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Election 2010 Results

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2010 Minnesota governor election

Mark Dayton (Democrat) beat Tom Emmer (Republican) in Minnesota in 2010, 43.6% to 43.2%, a margin of 0.4 points and 8,770 votes.

Minnesota changed party: in 2006 it went Republican, for Tim Pawlenty.

Republicans led in 59 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 28. The largest, Hennepin, cast 468,366 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.8 points. The closest was Stevens, where 10 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
Mark Dayton won Democratic 919,232 43.6%
Tom Emmer Republican 910,462 43.2%
Tom Horner Independence 251,487 11.9%
All other candidates 25,840 1.2%
Total2,107,021

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 237,998 50.8% 168,522 36.0% 61,846 468,366 D+14.8
Ramsey 105,498 54.9% 61,412 32.0% 25,136 192,046 D+23.0
Dakota 63,066 38.9% 76,211 47.1% 22,692 161,969 R+8.1
Anoka 50,669 38.6% 64,826 49.4% 15,671 131,166 R+10.8
Washington 40,132 38.9% 49,141 47.6% 13,981 103,254 R+8.7
Saint Louis 52,312 61.8% 24,187 28.6% 8,136 84,635 D+33.2
Stearns 19,929 36.0% 27,816 50.3% 7,599 55,344 R+14.3
Olmsted 20,813 37.8% 25,228 45.8% 8,986 55,027 R+8.0
Wright 14,533 30.3% 27,916 58.2% 5,532 47,981 R+27.9
Scott 14,455 30.3% 26,806 56.2% 6,446 47,707 R+25.9
Carver 10,249 27.7% 21,589 58.4% 5,161 36,999 R+30.6
Sherburne 10,106 30.7% 18,890 57.4% 3,914 32,910 R+26.7
Crow Wing 10,559 38.6% 13,442 49.1% 3,381 27,382 R+10.5
Otter Tail 8,702 35.1% 13,295 53.6% 2,825 24,822 R+18.5
Rice 10,382 44.6% 9,740 41.8% 3,181 23,303 D+2.8
Chisago 8,131 35.7% 11,694 51.4% 2,933 22,758 R+15.7
Blue Earth 9,706 43.3% 9,216 41.1% 3,492 22,414 D+2.2
Itasca 10,379 52.9% 7,041 35.9% 2,185 19,605 D+17.0
Goodhue 7,247 37.4% 9,178 47.4% 2,956 19,381 R+10.0
Clay 8,512 44.8% 8,025 42.3% 2,445 18,982 D+2.6
Winona 8,275 45.6% 7,950 43.8% 1,905 18,130 D+1.8
Kandiyohi 6,751 39.0% 8,041 46.4% 2,521 17,313 R+7.5
Beltrami 7,526 47.1% 6,531 40.9% 1,917 15,974 D+6.2
Douglas 5,371 34.5% 8,036 51.6% 2,154 15,561 R+17.1
Isanti 5,247 35.5% 7,905 53.4% 1,639 14,791 R+18.0
Steele 5,393 36.9% 6,973 47.7% 2,245 14,611 R+10.8
Mower 7,371 52.1% 5,038 35.6% 1,745 14,154 D+16.5
Benton 4,844 35.3% 6,989 50.9% 1,893 13,726 R+15.6
Carlton 8,010 58.7% 4,274 31.3% 1,359 13,643 D+27.4
McLeod 3,967 29.6% 7,365 55.0% 2,064 13,396 R+25.4
Freeborn 6,490 48.6% 5,285 39.6% 1,572 13,347 D+9.0
Nicollet 5,759 43.3% 5,433 40.9% 2,097 13,289 D+2.5
Cass 4,872 37.7% 6,355 49.2% 1,695 12,922 R+11.5
Morrison 4,240 33.2% 6,776 53.1% 1,754 12,770 R+19.9
