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1950-11-07 Gubernatorial Election Results for Minnesota


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Total Votes
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County Turnout Luther Youngdahl*
(R)		 Harry Peterson
(DFL)		 Vernon Campbell
(Industrial Government)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 55% 635,80060.7% 400,63738.3% 10,1951.0% 00.0% 235,163 1,046,632
Total R vote: 635,800 (60.7%)      Total D vote: 400,637 (38.3%)      Total Other vote: 10,195 (1.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Luther Youngdahl* 309,022 89.8%
2   Walter Olson 13,456 3.9%
3   Arthur Gilbert 10,156 3.0%
4   August Scramstad 6,230 1.8%
5   John Haluska 5,307 1.5%
TOTAL VOTES 344,171  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Harry Peterson 107,357 47.5%
2   Charles Halsted 59,279 26.2%
3   Hjalmar Petersen 24,569 10.9%
4   Joseph Ryan 14,643 6.5%
5   James Dougherty 10,423 4.6%
6   August Peterson 9,853 4.4%
TOTAL VOTES 226,124