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Date Type Results
Nov 03, 2026 General Election
  Democratic Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		  Republican Primary Winner
0
0.00%
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Tim Walz(I)
1,312,349
52.27% 		 Scott Jensen
1,119,941
44.61% 		 James McCaskel
29,346
1.17% 		 Steve Patterson
22,599
0.90% 		 Hugh McTavish
18,156
0.72% 		 Gabrielle M. Prosser
7,241
0.29% 		  Write-In (W)
1,009
0.04%
  Joyce Lynne Lacey (W)
11
0.00% 		 Mohamed Mourssi-Alfash (W)
5
0.00% 		 Loner Blue (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Tim Walz
1,393,096
53.84% 		 Jeff Johnson
1,097,705
42.43% 		 T. Christopher Wright
68,667
2.65% 		 Josh Welter
26,735
1.03% 		  Write-In (W)
1,075
0.04% 		 Jeremiah Liend (W)
3
0.00% 		 Dennis S. Ferche (W)
2
0.00%
  Oloveuse S. "Ole" Savior (W)
2
0.00% 		 Ralph Allen Gilbertsen (W)
1
0.00% 		 Brian Long (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Mark Dayton(I)
989,113
50.07% 		 Jeff Johnson
879,257
44.51% 		 Hannah Nicollet
56,900
2.88% 		 T. Christopher Wright
31,259
1.58% 		 Chris Holbrook
18,082
0.92% 		  Write-In (W)
795
0.04%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Mark Dayton
919,232
43.63% 		 Tom Emmer
910,462
43.21% 		 Tom Horner
251,487
11.94% 		 T. Christopher Wright
7,516
0.36% 		 Farheen Hakeem
6,188
0.29% 		 Ken Pentel
6,180
0.29% 		 Linda S. Eno
4,092
0.19%
   Write-In (W)
1,822
0.09% 		 Leslie Davis (W)
30
0.00% 		 John Uldrich (W)
7
0.00% 		 Peter Idusogie (W)
3
0.00% 		 Oloveuse S. "Ole" Savior (W)
1
0.00% 		 Sherif Mansour (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Tim Pawlenty(I)
1,028,568
46.69% 		 Mike Hatch
1,007,460
45.73% 		 Peter Hutchinson
141,735
6.43% 		 Ken Pentel
10,800
0.49% 		 Walt E. Brown
9,649
0.44% 		 Leslie Davis
3,776
0.17% 		  Others (W)
944
0.04%
  David W. Hinkley (W)
2
0.00% 		 Nelson González (W)
2
0.00% 		 Murphy Wentworth (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Tim Pawlenty
999,473
44.37% 		 Roger D. Moe
821,268
36.46% 		 Timothy J. "Tim" Penny
364,534
16.18% 		 Ken Pentel
50,589
2.25% 		 Booker T. Hodges IV
9,698
0.43% 		 Kari J. Sachs
3,026
0.13% 		 Lawrence Michael Aeshliman
2,537
0.11%
   Others (W)
1,340
0.06% 		 Richard A. Klatte (W)
4
0.00% 		 Bill Dahn (W)
2
0.00% 		 Lealand Vettleson (W)
2
0.00%
Feb 01, 2000 Party Switch
 Jesse Ventura(I)
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Jesse Ventura
773,403
37.00% 		 Norm Coleman
716,880
34.29% 		 Hubert "Skip" Humphrey III
587,060
28.08% 		 Ken Pentel
7,034
0.34% 		 Frank Germann
1,932
0.09% 		 T. Christopher Wright
1,727
0.08% 		 Raymond Alexander McCloney
919
0.04%
  Thomas A. Fiske
787
0.04% 		  Others (W)
776
0.04%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Arne H. Carlson(I)
1,094,165
63.34% 		 John J. Marty
589,344
34.12% 		 Will Shetterly
20,785
1.20% 		 Eric Olson
15,467
0.90% 		 Leslie Davis
4,611
0.27% 		 Jon Hillson
3,022
0.17%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Arne H. Carlson
895,988
50.11% 		 Rudolph "Rudy" Perpich(I)
836,218
46.76% 		 Judith Ann "Heart Warrior" Chosa
21,139
1.18% 		 Ross S. Culverhouse
17,176
0.96% 		 Jon Grunseth
10,941
0.61% 		 Wendy Lyons
6,701
0.37%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Rudolph "Rudy" Perpich(I)
