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Election 1990 Results

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1990 Minnesota governor election

Arne Carlson (Republican) beat Rudy Perpich (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1990, 50.1% to 46.8%, a margin of 3.3 points and 59,770 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 1986 it went Democratic, for Rudy Perpich.

Democrats led in 47 of the 87 counties and Republicans in 40. The largest, Hennepin, cast 457,748 votes and went to the Republican by 12.3 points. The closest was Traverse, where 16 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
Arne Carlson won Republican 895,988 50.1%
Rudy Perpich Democratic 836,218 46.8%
All other candidates 55,957 3.1%
Total1,788,163

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 189,861 41.5% 246,340 53.8% 21,547 457,748 R+12.3
Ramsey 83,672 41.8% 107,125 53.6% 9,187 199,984 R+11.7
Dakota 44,230 39.6% 63,354 56.7% 4,223 111,807 R+17.1
Anoka 45,029 49.3% 42,993 47.1% 3,238 91,260 D+2.2
Saint Louis 62,149 73.4% 19,996 23.6% 2,579 84,724 D+49.8
Washington 22,049 36.2% 36,506 60.0% 2,289 60,844 R+23.8
Stearns 22,046 49.6% 19,694 44.3% 2,687 44,427 D+5.3
Olmsted 15,605 38.8% 23,294 57.9% 1,344 40,243 R+19.1
Wright 13,293 50.6% 11,715 44.6% 1,257 26,265 D+6.0
Scott 10,377 45.9% 11,332 50.2% 883 22,592 R+4.2
Otter Tail 10,169 47.9% 10,398 49.0% 662 21,229 R+1.1
Blue Earth 8,949 42.2% 11,372 53.7% 865 21,186 R+11.4
Crow Wing 9,305 46.1% 9,920 49.2% 955 20,180 R+3.0
Carver 7,614 39.3% 11,065 57.1% 707 19,386 R+17.8
Rice 8,503 46.3% 9,095 49.6% 751 18,349 R+3.2
Itasca 11,874 67.1% 5,011 28.3% 806 17,691 D+38.8
Clay 9,471 54.3% 7,544 43.2% 437 17,452 D+11.0
Goodhue 6,008 36.2% 10,167 61.3% 406 16,581 R+25.1
Winona 7,229 46.9% 7,626 49.4% 568 15,423 R+2.6
Kandiyohi 7,955 51.6% 6,878 44.6% 587 15,420 D+7.0
Sherburne 7,448 49.4% 6,880 45.6% 745 15,073 D+3.8
Mower 7,935 53.1% 6,555 43.9% 452 14,942 D+9.2
Freeborn 6,199 47.3% 6,542 49.9% 377 13,118 R+2.6
Chisago 6,197 47.6% 6,260 48.1% 566 13,023 R+0.5
Douglas 6,093 47.5% 6,196 48.3% 542 12,831 R+0.8
Carlton 8,806 73.4% 2,860 23.8% 337 12,003 D+49.5
McLeod 4,818 40.4% 6,504 54.6% 600 11,922 R+14.1
Nicollet 4,704 39.8% 6,763 57.2% 358 11,825 R+17.4
Steele 4,934 41.9% 6,529 55.4% 316 11,779 R+13.5
Beltrami 5,896 50.1% 5,306 45.1% 557 11,759 D+5.0
Morrison 6,438 56.3% 4,438 38.8% 553 11,429 D+17.5
Polk 6,617 58.6% 4,387 38.9% 280 11,284 D+19.8
Becker 5,503 49.9% 5,043 45.8% 474 11,020 D+4.2
Benton 5,517 50.3% 4,826 44.0% 629 10,972 D+6.3
Isanti 5,855 56.1% 4,139 39.7% 443 10,437 D+16.4