Becker 4,433 37.6% 5,882 49.9% 1,476 11,791 R+12.3
Le Sueur 4,224 36.6% 5,420 47.0% 1,890 11,534 R+10.4
Pine 4,720 43.4% 4,927 45.3% 1,219 10,866 R+1.9
Polk 4,797 44.7% 4,763 44.4% 1,175 10,735 D+0.3
Brown 3,263 31.4% 5,443 52.5% 1,670 10,376 R+21.0
Mille Lacs 3,893 38.3% 4,934 48.6% 1,330 10,157 R+10.2
Meeker 3,312 33.7% 4,897 49.8% 1,622 9,831 R+16.1
Hubbard 3,624 37.3% 4,888 50.3% 1,212 9,724 R+13.0
Todd 3,411 36.7% 4,734 50.9% 1,147 9,292 R+14.2
Wabasha 3,272 36.7% 4,341 48.7% 1,300 8,913 R+12.0
Lyon 3,261 36.6% 4,153 46.6% 1,493 8,907 R+10.0
Martin 2,733 31.5% 4,757 54.9% 1,175 8,665 R+23.4
Fillmore 3,535 42.4% 3,648 43.8% 1,149 8,332 R+1.4
Dodge 2,579 32.7% 4,117 52.3% 1,181 7,877 R+19.5
Waseca 2,853 36.5% 3,577 45.7% 1,396 7,826 R+9.3
Houston 3,187 41.3% 3,774 48.9% 763 7,724 R+7.6
Aitkin 3,242 44.2% 3,081 42.0% 1,020 7,343 D+2.2
Faribault 2,407 37.0% 3,121 47.9% 983 6,511 R+11.0
Kanabec 2,580 39.6% 3,173 48.7% 758 6,511 R+9.1
Roseau 2,577 39.6% 3,218 49.5% 705 6,500 R+9.9
Renville 2,288 36.3% 2,759 43.7% 1,264 6,311 R+7.5
Redwood 1,859 30.7% 3,220 53.2% 973 6,052 R+22.5
Nobles 2,270 38.2% 2,794 47.0% 877 5,941 R+8.8
Sibley 1,760 29.7% 3,128 52.7% 1,047 5,935 R+23.0
Lake 3,251 58.6% 1,768 31.9% 529 5,548 D+26.7
Wadena 1,922 35.5% 2,906 53.7% 586 5,414 R+18.2
Pope 2,181 41.6% 2,270 43.3% 787 5,238 R+1.7
Koochiching 2,880 57.0% 1,653 32.7% 520 5,053 D+24.3
Chippewa 2,194 45.2% 1,940 39.9% 725 4,859 D+5.2
Pennington 2,082 44.0% 2,120 44.8% 535 4,737 R+0.8
Cottonwood 1,655 36.0% 2,257 49.0% 691 4,603 R+13.1
Swift 2,101 47.4% 1,650 37.2% 685 4,436 D+10.2
Stevens 1,932 44.0% 1,942 44.3% 514 4,388 R+0.2
Jackson 1,603 37.2% 2,061 47.8% 647 4,311 R+10.6
Watonwan 1,632 38.8% 1,894 45.0% 682 4,208 R+6.2
Marshall 2,028 48.2% 1,708 40.6% 469 4,205 D+7.6
Yellow Medicine 1,647 39.7% 1,830 44.2% 667 4,144 R+4.4
Murray 1,497 40.0% 1,674 44.7% 573 3,744 R+4.7
Rock 1,264 34.6% 2,017 55.2% 371 3,652 R+20.6
Lac Qui Parle 1,618 45.0% 1,391 38.7% 589 3,598 D+6.3
Pipestone 1,162 33.0% 1,988 56.5% 370 3,520 R+23.5
Clearwater 1,419 40.5% 1,709 48.8% 373 3,501 R+8.3
Grant 1,279 42.3% 1,297 42.9% 445 3,021 R+0.6
Cook 1,623 57.8% 856 30.5% 328 2,807 D+27.3
Norman 1,455 55.4% 872 33.2% 300 2,627 D+22.2
Lincoln 1,012 41.7% 1,070 44.1% 344 2,426 R+2.4
Wilkin 825 34.3% 1,249 51.9% 333 2,407 R+17.6
Big Stone 995 45.4% 909 41.5% 287 2,191 D+3.9
Kittson 1,047 53.4% 713 36.4% 201 1,961 D+17.0
Mahnomen 1,023 53.9% 641 33.8% 233 1,897 D+20.1
Lake of the Woods 750 40.7% 858 46.5% 236 1,844 R+5.9
Traverse 819 46.3% 689 39.0% 259 1,767 D+7.4
Red Lake 762 48.2% 655 41.4% 165 1,582 D+6.8

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