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The 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954. In a rematch of the 1952 election, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent C. Elmer Anderson.
Freeman was the first member of the DFL to win a gubernatorial election. The party took eight straight losses to the Republicans after the fusion between the Minnesota Democrats and the Farmer-Labor Party, a streak broken by Freeman's victory.
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Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Orville Freeman | 607,099 | 52.73% | +8.71% | |
Republican | C. Elmer Anderson (incumbent) | 538,865 | 46.80% | -8.53% | |
Industrial Government | Ross Schelin | 5,453 | 0.47% | +0.19% | |
Majority | 68,234 | 5.93% | |||
Turnout | 1,151,417 | ||||
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican | Swing |
See also
External links
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657