Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1942

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Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1942
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Nominee Harold Stassen Hjalmar Petersen John D. Sullivan
Party Republican Farmer–Labor Democratic
Popular vote409,800299,91775,151
Percentage51.60%37.76%9.46%
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County Results:


Stassen     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
Peterson     40-50%     50-60%

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Governor before election

Harold Stassen
Republican

Elected Governor

Harold Stassen
Republican

The 1942 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Stassen defeated Farmer–Labor Party challenger Hjalmar Petersen. This was the last election in which the Democratic Party of Minnesota and the Farmer–Labor Party ran separate candidates; in 1944, both parties ran under the umbrella of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.

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.

Harold Stassen 25th Governor of Minnesota

Harold Edward Stassen was the 25th Governor of Minnesota. He was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1948, considered for a time to be the front-runner. He thereafter regularly continued to run for that and other offices, such that his name became most identified with his status as a perennial candidate.

The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought to make common cause in the political sphere to redress their grievances.

Results

1942 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Harold Stassen 409,80051.60%-0.47%
Farmer–Labor Hjalmar Petersen 299,91737.76%+1.21%
Democratic John D. Sullivan 75,1519.46%-1.67%
Communist Martin Mackie5,0820.64%n/a
Industrial Government Harris A. Brandborg4,2780.53%n/a
Majority109,88313.84%
Turnout 794,228
Republican hold Swing

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