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1940-11-05 Gubernatorial Election Results for Minnesota


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County Turnout Harold Stassen*
(R)		 Hjalmar Petersen
(Farmer Labor)		 Ed Murphy
(D)		 John Castle
(Industrial)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 70% 654,68652.1% 459,60936.5% 140,02111.1% 3,1750.3% 00.0% 195,077 1,257,491
Total R vote: 654,686 (52.1%)      Total D vote: 140,021 (11.1%)      Total Other vote: 462,784 (36.8%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Harold Stassen* 301,508 89.9%
2   Ernest Jacobson 24,209 7.2%
3   Arthur Gilbert 9,658 2.9%
TOTAL VOTES 335,375  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Ed Murphy 34,463 36.1%
2   Theodore Slen 28,021 29.3%
3   John McGovern 21,795 22.8%
4   Sylvester McGovern 11,249 11.8%
TOTAL VOTES 95,528