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Election 2022 Results

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2022 Minnesota governor election

Tim Walz (Democrat) beat Scott Jensen (Republican) in Minnesota in 2022, 52.3% to 44.6%, a margin of 7.7 points and 192,408 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2018, when Tim Walz also won.

Republicans led in 74 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Hennepin, cast 575,233 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.6 points. The closest was Winona, where 24 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 1,312,349 52.3%
Scott Jensen Republican 1,119,941 44.6%
All other candidates 77,342 3.1%
Total2,509,632

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 405,013 70.4% 154,393 26.8% 15,827 575,233 D+43.6
Ramsey 155,850 71.5% 54,771 25.1% 7,329 217,950 D+46.4
Dakota 112,003 55.9% 83,220 41.5% 5,308 200,531 D+14.4
Anoka 74,515 47.7% 76,587 49.0% 5,134 156,236 R+1.3
Washington 70,814 54.2% 56,472 43.2% 3,374 130,660 D+11.0
Saint Louis 53,551 57.7% 35,372 38.1% 3,878 92,801 D+19.6
Olmsted 37,471 55.0% 29,068 42.7% 1,569 68,108 D+12.3
Scott 30,870 45.4% 35,289 51.9% 1,770 67,929 R+6.5
Wright 23,116 34.9% 40,993 61.9% 2,093 66,202 R+27.0
Stearns 24,162 36.9% 39,171 59.8% 2,125 65,458 R+22.9
Carver 24,888 45.9% 28,078 51.8% 1,223 54,189 R+5.9
Sherburne 13,697 32.9% 26,517 63.7% 1,399 41,613 R+30.8
Crow Wing 11,388 34.9% 20,188 61.8% 1,070 32,646 R+27.0
Otter Tail 8,950 31.4% 18,618 65.3% 937 28,505 R+33.9
Rice 14,252 50.2% 13,182 46.5% 942 28,376 D+3.8
Blue Earth 13,783 52.0% 11,904 44.9% 813 26,500 D+7.1
Chisago 9,321 36.0% 15,647 60.4% 953 25,921 R+24.4
Goodhue 9,940 43.0% 12,407 53.7% 752 23,099 R+10.7
Clay 11,139 50.1% 10,199 45.9% 896 22,234 D+4.2
Itasca 9,017 42.2% 11,488 53.8% 860 21,365 R+11.6
Winona 9,889 48.4% 9,913 48.5% 647 20,449 R+0.1
Douglas 6,358 32.3% 12,797 64.9% 549 19,704 R+32.7
Isanti 5,778 30.6% 12,271 65.1% 809 18,858 R+34.4
Kandiyohi 6,421 35.2% 11,281 61.9% 524 18,226 R+26.7
Beltrami 8,124 44.9% 9,248 51.2% 706 18,078 R+6.2
Steele 6,498 39.3% 9,485 57.4% 551 16,534 R+18.1
McLeod 5,171 31.4% 10,768 65.4% 515 16,454 R+34.0
Benton 5,244 32.0% 10,495 64.1% 642 16,381 R+32.1
Carlton 7,913 49.8% 7,274 45.8% 697 15,884 D+4.0
Morrison 3,451 22.3% 11,529 74.6% 477 15,457 R+52.3
Nicollet 7,929 51.8% 6,962 45.5% 413 15,304 D+6.3
Cass 5,071 33.3% 9,626 63.3% 518 15,215 R+29.9
Becker 4,738 32.1% 9,486 64.3% 520 14,744 R+32.2
Mower 6,573 46.6% 7,043 49.9% 496 14,112 R+3.3
Le Sueur 4,591 34.8% 8,184 62.0% 435 13,210 R+27.2
