Republican Party of Minnesota

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The '''Republican Party of Minnesota''' is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Minnesota and Minnesota's oldest active political party. Founded in 1855, it is headquartered in Edina, Minnesota, and its chairman is Alex Plechash.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Herscowitz |first1=Eva |title=State Republicans pick Alex Plechash as party chair |url=https://www.startribune.com/state-republicans-pick-alex-plechash-as-new-party-chair/601195165 |access-date=December 16, 2024 |work=Minnesota Star Tribune |date=December 16, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Since 2011, as a result of the 2010 Minnesota elections, the Republican Party of Minnesota has held no statewide executive offices or U.S. Senate seats. It holds exactly half, or 67, of the 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and is the minority party in the Minnesota Senate by one seat. The party controls four of Minnesota's congressional districts, as do the Democrats. The last Republican governor of Minnesota was Tim Pawlenty, who served from 2003 to 2011.

The last Republican presidential nominee to win Minnesota was Richard Nixon in 1972. Minnesota is the state with the longest streak of not voting for the Republican nominee in presidential elections; it was the only state not to vote for Ronald Reagan in either the 1980 United States presidential election or the 1984 United States presidential election.

==History==

===Early history===

The Republican Party in Minnesota was the state's dominant party for about the first 70 years of Minnesota's statehood, from 1858 through the 1920s. In the Civil War, Minnesota supported Abolitionism and the Union.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=THE GENESIS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MINNESOTA |url=https://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/2/v02i01p024-030.pdf |journal=Minnesota Historical Society |quote=The demand for the organization of a new anti-slavery party, following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill in May, 1854, was most urgent in the region of the Old North-west. On July 6, in a state mass meeting made up of Whigs, anti-slavery Democrats, and Free-Soilers, Michigan gave the name Republican to the party whose formal organization was effected at this convention... Minnesota was slow in joining the movement.}}</ref> Republican candidates routinely won the state governorship and most other state offices, having 12 out of the first 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sturdevant |first=Lori |title=Politics in Minnesota |url=https://www.mnopedia.org/politics-minnesota |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925043137/https://www.mnopedia.org/politics-minnesota |archive-date=2022-09-25 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mnopedia.org |language=en |quote=While Minnesota's first governor, Henry Sibley, was a Democrat, his successor, Alexander Ramsey, and the state's next eleven governors all affiliated with the Republican Party—the party of Lincoln}}</ref>

The 1892 Republican National Convention was held in Minneapolis. The party was aided by an opposition divided between the Democratic Party and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, which eventually merged in 1944.

===Independent-Republican era===

The '''Independent-Republicans of Minnesota''' ('''I-R''') was the party's name from November 15, 1975, to September 23, 1995. The name was changed because the "Republican" brand was widely thought to have been damaged by the Watergate scandal. Polls in the early-mid-1970s indicated Minnesotans were more likely to vote for candidates who identified as Independents than Republicans. During that time, the state party became more dependent on grassroots fundraising and eventually went bankrupt.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} After the national party pumped money into it in the early-mid-1980s, its image and base began turning more conservative. During this time the party held both of Minnesota's U.S. Senate seats and briefly controlled the state House of Representatives. By 1994, the grassroots had turned socially more conservative, and the name changed back in 1995. Attempts to drop "Independent" had been defeated in 1989, 1991, and 1993.

===2000-2010s===

In the 2006 U.S. Senate election, the party endorsed Mark Kennedy for United States Senate. He lost to Amy Klobuchar.

In the 2008 U.S. Senate election, incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman lost to Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee Al Franken by 312 votes out of over 2.5 million cast after a long series of contentious recounts and lawsuits.