Brown 4,251 41.9% 5,562 54.8% 340 10,153 R+12.9
Lyon 4,016 40.2% 5,591 55.9% 391 9,998 R+15.8
Le Sueur 5,007 50.4% 4,595 46.3% 325 9,927 D+4.2
Cass 4,510 45.8% 4,821 49.0% 514 9,845 R+3.2
Todd 5,145 55.7% 3,656 39.6% 436 9,237 D+16.1
Meeker 4,171 46.3% 4,453 49.5% 381 9,005 R+3.1
Martin 3,395 37.8% 5,314 59.2% 271 8,980 R+21.4
Pine 5,176 59.2% 3,125 35.7% 446 8,747 D+23.4
Wabasha 3,575 43.1% 4,393 53.0% 318 8,286 R+9.9
Mille Lacs 4,219 53.1% 3,330 41.9% 393 7,942 D+11.2
Faribault 3,209 40.8% 4,391 55.8% 264 7,864 R+15.0
Renville 3,365 42.8% 4,189 53.3% 303 7,857 R+10.5
Fillmore 3,168 40.5% 4,461 57.0% 201 7,830 R+16.5
Houston 4,002 51.3% 3,563 45.7% 234 7,799 D+5.6
Nobles 4,340 56.8% 3,059 40.0% 239 7,638 D+16.8
Waseca 3,180 42.0% 4,141 54.7% 245 7,566 R+12.7
Redwood 2,709 38.0% 4,125 57.8% 298 7,132 R+19.9
Hubbard 3,009 43.7% 3,575 51.9% 300 6,884 R+8.2
Aitkin 3,313 51.9% 2,735 42.8% 338 6,386 D+9.1
Dodge 2,574 42.5% 3,249 53.7% 232 6,055 R+11.1
Koochiching 3,560 59.2% 2,171 36.1% 278 6,009 D+23.1
Sibley 2,288 39.4% 3,303 56.8% 220 5,811 R+17.5
Wadena 2,528 43.9% 2,945 51.1% 290 5,763 R+7.2
Lake 4,209 73.5% 1,226 21.4% 292 5,727 D+52.1
Roseau 3,355 59.0% 2,130 37.5% 200 5,685 D+21.5
Chippewa 2,655 46.9% 2,800 49.5% 205 5,660 R+2.6
Cottonwood 2,352 42.2% 3,037 54.4% 190 5,579 R+12.3
Yellow Medicine 2,452 44.3% 2,909 52.6% 173 5,534 R+8.3
Jackson 2,678 48.7% 2,536 46.1% 287 5,501 D+2.6
Swift 2,999 57.6% 2,035 39.1% 169 5,203 D+18.5
Kanabec 2,704 53.5% 2,161 42.8% 187 5,052 D+10.7
Pope 2,444 49.4% 2,345 47.4% 157 4,946 D+2.0
Pennington 3,030 61.3% 1,801 36.4% 112 4,943 D+24.9
Watonwan 2,075 42.1% 2,718 55.1% 136 4,929 R+13.0
Marshall 3,004 62.8% 1,681 35.2% 96 4,781 D+27.7
Stevens 2,360 49.5% 2,233 46.8% 178 4,771 D+2.7
Murray 2,419 52.1% 2,034 43.8% 187 4,640 D+8.3
Lac Qui Parle 2,360 52.0% 2,058 45.3% 122 4,540 D+6.7
Rock 2,097 48.1% 2,177 50.0% 84 4,358 R+1.8
Pipestone 1,984 51.6% 1,746 45.4% 118 3,848 D+6.2
Norman 2,123 58.4% 1,392 38.3% 118 3,633 D+20.1
Grant 1,741 52.4% 1,480 44.5% 102 3,323 D+7.9
Clearwater 1,892 57.3% 1,294 39.2% 114 3,300 D+18.1
Big Stone 1,759 54.7% 1,337 41.6% 118 3,214 D+13.1
Lincoln 1,406 47.2% 1,513 50.8% 60 2,979 R+3.6
Wilkin 1,497 53.4% 1,221 43.5% 87 2,805 D+9.8
Kittson 1,366 55.8% 1,011 41.3% 72 2,449 D+14.5
Mahnomen 1,538 64.8% 707 29.8% 130 2,375 D+35.0
Red Lake 1,664 70.8% 590 25.1% 95 2,349 D+45.7
Traverse 1,052 48.6% 1,036 47.9% 75 2,163 D+0.7
Cook 962 51.3% 771 41.1% 143 1,876 D+10.2
Lake of the Woods 983 58.1% 609 36.0% 100 1,692 D+22.1

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