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Election 1950 Results

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1950 Minnesota governor election

Luther W. Youngdahl (Republican) beat Harry H. Peterson (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1950, 60.7% to 38.3%, a margin of 22.5 points and 235,163 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1948, when Luther W. Youngdahl also won.

Republicans led in 84 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Hennepin, cast 234,205 votes and went to the Republican by 21.2 points. The closest was Red Lake, where 117 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 635,800 60.7%
Harry H. Peterson Democratic 400,637 38.3%
All other candidates 10,195 1.0%
Total1,046,632

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 91,256 39.0% 140,895 60.2% 2,054 234,205 R+21.2
Ramsey 54,766 50.5% 52,714 48.6% 996 108,476 D+1.9
St. Louis 39,835 48.2% 41,338 50.0% 1,466 82,639 R+1.8
Stearns 10,201 42.0% 13,809 56.8% 287 24,297 R+14.8
Dakota 9,161 50.9% 8,650 48.1% 179 17,990 D+2.8
Otter Tail 3,672 24.2% 11,345 74.8% 158 15,175 R+50.6
Winona 5,614 39.8% 8,213 58.2% 284 14,111 R+18.4
Olmsted 4,197 30.0% 9,697 69.2% 116 14,010 R+39.3
Washington 5,831 42.9% 7,614 56.1% 132 13,577 R+13.1
Itasca 6,596 50.0% 6,457 48.9% 152 13,205 D+1.1
Polk 3,899 30.1% 8,945 69.0% 127 12,971 R+38.9
Blue Earth 3,895 30.1% 8,930 69.0% 110 12,935 R+38.9
Goodhue 3,443 29.2% 8,284 70.4% 48 11,775 R+41.1
Mower 4,706 40.1% 6,931 59.0% 110 11,747 R+18.9
Freeborn 4,304 37.4% 7,135 62.0% 65 11,504 R+24.6
Rice 3,731 33.7% 7,250 65.6% 78 11,059 R+31.8
Crow Wing 4,257 40.9% 6,067 58.3% 78 10,402 R+17.4
Anoka 4,680 45.5% 5,475 53.2% 139 10,294 R+7.7
Kandiyohi 3,452 34.5% 6,492 65.0% 51 9,995 R+30.4
Martin 1,954 19.7% 7,900 79.5% 78 9,932 R+59.9
Clay 3,014 30.9% 6,667 68.4% 71 9,752 R+37.5
Morrison 4,069 42.1% 5,449 56.4% 143 9,661 R+14.3
Carlton 4,398 45.9% 5,091 53.1% 98 9,587 R+7.2
Fillmore 2,163 23.0% 7,151 76.0% 94 9,408 R+53.0
Todd 3,042 32.7% 6,148 66.1% 116 9,306 R+33.4
Wright 2,865 30.9% 6,305 68.1% 94 9,264 R+37.1
Becker 3,208 35.3% 5,784 63.6% 99 9,091 R+28.3
McLeod 2,567 29.4% 6,089 69.8% 65 8,721 R+40.4
Renville 2,557 29.6% 6,025 69.7% 59 8,641 R+40.1
Le Sueur 3,434 40.0% 5,025 58.6% 123 8,582 R+18.5
Faribault 1,987 23.4% 6,444 75.9% 62 8,493 R+52.5
Brown 2,952 35.2% 5,379 64.2% 47 8,378 R+29.0
Douglas 2,319 28.1% 5,875 71.3% 47 8,241 R+43.2
Beltrami 3,057 38.3% 4,837 60.6% 86 7,980 R+22.3
Lyon 2,663 33.7% 5,186 65.6% 60 7,909 R+31.9
Steele 2,425 31.2% 5,283 68.0% 57 7,765 R+36.8
