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Election 1958 Results

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1958 Minnesota governor election

Orville L. Freeman (Democrat) beat George MacKinnon (Republican) in Minnesota in 1958, 56.8% to 42.3%, a margin of 14.4 points and 167,595 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Orville L. Freeman also won.

Democrats led in 62 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Hennepin, cast 266,678 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.7 points. The closest was Hubbard, where 45 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 658,326 56.8%
George MacKinnon Republican 490,731 42.3%
All other candidates 10,858 0.9%
Total1,159,915

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 149,258 56.0% 115,463 43.3% 1,957 266,678 D+12.7
Ramsey 83,749 61.2% 52,141 38.1% 991 136,881 D+23.1
St. Louis 62,380 69.0% 26,756 29.6% 1,224 90,360 D+39.4
Dakota 14,837 59.4% 9,922 39.7% 232 24,991 D+19.7
Stearns 12,328 50.7% 11,722 48.2% 287 24,337 D+2.5
Anoka 12,233 66.6% 5,965 32.5% 181 18,379 D+34.1
Olmsted 8,338 47.4% 9,140 51.9% 117 17,595 R+4.6
Otter Tail 6,678 40.0% 9,858 59.0% 178 16,714 R+19.0
Mower 9,629 60.6% 6,146 38.7% 123 15,898 D+21.9
Itasca 10,500 67.8% 4,759 30.7% 218 15,477 D+37.1
Winona 7,721 52.0% 6,948 46.8% 189 14,858 D+5.2
Washington 7,618 51.6% 6,977 47.3% 166 14,761 D+4.3
Blue Earth 6,356 44.8% 7,681 54.1% 151 14,188 R+9.3
Freeborn 8,074 58.1% 5,722 41.2% 98 13,894 D+16.9
Polk 9,022 65.5% 4,617 33.5% 138 13,777 D+32.0
Goodhue 6,078 47.7% 6,583 51.7% 82 12,743 R+4.0
Rice 5,555 46.5% 6,272 52.5% 129 11,956 R+6.0
Kandiyohi 7,773 65.8% 3,973 33.6% 67 11,813 D+32.2
Crow Wing 6,503 55.4% 5,117 43.6% 122 11,742 D+11.8
Clay 6,743 59.7% 4,433 39.3% 117 11,293 D+20.5
Wright 5,014 49.9% 4,920 49.0% 112 10,046 D+0.9
Carlton 7,105 71.5% 2,746 27.6% 90 9,941 D+43.8
Fillmore 4,328 45.2% 5,158 53.8% 98 9,584 R+8.7
Brown 3,828 40.0% 5,640 59.0% 95 9,563 R+18.9
Martin 3,626 39.6% 5,417 59.2% 103 9,146 R+19.6
Renville 4,645 51.5% 4,264 47.3% 105 9,014 D+4.2
Faribault 4,118 45.8% 4,788 53.2% 95 9,001 R+7.4
McLeod 3,913 43.7% 4,959 55.4% 87 8,959 R+11.7
Morrison 4,949 56.8% 3,684 42.3% 85 8,718 D+14.5
Douglas 4,701 55.3% 3,743 44.0% 58 8,502 D+11.3
Steele 3,884 46.0% 4,491 53.2% 65 8,440 R+7.2
Lyon 4,661 56.5% 3,515 42.6% 75 8,251 D+13.9
Nobles 4,586 56.2% 3,481 42.7% 93 8,160 D+13.5
Le Sueur 4,150 52.1% 3,733 46.8% 88 7,971 D+5.2
Todd 3,983 50.4% 3,820 48.4% 95 7,898 D+2.1
Carver 2,898 38.7% 4,495 60.1% 92 7,485 R+21.3
