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Election 2014 Results

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2014 Minnesota governor election

Mark Dayton (Democrat) beat Jeff Johnson (Republican) in Minnesota in 2014, 50.1% to 44.5%, a margin of 5.6 points and 109,856 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2010, when Mark Dayton also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 34. The largest, Hennepin, cast 448,812 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.4 points. The closest was Pennington, where 31 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 989,113 50.1%
Jeff Johnson Republican 879,257 44.5%
All other candidates 107,036 5.4%
Total1,975,406

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 265,820 59.2% 160,966 35.9% 22,026 448,812 D+23.4
Ramsey 113,223 62.8% 57,295 31.8% 9,707 180,225 D+31.0
Dakota 72,052 47.4% 72,714 47.8% 7,371 152,137 R+0.4
Anoka 52,062 44.2% 59,250 50.3% 6,376 117,688 R+6.1
Washington 44,451 46.5% 46,922 49.1% 4,277 95,650 R+2.6
Saint Louis 50,484 62.1% 26,423 32.5% 4,404 81,311 D+29.6
Stearns 21,242 41.6% 26,753 52.4% 3,022 51,017 R+10.8
Olmsted 22,718 45.2% 24,928 49.6% 2,645 50,291 R+4.4
Scott 17,142 38.0% 25,586 56.8% 2,356 45,084 R+18.7
Wright 15,901 35.7% 26,172 58.7% 2,527 44,600 R+23.0
Carver 13,328 36.2% 21,842 59.3% 1,645 36,815 R+23.1
Sherburne 10,784 35.5% 17,795 58.6% 1,794 30,373 R+23.1
Crow Wing 11,290 42.1% 14,005 52.2% 1,515 26,810 R+10.1
Otter Tail 8,494 38.4% 12,533 56.7% 1,075 22,102 R+18.3
Rice 11,121 52.0% 9,048 42.3% 1,221 21,390 D+9.7
Chisago 8,380 41.5% 10,645 52.8% 1,155 20,180 R+11.2
Blue Earth 10,107 50.4% 8,500 42.4% 1,447 20,054 D+8.0
Itasca 10,395 55.0% 7,460 39.5% 1,041 18,896 D+15.5
Clay 9,573 53.7% 7,139 40.1% 1,104 17,816 D+13.7
Goodhue 7,516 43.6% 8,833 51.2% 903 17,252 R+7.6
Kandiyohi 7,528 45.2% 8,322 50.0% 790 16,640 R+4.8
Winona 7,829 49.5% 6,977 44.1% 1,026 15,832 D+5.4
Beltrami 7,819 50.9% 6,520 42.4% 1,028 15,367 D+8.5
Douglas 6,028 39.4% 8,471 55.4% 789 15,288 R+16.0
Isanti 5,498 39.6% 7,539 54.3% 857 13,894 R+14.7
Carlton 8,176 59.1% 4,776 34.5% 875 13,827 D+24.6
Benton 5,246 40.1% 6,976 53.3% 854 13,076 R+13.2
Morrison 4,993 38.8% 7,081 55.1% 780 12,854 R+16.2
Steele 5,245 41.8% 6,576 52.4% 720 12,541 R+10.6
Freeborn 6,205 50.1% 5,414 43.7% 766 12,385 D+6.4
McLeod 4,547 36.7% 7,009 56.6% 829 12,385 R+19.9
Cass 5,104 41.7% 6,432 52.6% 698 12,234 R+10.9
Becker 4,738 39.6% 6,539 54.6% 699 11,976 R+15.0
Mower 6,005 50.9% 5,064 42.9% 722 11,791 D+8.0
Nicollet 6,044 51.4% 4,927 41.9% 799 11,770 D+9.5
