2014 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2014 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election?

Mark Dayton won the 2014 Minnesota Gubernatorial Election. Mark Dayton received 989,113 popular votes (50.07%). The main challenger was Jeff Johnson (44.51%).

See the full head-to-head between Dayton and Johnson

Dayton +5.6 pts · won by 109,856 votes
989,113 votes
879,257 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 5.4% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
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.