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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Minnesota governor election

Tim Pawlenty (Republican) beat Roger Moe (Democrat) in Minnesota in 2002, 44.4% to 36.5%, a margin of 7.9 points and 178,205 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 1998 it went third-party, for Jesse Ventura.

Republicans led in 53 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 26 and other candidates in 8. The largest, Hennepin, cast 515,978 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.6 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 38 votes separated the top two.

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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
Tim Pawlenty won Republican 999,473 44.4%
Roger Moe Democratic 821,268 36.5%
Tim Penny Independence 364,534 16.2%
All other candidates 67,200 3.0%
Total2,252,475

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 213,147 41.3% 210,140 40.7% 92,691 515,978 D+0.6
Ramsey 101,924 45.3% 86,200 38.3% 37,011 225,135 D+7.0
Dakota 53,440 31.5% 90,534 53.4% 25,685 169,659 R+21.9
Anoka 45,553 32.8% 71,169 51.2% 22,332 139,054 R+18.4
Washington 33,968 32.7% 54,792 52.7% 15,243 104,003 R+20.0
Saint Louis 56,568 59.9% 25,059 26.5% 12,873 94,500 D+33.3
Stearns 17,362 30.5% 28,849 50.7% 10,722 56,933 R+20.2
Olmsted 10,458 19.7% 20,889 39.4% 21,691 53,038 Others
Scott 10,898 24.4% 26,074 58.3% 7,781 44,753 R+33.9
Wright 11,962 26.8% 25,575 57.3% 7,068 44,605 R+30.5
Carver 7,848 22.6% 21,396 61.6% 5,489 34,733 R+39.0
Sherburne 7,975 26.8% 17,293 58.2% 4,437 29,705 R+31.4
Crow Wing 8,984 33.8% 12,970 48.8% 4,597 26,551 R+15.0
Otter Tail 9,101 34.9% 13,676 52.5% 3,275 26,052 R+17.6
Rice 8,380 33.8% 9,334 37.6% 7,095 24,809 R+3.8
Blue Earth 6,333 26.4% 8,925 37.2% 8,742 24,000 R+10.8
Chisago 6,755 30.7% 11,791 53.7% 3,427 21,973 R+22.9
Goodhue 5,229 25.3% 8,749 42.4% 6,652 20,630 R+17.1
Clay 9,956 48.8% 8,292 40.6% 2,159 20,407 D+8.2
Winona 5,413 27.5% 7,385 37.5% 6,885 19,683 R+10.0
Itasca 9,917 50.8% 6,770 34.7% 2,824 19,511 D+16.1
Kandiyohi 6,879 38.2% 8,332 46.3% 2,791 18,002 R+8.1
Mower 4,361 27.0% 4,656 28.8% 7,145 16,162 Others
Freeborn 2,827 17.9% 4,530 28.8% 8,399 15,756 Others
Steele 2,615 16.7% 6,425 41.1% 6,608 15,648 Others
Douglas 4,790 31.1% 8,092 52.5% 2,531 15,413 R+21.4
Beltrami 6,720 44.8% 6,395 42.6% 1,883 14,998 D+2.2
Isanti 4,745 32.1% 7,827 53.0% 2,199 14,771 R+20.9
Nicollet 4,207 29.1% 5,783 40.0% 4,470 14,460 R+10.9
McLeod 3,583 25.0% 8,010 55.8% 2,763 14,356 R+30.8
Carlton 8,198 57.6% 4,267 30.0% 1,759 14,224 D+27.6
Morrison 3,985 28.1% 7,838 55.2% 2,381 14,204 R+27.1
Benton 4,336 32.3% 6,524 48.6% 2,555 13,415 R+16.3