788,622
56.07% 		 Cal R. Ludeman
606,755
43.14% 		 William Z. "Bill" Brust
4,208
0.30% 		 Joseph A. Rohner III
3,852
0.27% 		 Tom Jaax
3,151
0.22%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Rudolph "Rudy" Perpich
1,049,104
58.62% 		 Wheelock Whitney
715,796
40.00% 		 Kathy Wheeler
10,332
0.58% 		 Thomas E. "Tom" McDonald
7,984
0.45% 		 Franklin H. Haws
6,323
0.35%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Albert H. "Al" Quie
830,019
52.35% 		 Rudolph "Rudy" Perpich(I)
718,244
45.30% 		 Richard Pedersen
21,058
1.33% 		 Jill Lakowske
6,287
0.40% 		 Thomas E. "Tom" McDonald
4,254
0.27% 		 Robin E. Miller
3,689
0.23% 		 Edwin C. Pommerening
2,043
0.13%
Dec 29, 1976 Appointment
 Rudolph "Rudy" Perpich
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Wendell R. "Wendy" Anderson(I)
786,787
62.80% 		 John W. Johnson
367,722
29.35% 		 James G. Miles
60,150
4.80% 		 Harry M. Pool
20,454
1.63% 		 Jane Van Deusen
9,232
0.74% 		 Erwin Marquit
3,570
0.28% 		 Genevieve Gunderson
2,720
0.22%
  Richard R. Kleinow
2,115
0.17% 		  Write-In (W)
77
0.01% 		 Thomas E. "Tom" McDonald (W)
71
0.01%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Wendell R. "Wendy" Anderson
737,921
54.04% 		 Douglas M. Head
621,780
45.54% 		 Karl H. Heck
4,781
0.35% 		 Jack O. Kirkham (W)
961
0.07%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Harold LeVander
680,593
52.55% 		 Karl F. Rolvaag(I)
607,943
46.94% 		 Kenneth Sachs
6,522
0.50%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 Karl F. Rolvaag
619,842
49.71% 		 Elmer L. Andersen(I)
619,751
49.71% 		 William Braatz
7,234
0.58%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Elmer L. Andersen
783,813
50.56% 		 Orville L. Freeman(I)
760,934
49.08% 		 Rudolph Gustafson
5,518
0.36%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Orville L. Freeman(I)
658,326
56.76% 		 George E. MacKinnon
490,731
42.31% 		 Arne L. Anderson
10,858
0.94%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Orville L. Freeman(I)
731,180
51.41% 		 Ancher Nelsen
685,196
48.18% 		 Rudolph Gustafson
5,785
0.41%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Orville L. Freeman
607,099
52.73% 		 C. Elmer Anderson(I)
538,865
46.80% 		 Ross P. Schelin
5,453
0.47%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 C. Elmer Anderson(I)
785,125
55.33% 		 Orville L. Freeman
624,480
44.01% 		 Martin Fredrickson
5,227
0.37% 		 Eldrid H. Bauers
4,037
0.28%
Sep 27, 1951 Appointment
 C. Elmer Anderson
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 Luther W. Youngdahl(I)
635,800
60.75% 		 Harry Herbert Peterson
400,637
38.28% 		 Vernon G. Campbell
10,195
0.97%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Luther W. Youngdahl(I)
643,572
53.15% 		 Charles L. Halsted
545,766
45.07% 		 Orville E. Olson
14,950
1.23% 		 Rudolph Gustafson
6,598
0.54%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Luther W. Youngdahl
519,067
58.96% 		 Harold H. Barker
349,565
39.71% 		 Rudolph Gustafson
11,716
1.33%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Edward J. Thye(I)
701,185
61.59% 		 Byron G. Allen
430,132
37.78% 		 Gerald M. York
7,151
0.63%
Apr 27, 1943 Appointment
 Edward J. Thye
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Harold E. Stassen(I)
409,800
51.60% 		 Hjalmar Petersen
