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Election 1954 Results

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1954 Minnesota governor election

Orville L. Freeman (Democrat) beat C. Elmer Anderson (Republican) in Minnesota in 1954, 52.7% to 46.8%, a margin of 5.9 points and 68,234 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 1952 it went Republican, for C. Elmer Anderson.

Democrats led in 46 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 41. The largest, Hennepin, cast 271,435 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Wilkin, where 1 vote 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
Orville L. Freeman won Democratic 607,099 52.7%
C. Elmer Anderson Republican 538,865 46.8%
All other candidates 5,453 0.5%
Total1,151,417

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 140,821 51.9% 129,628 47.8% 986 271,435 D+4.1
Ramsey 77,998 58.8% 53,583 40.4% 1,060 132,641 D+18.4
St. Louis 61,355 69.0% 26,648 30.0% 885 88,888 D+39.0
Stearns 12,441 49.6% 12,521 49.9% 118 25,080 R+0.3
Dakota 12,445 58.4% 8,724 41.0% 132 21,301 D+17.5
Otter Tail 6,541 37.9% 10,642 61.7% 63 17,246 R+23.8
Anoka 9,945 64.4% 5,445 35.3% 54 15,444 D+29.1
Itasca 10,583 69.5% 4,607 30.2% 45 15,235 D+39.2
Washington 8,136 53.7% 6,958 45.9% 64 15,158 D+7.8
Olmsted 6,211 41.9% 8,380 56.5% 230 14,821 R+14.6
Mower 7,234 51.2% 6,807 48.2% 77 14,118 D+3.0
Blue Earth 5,475 38.8% 8,566 60.7% 66 14,107 R+21.9
Polk 7,826 57.4% 5,755 42.2% 42 13,623 D+15.2
Winona 6,245 45.9% 7,319 53.8% 47 13,611 R+7.9
Goodhue 5,518 41.3% 7,800 58.4% 32 13,350 R+17.1
Freeborn 6,194 50.0% 6,164 49.7% 32 12,390 D+0.2
Rice 5,089 41.9% 7,003 57.7% 41 12,133 R+15.8
Crow Wing 6,161 51.4% 5,790 48.3% 33 11,984 D+3.1
Kandiyohi 6,707 59.1% 4,616 40.7% 30 11,353 D+18.4
Wright 5,128 47.7% 5,584 51.9% 47 10,759 R+4.2
Clay 5,240 52.4% 4,729 47.3% 29 9,998 D+5.1
Martin 2,937 29.5% 7,002 70.3% 25 9,964 R+40.8
Carlton 6,628 67.1% 3,220 32.6% 26 9,874 D+34.5
Fillmore 3,236 33.7% 6,343 66.1% 19 9,598 R+32.4
Morrison 5,425 56.8% 4,074 42.7% 50 9,549 D+14.1
Brown 3,580 37.6% 5,923 62.1% 30 9,533 R+24.6
Faribault 3,358 36.6% 5,787 63.1% 24 9,169 R+26.5
Becker 4,993 55.4% 3,973 44.1% 39 9,005 D+11.3
McLeod 3,751 42.3% 5,090 57.4% 25 8,866 R+15.1
Renville 4,173 47.1% 4,642 52.4% 42 8,857 R+5.3
Todd 4,334 49.1% 4,450 50.5% 34 8,818 R+1.3
Douglas 4,296 49.6% 4,346 50.2% 20 8,662 R+0.6
Lyon 4,062 49.3% 4,155 50.4% 24 8,241 R+1.1
Le Sueur 4,149 50.4% 4,050 49.2% 36 8,235 D+1.2
Steele 3,133 39.8% 4,690 59.6% 44 7,867 R+19.8
