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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Minnesota governor election

Rudy Perpich (Democrat) beat Wheelock Whitney (Republican) in Minnesota in 1982, 58.6% to 40.0%, a margin of 18.6 points and 333,308 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 1978 it went Republican, for Albert H. Quie.

Democrats led in 79 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Hennepin, cast 431,700 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.7 points. The closest was Steele, where 27 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
Rudy Perpich won Democratic 1,049,104 58.6%
Wheelock Whitney Republican 715,796 40.0%
All other candidates 24,639 1.4%
Total1,789,539

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 235,862 54.6% 189,546 43.9% 6,292 431,700 D+10.7
Ramsey 118,992 60.2% 75,460 38.2% 3,236 197,688 D+22.0
St. Louis 84,783 81.9% 17,668 17.1% 1,122 103,573 D+64.8
Dakota 45,053 54.0% 37,116 44.5% 1,236 83,405 D+9.5
Anoka 50,713 64.2% 27,276 34.6% 945 78,934 D+29.7
Washington 26,771 53.2% 22,878 45.4% 689 50,338 D+7.7
Stearns 27,052 60.6% 16,888 37.9% 666 44,606 D+22.8
Olmsted 15,249 43.8% 19,076 54.8% 484 34,809 R+11.0
Wright 15,008 61.2% 9,205 37.5% 325 24,538 D+23.6
Otter Tail 11,374 50.2% 11,048 48.7% 248 22,670 D+1.4
Blue Earth 11,469 51.0% 10,745 47.7% 295 22,509 D+3.2
Itasca 15,607 77.7% 4,239 21.1% 229 20,075 D+56.6
Scott 11,224 60.3% 7,157 38.4% 233 18,614 D+21.8
Rice 10,728 58.4% 7,371 40.1% 265 18,364 D+18.3
Goodhue 9,179 50.0% 8,945 48.8% 224 18,348 D+1.3
Mower 10,866 59.3% 7,244 39.5% 225 18,335 D+19.8
Crow Wing 11,473 62.7% 6,582 36.0% 247 18,302 D+26.7
Winona 10,059 55.4% 7,709 42.5% 376 18,144 D+13.0
Clay 9,135 51.6% 8,316 47.0% 239 17,690 D+4.6
Carver 8,425 50.0% 8,151 48.3% 284 16,860 D+1.6
Kandiyohi 9,651 60.6% 6,081 38.2% 192 15,924 D+22.4
Freeborn 8,100 51.6% 7,399 47.2% 185 15,684 D+4.5
Polk 8,256 55.3% 6,495 43.5% 190 14,941 D+11.8
Morrison 10,055 72.5% 3,626 26.2% 180 13,861 D+46.4
Carlton 10,581 79.0% 2,652 19.8% 164 13,397 D+59.2
Beltrami 8,304 63.0% 4,666 35.4% 216 13,186 D+27.6
Douglas 7,492 57.8% 5,336 41.2% 137 12,965 D+16.6
Steele 6,204 49.5% 6,177 49.3% 140 12,521 D+0.2
McLeod 6,543 52.6% 5,718 46.0% 170 12,431 D+6.6
Sherburne 7,400 60.3% 4,722 38.5% 144 12,266 D+21.8
Brown 6,033 49.6% 6,005 49.4% 127 12,165 D+0.2
Chisago 7,492 62.3% 4,382 36.5% 143 12,017 D+25.9
Nicollet 5,858 50.0% 5,720 48.8% 140 11,718 D+1.2
Becker 6,402 54.7% 5,158 44.1% 147 11,707 D+10.6
Martin 4,880 44.0% 6,096 55.0% 115 11,091 R+11.0
