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Election 2018 Results

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2018 Minnesota governor election

Tim Walz (Democrat) beat Jeff Johnson (Republican) in Minnesota in 2018, 53.8% to 42.4%, a margin of 11.4 points and 295,391 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2014, when Mark Dayton won.

Republicans led in 65 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 21. The largest, Hennepin, cast 626,662 votes and went to the Democrat by 38.4 points. The closest was Watonwan, where 13 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
Tim Walz won Democratic 1,393,096 53.8%
Jeff Johnson Republican 1,097,705 42.4%
All other candidates 96,486 3.7%
Total2,587,287

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 422,618 67.4% 182,128 29.1% 21,916 626,662 D+38.4
Ramsey 170,553 69.9% 63,685 26.1% 9,798 244,036 D+43.8
Dakota 111,429 53.9% 87,266 42.2% 8,076 206,771 D+11.7
Anoka 76,239 47.9% 75,957 47.7% 7,090 159,286 D+0.2
Washington 67,751 52.2% 57,537 44.3% 4,465 129,753 D+7.9
Saint Louis 60,383 60.7% 35,212 35.4% 3,852 99,447 D+25.3
Olmsted 38,613 54.3% 30,517 42.9% 2,015 71,145 D+11.4
Scott 29,223 44.3% 34,201 51.8% 2,616 66,040 R+7.5
Stearns 26,707 40.5% 36,830 55.9% 2,388 65,925 R+15.4
Wright 21,834 36.9% 34,992 59.1% 2,417 59,243 R+22.2
Carver 22,334 43.9% 26,822 52.7% 1,700 50,856 R+8.8
Sherburne 13,851 35.3% 23,721 60.5% 1,659 39,231 R+25.2
Crow Wing 11,866 37.9% 18,176 58.1% 1,268 31,310 R+20.2
Rice 14,910 52.5% 12,353 43.5% 1,117 28,380 D+9.0
Blue Earth 16,317 58.0% 10,806 38.4% 1,012 28,135 D+19.6
Otter Tail 9,873 36.1% 16,622 60.7% 870 27,365 R+24.7
Chisago 10,091 39.2% 14,556 56.5% 1,127 25,774 R+17.3
Clay 12,748 52.6% 10,301 42.5% 1,170 24,219 D+10.1
Goodhue 10,471 45.3% 11,668 50.5% 952 23,091 R+5.2
Itasca 10,130 47.0% 10,470 48.6% 962 21,562 R+1.6
Winona 11,893 55.7% 8,679 40.6% 789 21,361 D+15.0
Kandiyohi 7,490 40.3% 10,438 56.1% 676 18,604 R+15.8
Douglas 6,643 36.8% 10,901 60.4% 501 18,045 R+23.6
Beltrami 8,848 49.3% 8,328 46.4% 778 17,954 D+2.9
Isanti 6,084 35.1% 10,483 60.4% 784 17,351 R+25.4
Steele 6,991 42.8% 8,733 53.5% 602 16,326 R+10.7
Carlton 9,051 55.5% 6,621 40.6% 640 16,312 D+14.9
Benton 6,020 37.5% 9,405 58.6% 623 16,048 R+21.1
Nicollet 9,156 58.2% 6,132 39.0% 445 15,733 D+19.2
McLeod 5,241 35.2% 9,065 60.8% 596 14,902 R+25.7
Becker 5,400 36.7% 8,784 59.6% 543 14,727 R+23.0
Mower 7,690 52.4% 6,464 44.1% 518 14,672 D+8.4
Morrison 4,123 28.9% 9,711 68.0% 452 14,286 R+39.1
Cass 5,319 38.0% 8,145 58.3% 517 13,981 R+20.2
Freeborn 6,846 49.0% 6,651 47.6% 473 13,970 D+1.4
