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1940 Minnesota Governor Election
Minnesota · 3 candidates
Stassen +15.5 pts · won by 195,077 votes
Harold StassenRepublicanWINNER52.06%
654,686 votes
Hjalmar PetersenDemocratic36.55%
459,609 votes
Edward MurphyDemocratic11.13%
140,021 votes
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.