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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Minnesota governor election

Orville L. Freeman (Democrat) beat Ancher Nelsen (Republican) in Minnesota in 1956, 51.4% to 48.2%, a margin of 3.2 points and 45,984 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when Orville L. Freeman also won.

Democrats led in 45 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Hennepin, cast 347,002 votes and went to the Republican by 0.2 points. The closest was Wilkin, where 25 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
Orville L. Freeman won Democratic 731,180 51.4%
Ancher Nelsen Republican 685,196 48.2%
All other candidates 5,785 0.4%
Total1,422,161

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 172,465 49.7% 173,061 49.9% 1,476 347,002 R+0.2
Ramsey 97,256 56.7% 73,444 42.8% 750 171,450 D+13.9
St. Louis 71,881 67.3% 34,249 32.1% 629 106,759 D+35.2
Stearns 12,567 42.5% 16,866 57.0% 153 29,586 R+14.5
Dakota 14,847 54.0% 12,552 45.6% 106 27,505 D+8.3
Anoka 14,027 61.2% 8,727 38.1% 154 22,908 D+23.1
Olmsted 9,197 42.1% 12,542 57.4% 97 21,836 R+15.3
Otter Tail 7,717 37.8% 12,619 61.8% 81 20,417 R+24.0
Mower 11,022 56.5% 8,414 43.1% 83 19,519 D+13.4
Washington 8,257 45.4% 9,757 53.6% 187 18,201 R+8.2
Blue Earth 6,951 38.6% 10,993 61.1% 45 17,989 R+22.5
Winona 7,602 44.2% 9,510 55.3% 75 17,187 R+11.1
Itasca 10,803 64.6% 5,850 35.0% 63 16,716 D+29.6
Polk 9,849 60.5% 6,351 39.0% 68 16,268 D+21.5
Freeborn 8,589 53.3% 7,466 46.4% 45 16,100 D+7.0
Goodhue 6,303 40.4% 9,257 59.3% 46 15,606 R+18.9
Rice 5,518 39.1% 8,571 60.7% 26 14,115 R+21.6
Clay 7,557 54.6% 6,245 45.1% 40 13,842 D+9.5
Crow Wing 6,790 50.6% 6,587 49.1% 47 13,424 D+1.5
Kandiyohi 8,061 61.1% 5,101 38.6% 40 13,202 D+22.4
Wright 5,903 44.8% 7,223 54.8% 43 13,169 R+10.0
Martin 4,362 35.5% 7,891 64.2% 36 12,289 R+28.7
Brown 3,922 32.6% 8,097 67.2% 29 12,048 R+34.7
Carlton 7,743 67.7% 3,661 32.0% 37 11,441 D+35.7
Faribault 4,501 39.5% 6,848 60.2% 35 11,384 R+20.6
Fillmore 4,300 38.0% 6,969 61.6% 40 11,309 R+23.6
Renville 4,868 44.8% 5,951 54.8% 45 10,864 R+10.0
Morrison 5,605 52.1% 5,107 47.5% 44 10,756 D+4.6
McLeod 3,819 35.8% 6,819 63.9% 32 10,670 R+28.1
Steele 4,005 38.9% 6,256 60.8% 35 10,296 R+21.9
Becker 5,739 56.3% 4,414 43.3% 34 10,187 D+13.0
Lyon 5,129 50.4% 5,018 49.3% 32 10,179 D+1.1
Douglas 4,986 49.3% 5,102 50.4% 31 10,119 R+1.1
Nobles 5,267 52.4% 4,757 47.3% 27 10,051 D+5.1
Todd 4,632 46.6% 5,263 52.9% 51 9,946 R+6.3
Redwood 3,550 36.5% 6,155 63.3% 25 9,730 R+26.8