Redwood 2,873 36.6% 4,946 63.1% 22 7,841 R+26.4
Meeker 3,786 49.0% 3,904 50.5% 38 7,728 R+1.5
Nobles 3,237 43.8% 4,131 55.9% 24 7,392 R+12.1
Carver 2,649 36.0% 4,695 63.7% 22 7,366 R+27.8
Chippewa 3,554 51.4% 3,342 48.4% 16 6,912 D+3.1
Pine 4,124 59.9% 2,728 39.6% 30 6,882 D+20.3
Beltrami 3,746 55.1% 3,043 44.7% 15 6,804 D+10.3
Koochiching 4,467 66.7% 2,207 32.9% 26 6,700 D+33.7
Nicollet 2,761 41.3% 3,896 58.3% 21 6,678 R+17.0
Scott 3,832 58.2% 2,731 41.5% 22 6,585 D+16.7
Houston 2,010 30.9% 4,470 68.6% 35 6,515 R+37.8
Cass 3,156 49.0% 3,252 50.5% 35 6,443 R+1.5
Swift 3,911 61.0% 2,482 38.7% 14 6,407 D+22.3
Yellow Medicine 3,396 53.2% 2,974 46.6% 14 6,384 D+6.6
Cottonwood 2,374 37.8% 3,888 61.9% 16 6,278 R+24.1
Sibley 2,457 39.9% 3,681 59.8% 17 6,155 R+19.9
Waseca 2,261 36.9% 3,854 62.9% 17 6,132 R+26.0
Jackson 2,887 47.2% 3,198 52.3% 30 6,115 R+5.1
Wabasha 2,611 42.7% 3,475 56.9% 25 6,111 R+14.1
Chisago 2,924 49.8% 2,927 49.8% 22 5,873 R+0.1
Mille Lacs 3,133 53.6% 2,690 46.0% 25 5,848 D+7.6
Benton 2,920 50.1% 2,870 49.3% 35 5,825 D+0.9
Marshall 3,347 58.6% 2,347 41.1% 15 5,709 D+17.5
Aitkin 2,973 53.1% 2,603 46.5% 21 5,597 D+6.6
Lac Qui Parle 2,720 50.0% 2,711 49.8% 10 5,441 D+0.2
Murray 2,589 49.0% 2,679 50.7% 13 5,281 R+1.7
Watonwan 1,881 36.3% 3,286 63.5% 11 5,178 R+27.1
Roseau 3,220 62.2% 1,939 37.5% 18 5,177 D+24.7
Pope 2,714 53.7% 2,328 46.1% 10 5,052 D+7.6
Pennington 3,045 60.8% 1,957 39.0% 10 5,012 D+21.7
Isanti 2,890 57.8% 2,099 42.0% 12 5,001 D+15.8
Pipestone 1,918 39.5% 2,928 60.3% 9 4,855 R+20.8
Norman 2,678 56.3% 2,060 43.3% 17 4,755 D+13.0
Dodge 1,953 42.0% 2,687 57.7% 14 4,654 R+15.8
Wadena 1,902 43.7% 2,442 56.1% 12 4,356 R+12.4
Lake 3,075 72.3% 1,169 27.5% 9 4,253 D+44.8
Lincoln 2,262 53.3% 1,965 46.3% 17 4,244 D+7.0
Grant 2,211 53.2% 1,935 46.6% 10 4,156 D+6.6
Sherburne 1,929 47.9% 2,083 51.7% 16 4,028 R+3.8
Big Stone 2,391 59.6% 1,610 40.1% 13 4,014 D+19.5
Stevens 1,826 45.5% 2,166 54.0% 17 4,009 R+8.5
Hubbard 1,694 42.3% 2,291 57.2% 22 4,007 R+14.9
Wilkin 1,981 49.9% 1,980 49.9% 8 3,969 level
Clearwater 2,473 64.3% 1,357 35.3% 15 3,845 D+29.0
Rock 1,208 32.6% 2,486 67.2% 6 3,700 R+34.5
Kittson 2,468 66.8% 1,219 33.0% 9 3,696 D+33.8
Kanabec 2,027 55.0% 1,651 44.8% 5 3,683 D+10.2
Traverse 1,810 55.9% 1,417 43.7% 13 3,240 D+12.1
Mahnomen 1,860 66.9% 900 32.4% 19 2,779 D+34.5
Red Lake 1,933 71.7% 756 28.1% 6 2,695 D+43.7
Lake Of The Woods 1,072 62.4% 635 36.9% 12 1,719 D+25.4
Cook 632 44.4% 781 54.8% 12 1,425 R+10.5

Counties as they stood in 1954; 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