The party was fined $170,000 for violating federal campaign finance regulations from 2003 to 2008.<ref>http://www.citypages.com, AUGUST 19, 2011, MINNESOTA GOP FINED $170,000 FOR FEC VIOLATIONS BY MIKE MULLEN, [http://www.citypages.com/news/minnesota-gop-fined-170-000-for-fec-violations-6545785]</ref> Minnesota Republican Party chairman Tony Sutton was convicted of breaking finance laws in the 2010 gubernatorial election recount and fined $33,000.<ref name="auto">http://www.mprnews.org, July 13, 2012, Minn. GOP, former chairman fined over recount by Tom Scheck [http://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/07/13/politics/sutton-gop-recount-fines]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/113884259.html |title=GOP chairman Sutton to join PR company |publisher=Startribune.com |date=2011-01-17 |access-date=2011-01-18}}</ref>

Minnesota's most recent Republican governor is Tim Pawlenty. He was elected in 2002 and reelected in 2006. In 2010, Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Emmer lost to DFL nominee Mark Dayton. While losing every executive race in 2010, the party captured both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature for the first time since the 1970s,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/106596798.html | title=Republicans celebrate, outline legislative goals | work=Star Tribune | date=November 4, 2010 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | author=Kaszuka, Mike | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915125846/http://www.startribune.com/politics/106596798.html | archive-date=September 15, 2014 }}</ref> and 18-term Representative Jim Oberstar lost to Republican nominee Chip Cravaack in Minnesota's 8th district.

====2010 gubernatorial race====

In the 2010 statewide elections, the party endorsed State Representative Tom Emmer and Metropolitan Council member Annette Meeks for governor and lieutenant governor. State Representative Dan Severson was the endorsed candidate for secretary of state. Attorney and psychologist Chris Barden was the endorsed candidate for attorney general. Patricia Anderson was the endorsed candidate for state auditor. All five lost their elections.

After the 2010 gubernatorial recount, the party was heavily in debt, owing $2 million primarily for the recount. It had stopped paying rent on its headquarters near the Capitol and the landlord filed an eviction summons once the party fell $111,000 behind in rent.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/148614415.html | title=Debt-laden Minn. GOP notified of eviction | work=Star Tribune | date=April 23, 2012 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | last=Helgeson | first=Baird | author2=Stassen-Berger, Rachel E.}}</ref> In January 2014, it announced it would move its headquarters to Minneapolis's Seward neighborhood. The new headquarters is diagonally across from the Seward Community Cafe and shares a building with a Pizza Luce.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/235075261.html | title=State GOP moves HQ to Minneapolis DFL stronghold | work=Star Tribune | date=December 9, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | last=Helgeson | first=Baird | quote=The new location puts the party headquarters in the heart of a longtime DFL stronghold.}}</ref> Party Chairman Keith Downey said the party had moved out of St. Paul "to be closer to the people".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_24687880/minnesota-gop-move-offices-from-st-paul-minneapolis | title=Minnesota GOP to move offices from St. Paul to Minneapolis | work=Pioneer Press | date=December 9, 2013 | access-date=June 23, 2014 | last=Salisbury | first=Bill}}</ref> The headquarters were later moved to Edina.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=About {{!}} MNGOP|url=https://mngop.com/about/|access-date=2021-02-17|language=en-US}}</ref> After taking control of both houses of the State Legislature for the first time in three decades in 2010, the party lost them both in 2012.

