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1940 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1940 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election?

Harold Stassen won the 1940 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election. Harold Stassen received 654,686 popular votes (52.06%). The main challenger was Hjalmar Petersen (36.55%).

See the full head-to-head between Stassen and Petersen

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.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.