299,917
37.76% 		 John D. Sullivan
75,151
9.46% 		 Martin Mackie
5,082
0.64% 		 Harris A. Brandborg
4,278
0.54%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Harold E. Stassen(I)
654,686
52.06% 		 Hjalmar Petersen
459,609
36.55% 		 Edward Murphy
140,021
11.13% 		 John William Castle
3,175
0.25%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Harold E. Stassen
678,839
59.92% 		 Elmer A. Benson(I)
387,263
34.18% 		 Thomas F. Gallagher
65,875
5.81% 		 John William Castle
899
0.08%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Elmer A. Benson
680,342
60.74% 		 Martin A. Nelson
431,841
38.55% 		 Earl Stewart
7,996
0.71%
Aug 24, 1936 Appointment
 Hjalmar Petersen
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Floyd B. Olson(I)
468,812
44.61% 		 Martin A. Nelson
396,359
37.72% 		 John E. Regan
176,928
16.84% 		 Arthur C. Townley
4,454
0.42% 		 Samuel K. Davis
4,334
0.41%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Floyd B. Olson(I)
522,438
50.57% 		 Earle Brown
334,081
32.34% 		 John E. Regan
169,859
16.44% 		 William Schneiderman
4,807
0.47% 		 John P. Johnson
1,824
0.18%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Floyd B. Olson
473,154
59.34% 		 Raymond "Ray" Park Chase
289,528
36.31% 		 Edward Indrehus
29,109
3.65% 		 Karl Reeve
5,594
0.70%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Theodore Christianson(I)
549,857
55.00% 		 Ernest Lundeen
227,193
22.72% 		 Andrew Nelson
213,734
21.38% 		 J. O. Bentall
5,760
0.58% 		 Harris A. Brandborg
3,279
0.33%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 Theodore Christianson(I)
395,779
56.49% 		 Magnus Johnson
266,845
38.09% 		 Alfred Jaques
38,008
5.42%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Theodore Christianson
406,692
48.71% 		 Floyd B. Olson
366,029
43.84% 		 Carlos Avery
49,353
5.91% 		 Michael Ferch
9,052
1.08% 		 Oscar R. Anderson
3,876
0.46%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus(I)
309,756
45.21% 		 Magnus Johnson
295,479
43.13% 		 Edward Indrehus
79,903
11.66%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus
415,805
53.06% 		 Henrik Shipstead
281,402
35.91% 		 Laurence C. "Larry Ho" Hodgson
81,293
10.37% 		 Peter J. Sampson
5,124
0.65%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 Joseph A. A. Burnquist(I)
166,515
45.04% 		 David H. Evans
111,948
30.28% 		 Fred E. Wheaton
76,793
20.77% 		 Leon P. Berot
7,794
2.11% 		 Olaf O. Stageberg
6,648
1.80%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Joseph A. A. Burnquist(I)
245,841
62.94% 		 Thomas P. Dwyer
93,112
23.84% 		 J. O. Bentall
26,306
6.73% 		 Thomas J. Anderson
19,884
5.09% 		 John P. Johnson
5,476
1.40%
Dec 30, 1915 Appointment
 Joseph A. A. Burnquist
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 Winfield Scott Hammond
156,304
45.54% 		 William E. Lee
143,730
41.87% 		 Willis G. Calderwood
18,582
5.41% 		 Thomas J. "Tom" Lewis
17,225
5.02% 		 Herbert Johnson
3,861
1.12% 		 Hugh T. Halbert
3,553
1.04%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Adolph O. Eberhart(I)
129,688
40.73% 		 Peter M. Ringdal
99,659
31.30% 		 Paul V. Collins
33,455
10.51% 		 Engebret E. Lobeck
29,876
9.38% 		 David Morgan
25,769
8.09%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Adolph O. Eberhart(I)
164,185
55.73% 		 James Gray, Sr.