===Recent history===

In 2021, the Minnesota Republican Party became a subject of controversy when donor and strategist Anton Lazzaro was indicted for sex trafficking charges.<ref> * {{cite web |last1=Raguse |first1=Lou |title=MN GOP chair scrutinized after donor charged with sex trafficking |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/mn-gop-chair-scrutinized-after-donor-charged-sex-trafficking/89-f82f2f57-7d4b-4bf7-bab0-2176e2a8f48d |website=KARE 11|date=13 August 2021 }} * {{cite web |last1=Sheth |first1=Sonam |title=A GOP strategist was arrested on 10 felony counts of underage sex trafficking, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-strategist-anton-lazzaro-arrested-sex-trafficking-obstruction-indictment-2021-8 |website=Insider}} * {{cite web |last1=Lyden |first1=Tom |title=The making of Tony Lazzaro |url=https://www.fox9.com/news/who-is-tony-lazzaro |website=Fox 9|date=19 August 2021 }} * {{cite news |last1=Pagliery |first1=Jose |title=GOP Strategist Arrested for Underage Sex Trafficking |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-strategist-anton-lazzaro-arrested-for-underage-sex-trafficking |website=The Daily Beast|date=12 August 2021 }}</ref> Minnesota Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan resigned amid the controversy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kare 11 Staff |title=Minnesota GOP Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan resigns |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/minnesota-gop-chairwoman-jennifer-carnahan-resigns/89-67574712-3fc6-48c0-aeff-080a8590ceea |website=KARE 11|date=20 August 2021 }}</ref>

Republican nominee Scott Jensen lost the 2022 gubernatorial race<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-14 |title=Minnesota GOP Endorses Dr. Scott Jensen To Take On Gov. Tim Walz |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/kendall-qualls-takes-lead-as-minnesota-gop-picks-governor-candidate/ |access-date=2023-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Jessie |last2=Woodall |first2=Hunter |date=2022-05-14 |title=Minnesota GOP backs Scott Jensen in race to unseat Gov. Tim Walz |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-gop-backs-scott-jensen-in-race-to-unseat-gov-tim-walz/600173362/ |access-date=2023-02-22}}</ref> to incumbent Tim Walz.<ref>*{{Cite news |title=2022 General Election Results |publisher=Secretary of State |url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2022/2022-general-election-results/ |access-date=2023-02-22}} *{{Cite news |last=Orrick |first=Dave |date=2022-11-30 |orig-date=2022-11-08 |title=Tim Walz Defeats Scott Jensen for Second Term as Minnesota Governor |language=en |work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press |url=https://www.twincities.com/2022/11/08/mn-governor-results-tim-walz-scott-jensen/ |access-date=2023-02-22}} *{{Cite news |last=Kaul |first=Greta |date=2022-11-09 |title=How Walz Won Minnesota Governor's Contest against Jensen in Charts |work=Minnpost |url=https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/11/how-walz-won-minnesota-governors-contest-against-jensen-in-charts/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123122931/https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/11/how-walz-won-minnesota-governors-contest-against-jensen-in-charts/ |archive-date=2022-11-23}} *{{Cite news |title=Minnesota Election Results: Walz Re-elected Governor |work=Fox 9 |url=https://www.fox9.com/election/minnesota-election-results-2022-governor |access-date=2023-02-22}} *{{Cite news |title=Minnesota Governor Election Results |work=New York Times |date=8 November 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-minnesota-governor.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126191630/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-minnesota-governor.html |archive-date=2022-11-26}}</ref> The party also lost its majority in the Minnesota Senate, giving the DFL a trifecta,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Callaghan |first1=Peter |date=9 November 2022 |access-date=16 February 2023 |title=MinnPost analysis: DFL turns GOP talk of midterm dominance into 'trifecta' of its own |url=https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/11/minnpost-analysis-dfl-turns-gop-talk-of-midterm-dominance-into-trifecta-of-its-own/?hilite=midterm}}</ref> but kept its four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

==Ideology and voter base==

Minnesota Republicans' base is in rural and suburban parts of Greater Minnesota.