Freeborn 5,350 41.0% 7,262 55.7% 421 13,033 R+14.7
Pine 4,290 34.6% 7,601 61.3% 499 12,390 R+26.7
Brown 3,915 33.6% 7,439 63.9% 287 11,641 R+30.3
Mille Lacs 3,390 30.6% 7,209 65.1% 475 11,074 R+34.5
Polk 3,400 31.1% 7,180 65.7% 349 10,929 R+34.6
Todd 2,649 24.4% 7,780 71.7% 428 10,857 R+47.3
Meeker 3,214 29.7% 7,249 67.1% 348 10,811 R+37.3
Wabasha 4,020 37.5% 6,366 59.3% 344 10,730 R+21.9
Hubbard 3,672 34.5% 6,590 61.9% 384 10,646 R+27.4
Lyon 3,264 33.3% 6,267 64.0% 263 9,794 R+30.7
Fillmore 3,809 40.1% 5,432 57.2% 259 9,500 R+17.1
Dodge 3,287 34.9% 5,855 62.2% 277 9,419 R+27.3
Houston 3,604 41.2% 4,874 55.7% 267 8,745 R+14.5
Aitkin 3,030 35.9% 5,110 60.6% 294 8,434 R+24.7
Waseca 2,843 33.9% 5,212 62.2% 326 8,381 R+28.3
Martin 2,471 29.5% 5,644 67.4% 255 8,370 R+37.9
Kanabec 2,277 31.8% 4,582 64.0% 300 7,159 R+32.2
Sibley 1,907 28.8% 4,519 68.3% 192 6,618 R+39.5
Roseau 1,535 23.6% 4,783 73.6% 183 6,501 R+50.0
Redwood 1,698 26.4% 4,581 71.2% 159 6,438 R+44.8
Renville 1,883 29.9% 4,192 66.6% 220 6,295 R+36.7
Nobles 1,854 30.5% 4,013 66.0% 214 6,081 R+35.5
Faribault 2,000 33.2% 3,846 63.8% 180 6,026 R+30.6
Wadena 1,511 25.3% 4,260 71.2% 212 5,983 R+45.9
Pope 1,970 34.8% 3,549 62.6% 149 5,668 R+27.9
Lake 2,970 52.5% 2,501 44.2% 190 5,661 D+8.3
Pennington 1,734 31.8% 3,464 63.4% 262 5,460 R+31.7
Koochiching 2,058 39.4% 2,953 56.5% 214 5,225 R+17.1
Chippewa 1,676 34.0% 3,115 63.2% 137 4,928 R+29.2
Cottonwood 1,363 29.5% 3,087 66.8% 169 4,619 R+37.3
Jackson 1,350 29.6% 3,055 67.0% 153 4,558 R+37.4
Yellow Medicine 1,299 29.8% 2,919 67.0% 141 4,359 R+37.2
Rock 1,139 27.5% 2,877 69.5% 122 4,138 R+42.0
Marshall 954 23.5% 2,970 73.0% 142 4,066 R+49.6
Stevens 1,490 37.0% 2,437 60.5% 104 4,031 R+23.5
Murray 1,051 26.9% 2,729 69.7% 133 3,913 R+42.9
Swift 1,389 35.5% 2,409 61.6% 114 3,912 R+26.1
Watonwan 1,445 37.4% 2,325 60.1% 97 3,867 R+22.8
Pipestone 872 22.9% 2,819 74.0% 118 3,809 R+51.1
Clearwater 879 24.7% 2,550 71.5% 136 3,565 R+46.9
Cook 2,171 67.4% 958 29.8% 90 3,219 D+37.7
Lac Qui Parle 1,102 35.0% 1,935 61.4% 113 3,150 R+26.4
Grant 1,054 35.7% 1,771 60.0% 125 2,950 R+24.3
Wilkin 704 27.2% 1,783 68.9% 102 2,589 R+41.7
Norman 929 37.2% 1,448 58.0% 121 2,498 R+20.8
Lincoln 710 29.1% 1,653 67.8% 76 2,439 R+38.7
Big Stone 863 35.4% 1,492 61.2% 83 2,438 R+25.8
Kittson 689 35.8% 1,160 60.2% 77 1,926 R+24.5
Lake of the Woods 473 25.9% 1,297 71.0% 58 1,828 R+45.1
Mahnomen 651 39.5% 898 54.5% 98 1,647 R+15.0
Red Lake 483 30.2% 1,047 65.4% 71 1,601 R+35.2
Traverse 519 33.5% 968 62.6% 60 1,547 R+29.0

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