Le Sueur 5,533 43.2% 6,827 53.3% 444 12,804 R+10.1
Brown 4,932 41.8% 6,461 54.7% 416 11,809 R+12.9
Polk 4,642 39.4% 6,736 57.1% 418 11,796 R+17.8
Pine 4,793 41.5% 6,240 54.0% 524 11,557 R+12.5
Mille Lacs 3,927 36.6% 6,292 58.7% 498 10,717 R+22.1
Meeker 3,584 34.8% 6,325 61.4% 398 10,307 R+26.6
Hubbard 3,883 38.3% 5,885 58.1% 362 10,130 R+19.8
Wabasha 4,311 43.2% 5,324 53.3% 352 9,987 R+10.1
Lyon 4,143 41.6% 5,468 54.9% 345 9,956 R+13.3
Fillmore 4,607 47.5% 4,797 49.4% 300 9,704 R+2.0
Todd 3,058 31.8% 6,244 65.0% 300 9,602 R+33.2
Dodge 3,773 41.3% 5,037 55.2% 318 9,128 R+13.8
Houston 4,416 49.3% 4,269 47.7% 271 8,956 D+1.6
Martin 3,232 37.0% 5,190 59.5% 307 8,729 R+22.4
Waseca 3,500 42.9% 4,406 54.0% 247 8,153 R+11.1
Aitkin 3,360 41.3% 4,481 55.0% 303 8,144 R+13.8
Nobles 3,000 43.0% 3,734 53.6% 237 6,971 R+10.5
Kanabec 2,547 38.0% 3,853 57.5% 302 6,702 R+19.5
Sibley 2,387 36.4% 3,936 60.0% 240 6,563 R+23.6
Roseau 1,915 29.7% 4,335 67.3% 192 6,442 R+37.6
Faribault 2,627 41.3% 3,495 54.9% 242 6,364 R+13.6
Renville 2,470 39.4% 3,562 56.8% 238 6,270 R+17.4
Redwood 2,154 34.7% 3,855 62.1% 197 6,206 R+27.4
Lake 3,264 55.4% 2,432 41.2% 200 5,896 D+14.1
Wadena 1,731 31.2% 3,667 66.1% 146 5,544 R+34.9
Chippewa 2,261 41.1% 3,008 54.6% 238 5,507 R+13.6
Pope 2,276 41.8% 3,014 55.4% 151 5,441 R+13.6
Pennington 2,183 40.7% 2,949 55.0% 227 5,359 R+14.3
Koochiching 2,541 48.7% 2,512 48.1% 165 5,218 D+0.6
Cottonwood 2,045 40.7% 2,843 56.6% 131 5,019 R+15.9
Jackson 1,879 40.3% 2,594 55.7% 188 4,661 R+15.3
Stevens 1,916 43.8% 2,306 52.7% 156 4,378 R+8.9
Yellow Medicine 1,641 38.1% 2,544 59.0% 127 4,312 R+20.9
Watonwan 2,005 48.5% 2,018 48.9% 107 4,130 R+0.3
Murray 1,676 40.7% 2,323 56.4% 123 4,122 R+15.7
Marshall 1,436 35.1% 2,512 61.4% 140 4,088 R+26.3
Swift 1,751 43.3% 2,179 53.9% 111 4,041 R+10.6
Rock 1,390 36.9% 2,288 60.8% 87 3,765 R+23.9
Pipestone 1,228 33.1% 2,379 64.1% 104 3,711 R+31.0
Clearwater 1,125 32.4% 2,239 64.6% 103 3,467 R+32.1
Lac Qui Parle 1,461 43.6% 1,776 53.0% 114 3,351 R+9.4
Cook 2,054 64.4% 1,009 31.6% 128 3,191 D+32.7
Grant 1,287 41.3% 1,710 54.9% 118 3,115 R+13.6
Norman 1,280 47.7% 1,280 47.7% 122 2,682 level
Big Stone 1,111 43.2% 1,353 52.6% 109 2,573 R+9.4
Wilkin 925 36.2% 1,528 59.8% 104 2,557 R+23.6
Lincoln 1,049 43.2% 1,326 54.5% 56 2,431 R+11.4
Kittson 1,085 46.5% 1,149 49.2% 100 2,334 R+2.7
Mahnomen 992 52.0% 823 43.2% 92 1,907 D+8.9
Lake of the Woods 601 32.8% 1,171 63.9% 61 1,833 R+31.1
Red Lake 724 44.1% 855 52.0% 64 1,643 R+8.0
Traverse 649 43.0% 806 53.3% 56 1,511 R+10.4

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