103,779
35.23% 		 George E. Barrett
11,173
3.79% 		 Jorgen F. Heiberg
8,959
3.04% 		 Carl W. Brandborg
6,510
2.21%
Sep 21, 1909 Appointment
 Adolph O. Eberhart
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 John Albert Johnson(I)
175,136
52.08% 		 Jacob F. "King Jake" Jacobson
146,997
43.71% 		 George D. Haggard
7,024
2.09% 		 Beecher Moore
6,516
1.94% 		 William W. Allen
593
0.18%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 John Albert Johnson(I)
168,480
60.93% 		 Albert L. Cole
96,162
34.78% 		 Charles W. Dorsett
7,223
2.61% 		 Ole E. Lofthus
4,646
1.68%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 John Albert Johnson
147,992
48.71% 		 Robert C. Dunn
140,130
46.13% 		 Charles W. Dorsett
7,577
2.49% 		 Jay E. Nash
5,810
1.91% 		 Andrew W.M. Anderson
2,293
0.75%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 Samuel R. Van Sant(I)
155,849
57.53% 		 Leonard A. Rosing
99,362
36.68% 		 Charles Scanlon
5,765
2.13% 		 Thomas J. Meighen
4,821
1.78% 		 Thomas Van Lear
2,570
0.95% 		 Jay E. Nash
2,521
0.93%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Samuel R. Van Sant
152,905
48.67% 		 John Lind(I)
150,651
47.95% 		 Bernt B. Haugan
5,430
1.73% 		 Thomas H. Lucas
3,546
1.13% 		 Edward Kriz
886
0.28% 		 Sylvester M. Fairchild
763
0.24%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 John Lind
131,980
52.26% 		 William H. Eustis
111,796
44.26% 		 George W. Higgins
5,299
2.10% 		 Lionel C. Long
1,802
0.71% 		 William B. Hammond
1,685
0.67%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 David Marston Clough
165,906
49.18% 		 John Lind
162,254
48.10% 		 William J. Dean
5,154
1.53% 		 Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames
2,890
0.86% 		 William B. Hammond
1,125
0.33%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 Knute Nelson(I)
147,943
49.94% 		 Sidney M. Owen
87,890
29.67% 		 George L. Becker
53,584
18.09% 		 Hans S. Hilleboe
6,832
2.31%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 Knute Nelson
109,220
42.68% 		 Daniel William Lawler
94,600
36.96% 		 Ignatius Donnelly
39,862
15.58% 		 William J. Dean
12,239
4.78%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 William R. Merriam(I)
88,111
36.58% 		 Thomas Wilson
85,844
35.64% 		 Sidney M. Owen
58,513
24.29% 		 James P. Pinkham
8,424
3.50%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 William R. Merriam
134,355
51.35% 		 Eugene M. Wilson
110,251
42.14% 		 Hugh Gilbraith Harrison
17,026
6.51%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Andrew R. McGill
107,064
48.54% 		 Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames
104,464
47.36% 		 James E. Child
9,030
4.09%
Nov 06, 1883 General Election
 Lucius F. Hubbard(I)
72,462
53.42% 		 Adolph Biermann
58,251
42.95% 		 Charles E. Holt
4,924
3.63%
Nov 08, 1881 General Election
 Lucius F. Hubbard
65,025
61.59% 		 Richard W. Johnson
37,168
35.20% 		 Charles H. Roberts
2,676
2.53% 		 Isaac C. Stearns
708
0.67%
Nov 04, 1879 General Election
 John S. Pillsbury(I)
57,524
54.01% 		 Edmund Rice
41,844
39.29% 		 William Meighen
4,264
4.00% 		 William W. Satterlee
2,868
2.69%
Nov 06, 1877 General Election
 John S. Pillsbury(I)
57,071
57.05% 		 William L. Banning
39,147
39.13% 		 William Meighen
2,396
2.40% 		 Austin Willey
1,421
1.42%
Nov 02, 1875 General Election
 John S. Pillsbury
47,073
56.08% 		 David L. Buell
35,275
42.03% 		 Ransom F. Humiston
1,589
1.89%
Nov 04, 1873 General Election
 Cushman K. Davis
40,741
52.90% 		 Ara Barton
35,245
45.76% 		 Samuel Mayall
1,036
1.35%
Nov 07, 1871 General Election
 Horace Austin(I)
46,950
60.06% 		 Winthrop Young
30,376
38.86% 		 Samuel Mayall
846
1.08%
Nov 02, 1869 General Election
 Horace Austin
27,348
50.17% 		 George L. Otis
25,401
46.60% 		 Daniel Cobb
1,764
3.24%
Nov 05, 1867 General Election
 William R. Marshall(I)
34,874
54.17% 		 Charles E. Flandrau
29,502
45.83%
Nov 07, 1865 General Election
 William R. Marshall
17,318
55.58% 		 Henry Mower Rice
13,842
44.42%
Jul 10, 1863 Appointment
 Henry A. Swift
1
100.00%
Jul 10, 1863 General Election
 Stephen A. Miller
19,628
60.64% 		 Henry T. Welles
12,739
39.36%
Nov 05, 1861 General Election
 Alexander Ramsey(I)
16,274
60.90% 		 Edward O. Hamlin
10,448
39.10%
Nov 08, 1859 General Election
 Alexander Ramsey
21,335
54.82% 		 George L. Becker
17,582
45.18%
Oct 13, 1857 General Election
 Henry Hastings Sibley
17,790
50.34% 		 Alexander Ramsey
17,550
49.66%

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