Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1956

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Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1956
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  1954 November 6, 1956 1958  

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Nominee Orville Freeman Ancher Nelsen
Party DFL Republican
Popular vote731,180 685,196
Percentage51.41% 48.18%

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County Results

Governor before election

Orville Freeman
DFL

Elected Governor

Orville Freeman
DFL

The 1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1956. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Ancher Nelsen.

Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Political party in Minnesota, United States

The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is a center-left political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the U.S. Democratic Party. Formed by a merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the left-wing Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party in 1944, the DFL is one of only two state Democratic party affiliates of a different name.

Orville Freeman American politician

Orville Lothrop Freeman was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was one of the founding members of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and strongly influential in the merger of the pre-DFL Minnesota Democratic and Farmer-Labor Parties. Freeman nominated Kennedy for president at the 1960 Democratic Party national convention.

Republican Party of Minnesota Political party in Minnesota, United States

The Republican Party of Minnesota is a conservative political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is affiliated with the United States Republican Party.

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Results

1956 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
PartyCandidateVotes%±
DFL Orville Freeman 731,180 51.41% -1.31%
Republican Ancher Nelsen 685,196 48.18% +1.38%
Industrial Government Rudolph Gustafson 5,785 0.41% -0.07%
Majority 45,984 3.23%
Turnout 1,422,161
DFL hold Swing

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