Le Sueur 4,379 45.9% 5,129 53.8% 30 9,538 R+7.9
Carver 2,886 31.2% 6,335 68.6% 16 9,237 R+37.3
Meeker 4,103 46.4% 4,713 53.3% 33 8,849 R+6.9
Nicollet 3,345 38.8% 5,252 60.9% 21 8,618 R+22.1
Beltrami 4,726 55.4% 3,760 44.1% 37 8,523 D+11.3
Scott 4,336 52.2% 3,947 47.5% 23 8,306 D+4.7
Wabasha 3,113 39.7% 4,710 60.0% 25 7,848 R+20.3
Chippewa 4,136 53.1% 3,623 46.5% 26 7,785 D+6.6
Yellow Medicine 4,033 52.2% 3,667 47.5% 20 7,720 D+4.7
Cottonwood 2,924 38.3% 4,690 61.4% 25 7,639 R+23.1
Pine 4,446 58.4% 3,140 41.2% 31 7,617 D+17.1
Waseca 2,791 36.7% 4,808 63.1% 15 7,614 R+26.5
Sibley 2,636 35.1% 4,854 64.6% 21 7,511 R+29.5
Cass 3,496 46.8% 3,944 52.8% 34 7,474 R+6.0
Jackson 4,010 53.8% 3,413 45.8% 28 7,451 D+8.0
Houston 2,849 38.6% 4,474 60.6% 57 7,380 R+22.0
Koochiching 4,839 66.8% 2,387 32.9% 23 7,249 D+33.8
Swift 4,442 62.8% 2,604 36.8% 25 7,071 D+26.0
Benton 3,086 45.5% 3,666 54.1% 28 6,780 R+8.6
Marshall 4,356 65.1% 2,316 34.6% 22 6,694 D+30.5
Chisago 3,284 49.1% 3,373 50.5% 25 6,682 R+1.3
Lac Qui Parle 3,463 51.9% 3,201 47.9% 13 6,677 D+3.9
Murray 3,423 52.1% 3,126 47.6% 18 6,567 D+4.5
Mille Lacs 3,203 49.2% 3,287 50.5% 23 6,513 R+1.3
Watonwan 2,347 36.9% 4,007 62.9% 15 6,369 R+26.1
Pipestone 2,795 46.5% 3,195 53.2% 19 6,009 R+6.7
Aitkin 3,142 52.3% 2,845 47.4% 16 6,003 D+4.9
Pennington 3,660 62.7% 2,164 37.1% 15 5,839 D+25.6
Pope 3,005 52.3% 2,738 47.6% 8 5,751 D+4.6
Lake 3,784 68.2% 1,741 31.4% 22 5,547 D+36.8
Dodge 2,279 41.2% 3,234 58.4% 21 5,534 R+17.3
Norman 3,413 62.0% 2,082 37.8% 7 5,502 D+24.2
Roseau 3,607 66.1% 1,835 33.6% 12 5,454 D+32.5
Isanti 3,139 57.7% 2,287 42.1% 11 5,437 D+15.7
Rock 2,021 38.2% 3,249 61.5% 14 5,284 R+23.2
Wadena 2,136 42.0% 2,923 57.5% 22 5,081 R+15.5
Sherburne 2,220 45.6% 2,630 54.0% 19 4,869 R+8.4
Stevens 2,214 45.9% 2,604 53.9% 10 4,828 R+8.1
Lincoln 2,707 57.2% 2,012 42.5% 14 4,733 D+14.7
Wilkin 2,300 50.1% 2,275 49.6% 12 4,587 D+0.5
Grant 2,458 54.5% 2,032 45.1% 16 4,506 D+9.5
Hubbard 1,799 41.4% 2,518 58.0% 28 4,345 R+16.5
Big Stone 2,681 62.7% 1,584 37.0% 12 4,277 D+25.6
Kittson 2,856 67.8% 1,348 32.0% 10 4,214 D+35.8
Kanabec 2,095 51.5% 1,957 48.1% 15 4,067 D+3.4
Clearwater 2,574 64.7% 1,384 34.8% 21 3,979 D+29.9
Traverse 2,219 63.6% 1,263 36.2% 7 3,489 D+27.4
Mahnomen 1,852 69.0% 819 30.5% 15 2,686 D+38.5
Red Lake 1,837 70.7% 747 28.8% 13 2,597 D+42.0
Lake Of The Woods 1,232 65.1% 657 34.7% 3 1,892 D+30.4
Cook 913 48.8% 954 51.0% 2 1,869 R+2.2

Counties as they stood in 1956; 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