Pine 4,960 47.8% 4,762 45.9% 662 10,384 D+1.9
Polk 4,476 45.9% 4,742 48.6% 531 9,749 R+2.7
Le Sueur 4,283 44.2% 4,826 49.8% 590 9,699 R+5.6
Brown 3,739 40.1% 4,998 53.6% 584 9,321 R+13.5
Meeker 3,697 40.5% 4,811 52.7% 627 9,135 R+12.2
Mille Lacs 3,867 43.3% 4,498 50.3% 571 8,936 R+7.1
Todd 3,558 40.4% 4,708 53.5% 536 8,802 R+13.1
Hubbard 3,660 42.1% 4,584 52.7% 447 8,691 R+10.6
Wabasha 3,635 43.5% 4,228 50.6% 497 8,360 R+7.1
Lyon 3,460 41.4% 4,407 52.7% 492 8,359 R+11.3
Fillmore 3,710 44.7% 4,058 48.9% 528 8,296 R+4.2
Martin 2,850 36.5% 4,449 56.9% 514 7,813 R+20.5
Houston 3,672 47.1% 3,607 46.2% 523 7,802 D+0.8
Dodge 2,900 38.0% 4,190 54.9% 541 7,631 R+16.9
Aitkin 3,533 48.9% 3,319 45.9% 380 7,232 D+3.0
Waseca 2,890 44.1% 3,224 49.2% 441 6,555 R+5.1
Kanabec 2,707 43.6% 3,060 49.3% 435 6,202 R+5.7
Nobles 2,619 43.6% 3,026 50.4% 362 6,007 R+6.8
Sibley 2,244 37.5% 3,268 54.5% 479 5,991 R+17.1
Renville 2,563 44.8% 2,808 49.1% 346 5,717 R+4.3
Redwood 2,025 36.9% 3,123 56.9% 341 5,489 R+20.0
Faribault 2,297 42.4% 2,795 51.6% 323 5,415 R+9.2
Roseau 1,925 35.8% 3,136 58.4% 313 5,374 R+22.5
Koochiching 3,056 57.7% 1,903 35.9% 339 5,298 D+21.8
Lake 3,030 59.2% 1,792 35.0% 300 5,122 D+24.2
Wadena 1,877 36.8% 2,932 57.5% 290 5,099 R+20.7
Pennington 2,356 46.3% 2,325 45.7% 406 5,087 D+0.6
Pope 2,351 47.7% 2,297 46.6% 279 4,927 D+1.1
Chippewa 2,284 49.1% 2,116 45.5% 254 4,654 D+3.6
Cottonwood 1,823 42.5% 2,225 51.9% 240 4,288 R+9.4
Stevens 2,027 47.9% 1,966 46.4% 241 4,234 D+1.4
Swift 2,189 53.3% 1,665 40.6% 252 4,106 D+12.8
Marshall 1,916 47.4% 1,884 46.6% 241 4,041 D+0.8
Yellow Medicine 1,863 46.9% 1,906 47.9% 206 3,975 R+1.1
Jackson 1,575 40.8% 2,045 52.9% 244 3,864 R+12.2
Pipestone 1,296 34.2% 2,211 58.4% 277 3,784 R+24.2
Watonwan 1,764 47.8% 1,687 45.7% 240 3,691 D+2.1
Murray 1,510 42.7% 1,763 49.8% 264 3,537 R+7.2
Rock 1,137 36.3% 1,804 57.6% 192 3,133 R+21.3
Lac Qui Parle 1,513 50.8% 1,319 44.3% 147 2,979 D+6.5
Cook 1,769 61.1% 919 31.7% 208 2,896 D+29.4
Clearwater 1,163 40.4% 1,547 53.7% 172 2,882 R+13.3
Grant 1,436 50.4% 1,245 43.7% 167 2,848 D+6.7
Norman 1,429 59.5% 813 33.8% 160 2,402 D+25.6
Lincoln 1,047 45.1% 1,087 46.9% 186 2,320 R+1.7
Wilkin 988 42.7% 1,198 51.8% 126 2,312 R+9.1
Big Stone 1,065 50.4% 930 44.0% 117 2,112 D+6.4
Kittson 1,060 54.6% 770 39.7% 110 1,940 D+14.9
Lake of the Woods 755 40.1% 984 52.2% 146 1,885 R+12.1
Mahnomen 941 55.7% 624 36.9% 125 1,690 D+18.8
Traverse 811 53.3% 617 40.6% 93 1,521 D+12.8
Red Lake 724 49.7% 624 42.9% 108 1,456 D+6.9

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