Lyon 6,706 60.5% 4,180 37.7% 198 11,084 D+22.8
Le Sueur 6,107 56.6% 4,577 42.4% 107 10,791 D+14.2
Todd 6,890 64.9% 3,593 33.8% 140 10,623 D+31.0
Benton 6,153 59.9% 3,971 38.7% 148 10,272 D+21.2
Cass 6,247 61.2% 3,823 37.4% 144 10,214 D+23.7
Isanti 6,463 66.2% 3,192 32.7% 108 9,763 D+33.5
Fillmore 4,318 45.1% 5,098 53.3% 151 9,567 R+8.2
Meeker 5,499 58.7% 3,736 39.9% 132 9,367 D+18.8
Faribault 4,280 45.9% 4,978 53.3% 73 9,331 R+7.5
Renville 5,203 55.9% 3,971 42.7% 130 9,304 D+13.2
Pine 5,941 67.9% 2,692 30.8% 118 8,751 D+37.1
Wabasha 4,561 53.2% 3,876 45.2% 142 8,579 D+8.0
Waseca 4,177 48.9% 4,276 50.0% 96 8,549 R+1.2
Nobles 4,956 61.0% 2,998 36.9% 169 8,123 D+24.1
Mille Lacs 5,379 66.8% 2,582 32.1% 88 8,049 D+34.7
Redwood 3,801 47.3% 4,129 51.4% 101 8,031 R+4.1
Koochiching 5,452 73.4% 1,904 25.7% 67 7,423 D+47.8
Houston 3,805 52.7% 3,272 45.4% 137 7,214 D+7.4
Aitkin 4,774 66.8% 2,279 31.9% 91 7,144 D+34.9
Chippewa 4,161 60.7% 2,628 38.3% 69 6,858 D+22.4
Sibley 3,342 49.7% 3,295 49.0% 82 6,719 D+0.7
Lake 5,352 81.1% 1,173 17.8% 77 6,602 D+63.3
Yellow Medicine 3,888 59.1% 2,627 39.9% 68 6,583 D+19.2
Hubbard 3,775 57.6% 2,665 40.7% 111 6,551 D+16.9
Cottonwood 3,179 48.8% 3,274 50.2% 68 6,521 R+1.5
Jackson 3,607 57.4% 2,572 40.9% 108 6,287 D+16.5
Dodge 3,087 49.3% 3,115 49.7% 63 6,265 R+0.4
Wadena 3,441 55.4% 2,706 43.6% 61 6,208 D+11.8
Swift 4,245 69.1% 1,843 30.0% 54 6,142 D+39.1
Pennington 3,626 59.1% 2,424 39.5% 83 6,133 D+19.6
Marshall 3,668 60.2% 2,358 38.7% 71 6,097 D+21.5
Watonwan 2,937 51.4% 2,733 47.9% 39 5,709 D+3.6
Pope 3,492 62.1% 2,059 36.6% 68 5,619 D+25.5
Kanabec 3,436 63.1% 1,945 35.7% 66 5,447 D+27.4
Lac Qui Parle 3,437 64.2% 1,874 35.0% 46 5,357 D+29.2
Roseau 3,217 60.3% 2,037 38.2% 81 5,335 D+22.1
Murray 3,176 60.7% 1,960 37.4% 100 5,236 D+23.2
Stevens 2,981 58.1% 2,090 40.7% 59 5,130 D+17.4
Pipestone 3,011 59.2% 1,992 39.2% 82 5,085 D+20.0
Rock 2,467 51.6% 2,242 46.9% 68 4,777 D+4.7
Norman 2,430 56.4% 1,819 42.2% 57 4,306 D+14.2
Clearwater 2,400 62.4% 1,392 36.2% 54 3,846 D+26.2
Grant 2,355 62.3% 1,386 36.7% 37 3,778 D+25.6
Big Stone 2,305 64.4% 1,233 34.5% 41 3,579 D+30.0
Lincoln 2,042 59.7% 1,324 38.7% 52 3,418 D+21.0
Wilkin 1,865 54.9% 1,485 43.7% 46 3,396 D+11.2
Kittson 1,902 59.1% 1,262 39.2% 56 3,220 D+19.9
Traverse 1,631 61.3% 990 37.2% 39 2,660 D+24.1
Red Lake 1,664 65.3% 840 32.9% 46 2,550 D+32.3
Mahnomen 1,536 61.8% 915 36.8% 33 2,484 D+25.0
Cook 1,319 62.2% 774 36.5% 28 2,121 D+25.7
Lake Of The Woods 1,145 58.3% 784 39.9% 36 1,965 D+18.4

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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