Becker 4,311 57.7% 3,082 41.3% 74 7,467 D+16.5
Meeker 4,013 54.2% 3,330 45.0% 59 7,402 D+9.2
Cass 3,923 53.8% 3,259 44.7% 109 7,291 D+9.1
Redwood 2,967 40.8% 4,251 58.4% 62 7,280 R+17.6
Beltrami 4,128 59.3% 2,747 39.4% 90 6,965 D+19.8
Scott 4,109 60.0% 2,675 39.1% 60 6,844 D+21.0
Koochiching 5,020 73.6% 1,732 25.4% 72 6,824 D+48.2
Yellow Medicine 3,847 57.4% 2,800 41.8% 51 6,698 D+15.6
Houston 3,108 46.7% 3,446 51.7% 106 6,660 R+5.1
Nicollet 3,146 47.4% 3,456 52.0% 41 6,643 R+4.7
Wabasha 3,171 48.0% 3,369 50.9% 73 6,613 R+3.0
Pine 3,976 61.9% 2,393 37.3% 51 6,420 D+24.7
Swift 4,236 66.4% 2,075 32.5% 73 6,384 D+33.9
Cottonwood 2,728 42.8% 3,583 56.3% 57 6,368 R+13.4
Waseca 2,710 42.7% 3,553 56.0% 80 6,343 R+13.3
Chippewa 3,462 56.5% 2,614 42.6% 55 6,131 D+13.8
Jackson 3,341 55.8% 2,581 43.1% 64 5,986 D+12.7
Benton 3,212 54.6% 2,597 44.1% 77 5,886 D+10.4
Mille Lacs 3,310 56.6% 2,459 42.1% 74 5,843 D+14.6
Chisago 3,183 55.7% 2,490 43.6% 40 5,713 D+12.1
Marshall 3,934 69.4% 1,677 29.6% 58 5,669 D+39.8
Lac Qui Parle 3,176 56.2% 2,422 42.9% 50 5,648 D+13.3
Aitkin 3,114 58.7% 2,153 40.6% 41 5,308 D+18.1
Watonwan 2,401 45.6% 2,819 53.6% 44 5,264 R+7.9
Sibley 1,963 38.1% 3,148 61.0% 46 5,157 R+23.0
Murray 2,696 52.7% 2,359 46.1% 65 5,120 D+6.6
Lake 3,687 72.2% 1,375 26.9% 43 5,105 D+45.3
Roseau 3,454 69.2% 1,489 29.8% 49 4,992 D+39.4
Pope 2,800 56.5% 2,128 42.9% 27 4,955 D+13.6
Pennington 3,387 68.6% 1,498 30.3% 54 4,939 D+38.2
Dodge 2,115 44.6% 2,580 54.4% 51 4,746 R+9.8
Norman 3,152 66.5% 1,544 32.6% 45 4,741 D+33.9
Stevens 2,441 51.7% 2,218 47.0% 62 4,721 D+4.7
Isanti 2,763 61.8% 1,688 37.7% 23 4,474 D+24.0
Wadena 2,035 46.3% 2,317 52.7% 48 4,400 R+6.4
Pipestone 2,094 47.9% 2,221 50.8% 56 4,371 R+2.9
Hubbard 1,993 48.8% 2,038 49.9% 51 4,082 R+1.1
Kittson 2,852 70.6% 1,149 28.4% 40 4,041 D+42.1
Grant 2,269 56.3% 1,734 43.0% 30 4,033 D+13.3
Lincoln 2,324 58.7% 1,592 40.2% 40 3,956 D+18.5
Big Stone 2,653 67.9% 1,219 31.2% 35 3,907 D+36.7
Rock 1,395 36.7% 2,363 62.2% 40 3,798 R+25.5
Sherburne 1,869 51.6% 1,720 47.5% 31 3,620 D+4.1
Kanabec 2,026 56.4% 1,533 42.7% 33 3,592 D+13.7
Wilkin 1,994 55.5% 1,562 43.5% 36 3,592 D+12.0
Clearwater 2,489 69.4% 1,058 29.5% 39 3,586 D+39.9
Traverse 2,012 66.2% 1,006 33.1% 22 3,040 D+33.1
Mahnomen 1,898 69.9% 763 28.1% 54 2,715 D+41.8
Red Lake 1,666 73.6% 564 24.9% 35 2,265 D+48.7
Lake Of The Woods 1,192 69.0% 519 30.1% 16 1,727 D+39.0
Cook 819 52.0% 734 46.6% 23 1,576 D+5.4

Counties as they stood in 1958; 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