| District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 01 | Hjalmar Nygaard* (R) | 61,330 | 54.6% | Scott Anderson (D) | 50,924 | 45.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 112,254 |
| District 02 | Don Short* (R) | 56,203 | 54.0% | Robert Vogel (D) | 47,825 | 46.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 104,028 |
| Total R vote: 117,533 (54.3%) Total D vote: 98,749 (45.7%) | |||||||||
| Office | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | Helgi Johanneson (R) | 114,991 | 54.1% | Charles Tighe (D) | 97,598 | 45.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 212,589 |
| Agriculture | Math Dahl* (R) | 117,012 | 54.1% | Harold Hansen (D) | 99,447 | 45.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 216,459 |
| Auditor | Curtis Olson* (R) | 121,842 | 56.3% | Florence Swenson (D) | 94,434 | 43.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 216,276 |
| Insurance | Frank Albers (R) | 112,946 | 53.8% | Hans Walker (D) | 96,928 | 46.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 209,874 |
| Lt. Governor | Frank Wenstrom (R) | 112,704 | 52.9% | Lee Fraase (D) | 100,349 | 47.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 213,053 |
| Secretary of State | Ben Meier* (R) | 120,314 | 55.8% | Larry Schneider (D) | 95,205 | 44.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 215,519 |
| Public Instruction | Marvell Peterson* (I) | 175,919 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 175,919 | |||
| Treasurer | Phil Hoghaug (R) | 113,886 | 53.5% | Elmer Strand (D) | 99,159 | 46.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 213,045 |