Becker 5,384 40.8% 6,145 46.6% 1,662 13,191 R+5.8
Polk 7,153 56.4% 4,521 35.7% 999 12,673 D+20.8
Cass 4,174 33.5% 6,115 49.0% 2,188 12,477 R+15.6
Le Sueur 2,824 23.8% 5,038 42.5% 3,985 11,847 R+18.7
Brown 2,731 24.0% 5,833 51.3% 2,800 11,364 R+27.3
Pine 4,501 39.8% 4,939 43.6% 1,879 11,319 R+3.9
Meeker 3,128 30.2% 5,182 50.1% 2,036 10,346 R+19.9
Todd 3,218 31.1% 5,363 51.9% 1,752 10,333 R+20.8
Mille Lacs 3,205 31.5% 5,190 51.0% 1,777 10,172 R+19.5
Wabasha 2,133 21.2% 3,998 39.8% 3,912 10,043 R+18.6
Lyon 3,349 33.7% 4,896 49.2% 1,699 9,944 R+15.6
Martin 2,389 25.5% 4,437 47.3% 2,560 9,386 R+21.8
Fillmore 1,733 18.7% 2,959 31.9% 4,580 9,272 Others
Hubbard 3,246 35.7% 4,562 50.2% 1,272 9,080 R+14.5
Houston 2,007 23.3% 3,358 39.0% 3,235 8,600 R+15.7
Waseca 887 10.3% 2,565 29.9% 5,131 8,583 Others
Nobles 3,132 37.5% 3,735 44.8% 1,474 8,341 R+7.2
Dodge 1,383 17.1% 3,203 39.6% 3,502 8,088 Others
Aitkin 3,064 38.6% 3,341 42.0% 1,543 7,948 R+3.5
Faribault 1,209 15.9% 2,626 34.5% 3,782 7,617 Others
Renville 2,589 35.3% 3,252 44.3% 1,494 7,335 R+9.0
Sibley 1,684 23.8% 3,592 50.8% 1,791 7,067 R+27.0
Redwood 1,891 27.1% 3,671 52.6% 1,423 6,985 R+25.5
Kanabec 2,177 33.7% 3,302 51.1% 985 6,464 R+17.4
Roseau 2,701 42.5% 3,158 49.7% 494 6,353 R+7.2
Lake 3,333 55.3% 1,792 29.7% 905 6,030 D+25.6
Wadena 1,979 32.9% 3,213 53.4% 823 6,015 R+20.5
Koochiching 2,866 47.9% 2,186 36.6% 926 5,978 D+11.4
Chippewa 2,394 40.8% 2,250 38.4% 1,218 5,862 D+2.5
Pope 2,215 39.3% 2,436 43.3% 979 5,630 R+3.9
Cottonwood 1,813 32.6% 2,638 47.5% 1,103 5,554 R+14.9
Pennington 2,739 50.0% 2,130 38.9% 608 5,477 D+11.1
Stevens 1,923 35.9% 2,454 45.8% 986 5,363 R+9.9
Swift 2,403 47.6% 1,883 37.3% 764 5,050 D+10.3
Jackson 1,719 34.5% 2,161 43.4% 1,104 4,984 R+8.9
Watonwan 1,436 29.1% 1,985 40.2% 1,520 4,941 R+11.1
Yellow Medicine 2,031 42.2% 1,964 40.8% 818 4,813 D+1.4
Marshall 2,348 48.8% 1,975 41.1% 486 4,809 D+7.8
Murray 1,730 37.3% 2,042 44.0% 864 4,636 R+6.7
Rock 1,727 38.6% 2,195 49.0% 556 4,478 R+10.5
Pipestone 1,460 32.8% 2,158 48.4% 837 4,455 R+15.7
Lac Qui Parle 1,797 44.5% 1,511 37.4% 733 4,041 D+7.1
Clearwater 1,705 46.6% 1,597 43.6% 358 3,660 D+3.0
Norman 1,921 57.7% 1,093 32.8% 318 3,332 D+24.8
Grant 1,313 40.0% 1,464 44.6% 508 3,285 R+4.6
Lincoln 1,278 42.2% 1,240 40.9% 514 3,032 D+1.3
Wilkin 1,079 37.9% 1,452 51.0% 318 2,849 R+13.1
Cook 1,228 43.3% 962 33.9% 645 2,835 D+9.4
Big Stone 1,192 44.4% 1,116 41.6% 374 2,682 D+2.8
Kittson 1,470 60.6% 735 30.3% 220 2,425 D+30.3
Mahnomen 1,100 46.9% 926 39.5% 317 2,343 D+7.4
Lake of the Woods 944 44.0% 888 41.4% 314 2,146 D+2.6
Red Lake 990 51.7% 717 37.5% 207 1,914 D+14.3
Traverse 826 43.4% 788 41.4% 291 1,905 D+2.0

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