1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election
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The 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. The 1974 election was the first election where the Governor and Lieutenant Governor ran on the same ticket. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Wendell Anderson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger John W. Johnson.
Anderson won every single county in the state, becoming the first person to do so in a gubernatorial election since Joseph Burnquist in 1916. This was the first gubernatorial election with eight candidates on the ballot, as well as the first election to feature a Libertarian Party ticket on a Minnesota ballot.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Wendell Anderson, incumbent Governor since 1971
- Running mate: Rudy Perpich, incumbent Lieutenant Governor since 1971
- Tom McDonald, perennial candidate from Minneapolis
- Running mate: Marvin Eakman, perennial candidate from Minneapolis
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Wendell Anderson (incumbent) | 254,671 | 78.23% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Tom McDonald | 70,871 | 21.77% | |
Total votes | 325,542 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John W. Johnson, State Representative from Minneapolis
- Running mate: Dwaine Hoberg, mayor of Moorhead and former Moorhead State University football coach
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Warren Johnson | 136,395 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 136,395 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Wendell Anderson, incumbent Governor since 1971 (DFL)
- Running mate: Rudy Perpich, incumbent Lieutenant Governor since 1971
- John W. Johnson, State Representative from Minneapolis (Republican)
- Running mate: Dwaine Hoberg, mayor of Moorhead and former Moorhead State University football coach
- Richard Kleinow, North Oaks resident (Libertarian)
- Running mate: Claudia Jensen, Apple Valley resident
- Erwin Marquist, University of Minnesota physics professor (Communist)
- Running mate: James Flower, retired Minneapolis building tradesman
- Jim Miles, electrical engineer (Independent)
- Running mate: Laura Miles, non-practicing attorney and wife of James Miles
- Harry Pool, mayor of Independence (American)
- Running mate: Elvera Jaspersen, state campaign director for John Schmitz in 1972
- Jane Van Deusen, Minneapolis registered nurse (Socialist Workers)
- Running mate: Ralph Schwartz, Minneapolis junior high science teacher
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Wendell Anderson (incumbent) | 786,787 | 62.80% | +8.76% | |
Republican | John W. Johnson | 376,722 | 29.35% | −16.18% | |
Independent | James Miles | 60,150 | 4.80% | n/a | |
American | Harry Pool | 20,454 | 1.63% | n/a | |
Socialist Workers | Jane VanDeusen | 9,232 | 0.74% | n/a | |
Communist | Erwin Marquit | 3,570 | 0.28% | n/a | |
Industrial Government | Genevieve Gunderson | 2,720 | 0.22% | −0.13% | |
Libertarian | Richard Kleinow | 2,115 | 0.17% | n/a | |
Majority | 419,065 | 33.45% | |||
Turnout | 1,252,750 | ||||
Democratic (DFL) hold | Swing |
External links
[edit]- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657