Carver 2,187 29.1% 5,261 70.1% 62 7,510 R+40.9
Meeker 2,108 28.2% 5,293 70.9% 66 7,467 R+42.7
Pine 3,124 43.3% 4,032 55.9% 57 7,213 R+12.6
Wabasha 2,587 36.4% 4,436 62.3% 93 7,116 R+26.0
Scott 3,303 46.5% 3,705 52.2% 89 7,097 R+5.7
Nobles 2,087 29.9% 4,816 69.1% 67 6,970 R+39.2
Cass 2,636 38.0% 4,204 60.6% 95 6,935 R+22.6
Nicollet 2,543 37.8% 4,129 61.3% 60 6,732 R+23.6
Redwood 1,827 27.6% 4,749 71.7% 44 6,620 R+44.1
Chippewa 2,310 36.1% 4,051 63.4% 31 6,392 R+27.2
Houston 1,420 22.5% 4,812 76.1% 90 6,322 R+53.7
Koochiching 2,807 45.1% 3,347 53.8% 71 6,225 R+8.7
Cottonwood 1,314 21.4% 4,796 78.1% 29 6,139 R+56.7
Waseca 2,017 33.3% 4,024 66.3% 25 6,066 R+33.1
Benton 2,297 37.9% 3,699 61.0% 67 6,063 R+23.1
Sibley 1,741 29.4% 4,152 70.2% 25 5,918 R+40.7
Mille Lacs 1,903 32.9% 3,831 66.3% 43 5,777 R+33.4
Swift 1,950 34.3% 3,701 65.0% 39 5,690 R+30.8
Jackson 1,761 31.1% 3,856 68.1% 45 5,662 R+37.0
Lac Qui Parle 1,767 31.5% 3,802 67.9% 32 5,601 R+36.3
Aitkin 2,051 37.0% 3,414 61.7% 71 5,536 R+24.6
Yellow Medicine 1,885 34.6% 3,539 65.0% 22 5,446 R+30.4
Chisago 1,761 33.1% 3,540 66.5% 24 5,325 R+33.4
Pipestone 1,398 26.3% 3,885 73.0% 40 5,323 R+46.7
Marshall 1,698 32.1% 3,538 66.9% 55 5,291 R+34.8
Murray 1,453 27.6% 3,768 71.6% 38 5,259 R+44.0
Norman 1,332 26.4% 3,664 72.7% 46 5,042 R+46.3
Roseau 1,760 35.2% 3,184 63.7% 56 5,000 R+28.5
Watonwan 1,089 22.3% 3,774 77.3% 19 4,882 R+55.0
Pope 1,238 26.8% 3,372 72.9% 14 4,624 R+46.2
Dodge 1,281 28.5% 3,181 70.7% 37 4,499 R+42.2
Wadena 1,358 30.8% 3,014 68.3% 44 4,416 R+37.5
Pennington 1,676 39.0% 2,607 60.6% 19 4,302 R+21.6
Isanti 1,475 35.1% 2,710 64.4% 23 4,208 R+29.3
Hubbard 1,302 31.0% 2,854 68.0% 42 4,198 R+37.0
Kittson 1,483 35.9% 2,631 63.7% 17 4,131 R+27.8
Grant 1,174 29.3% 2,813 70.2% 22 4,009 R+40.9
Big Stone 1,333 33.7% 2,581 65.3% 41 3,955 R+31.6
Clearwater 1,669 42.5% 2,223 56.6% 35 3,927 R+14.1
Lincoln 1,284 33.1% 2,551 65.8% 43 3,878 R+32.7
Rock 750 19.9% 2,982 79.2% 33 3,765 R+59.3
Wilkin 1,178 31.7% 2,475 66.7% 58 3,711 R+35.0
Stevens 999 27.1% 2,664 72.2% 29 3,692 R+45.1
Sherburne 1,170 31.7% 2,492 67.5% 29 3,691 R+35.8
Kanabec 1,234 33.5% 2,417 65.6% 32 3,683 R+32.1
Traverse 1,096 34.6% 2,051 64.7% 23 3,170 R+30.1
Lake 1,437 45.4% 1,703 53.8% 24 3,164 R+8.4
Mahnomen 1,135 41.9% 1,524 56.2% 51 2,710 R+14.4
Red Lake 1,036 47.0% 1,153 52.3% 16 2,205 R+5.3
Lake Of The Woods 641 36.5% 1,090 62.1% 23 1,754 R+25.6
Cook 402 32.3% 831 66.9% 10 1,243 R+34.5

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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