2,111 59.8% 1,399 39.6% 20 3,530 D+20.2
Lincoln 1,119 34.7% 2,067 64.1% 39 3,225 R+29.4
Stevens 1,067 33.6% 2,075 65.3% 34 3,176 R+31.7
Isanti 1,274 41.4% 1,772 57.6% 28 3,074 R+16.2
Sherburne 1,064 34.6% 1,967 64.0% 43 3,074 R+29.4
Clearwater 1,749 57.1% 1,257 41.1% 56 3,062 D+16.1
Kanabec 1,185 39.9% 1,754 59.0% 33 2,972 R+19.1
Lake 1,797 60.5% 1,139 38.4% 32 2,968 D+22.2
Wilkin 1,025 34.8% 1,901 64.5% 22 2,948 R+29.7
Big Stone 1,177 40.9% 1,661 57.8% 37 2,875 R+16.8
Rock 586 21.4% 2,130 77.9% 20 2,736 R+56.4
Kittson 1,364 50.5% 1,296 48.0% 40 2,700 D+2.5
Mahnomen 1,353 51.9% 1,179 45.2% 74 2,606 D+6.7
Traverse 1,004 42.4% 1,344 56.7% 21 2,369 R+14.4
Red Lake 930 49.7% 920 49.1% 23 1,873 D+0.5
Lake Of The Woods 850 47.5% 906 50.6% 34 1,790 R+3.1
Cook 378 31.3% 800 66.3% 28 1,206 R+35.0

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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