=== 2022 party platform ===

The party's 2022 platform opposed abortion access,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform |url=https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217201408/https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mngop.org |id=3 |quote=The U.S. and Minnesota Constitutions should be amended to restore legal protection to the lives of innocent human beings from conception to natural death.}}</ref> calling for the overturning<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform |url=https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217201408/https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mngop.org |page=3 |quote=We call for overturning the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Gomez decisions.}}</ref> of Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which subsequently happened,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherman |first=Mark |date=2022-06-25 |title=Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion |language=en |work=AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0 |access-date=2023-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-24 |title=Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61928898 |access-date=2023-02-22}}</ref> and of the Minnesota ruling Doe v. Gomez, which still stands. It also opposed legal recognition of same-sex marriage<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform |url=https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217201408/https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mngop.org |page=7 |language=en |quote=We believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. Therefore, we: Call on the Minnesota State Legislature to repeal it new laws to the contrary.}}</ref> and supported "prohibition of Ranked Choice Voting in Minnesota."<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform |url=https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217201408/https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mngop.org |page=5 |language=en}}</ref> On gun policy, the platform said that citizens who follow the law should "have the right to purchase and possess firearms, free from any gun registration system."<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform |url=https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217201408/https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mngop.org |page=4}}</ref> On education, the platform opposed "any element of Critical Race Theory or associated curricula and programs."<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Republican Party of Minnesota Platform |url=https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217201408/https://www.mngop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-MNGOP-Platform-adopted-May_14_2022.pdf |archive-date=2023-02-17 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=mngop.org |page=7 |language=en |quote=We oppose any element of Critical Race Theory (CRT) or associated curricula and programs such as Social Emotional Learning, Ethnic Studies and Culturally Responsive Teaching.}}</ref>

==Current elected officials==

The Minnesota Republican Party holds none of the five statewide elected offices, neither United States Senate seat, and four of the state's eight United States House of Representatives seats. It holds a minority of seats in the Minnesota Senate and exactly half the seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

===Members of Congress=== ====U.S. Senate==== * None

Both of Minnesota's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 2009. Norm Coleman was the last Republican to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.

====U.S. House of Representatives==== Of the eight seats Minnesota is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans hold four: {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !District !Member !Photo |- |1st |{{Sortname|first=Brad|last=Finstad}} |center|frameless|130px |- |6th |{{Sortname|first=Tom|last=Emmer}} |center|frameless|162x162px |- |7th |{{Sortname|first=Michelle|last=Fischbach}} |center|frameless|152x152px |- |8th |{{Sortname|first=Pete|last=Stauber}} |center|frameless|130px |}

===Statewide offices=== * None

Minnesota has not elected a Republican to statewide office since 2006, when Tim Pawlenty was narrowly reelected governor. Pawlenty opted not to seek reelection in 2010. State representative Tom Emmer was the Republican nominee in the 2010 election and lost to DFL nominee Mark Dayton.

===State legislature=== * Senate Minority Leader: Mark Johnson * Speaker of the House: Lisa Demuth

== List of Chairs == * P. Kenneth Peterson (1950–1953)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peterson, Paul Kenneth "P. Kenneth, P.K." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14343 |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=www.lrl.mn.gov}}</ref> * Ron Eibensteiner (1999–2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=MPR: Minnesota Republicans dump their party's boss |url=https://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/06/11_scheckt_partychair/ |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=news.minnesota.publicradio.org}}</ref> * Ron Carey (2005–2009) * Tony Sutton (2009–2011) * Pat Shortridge (2011–2013) * Keith Downey (2013–2017) * Jennifer Carnahan (2017–2021) * David Hann (2021–2024) * Alex Plechash (2024–present)

==Electoral history==

=== President === {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Election !Republican Ticket !Total Vote !Voteshare !Result |- |'''1932''' |Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis |363,959 |36.29% |Lost |- |'''1936''' |Alf Landon/Frank Knox |350,461 |31.01% |Lost |- |'''1940''' |Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary |596,274 |47.66% |Lost |- |'''1944''' |Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker |527,416 |46.86% |Lost |- |'''1948''' |Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren |483,617 |39.89% |Lost |- |'''1952''' |Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon |763,211 |'''55.33%''' |'''Won''' |- |'''1956''' |Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon |719,302 |'''53.68%''' |'''Won''' |- |'''1960''' |Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |757,915 |49.16% |Lost |- |'''1964''' |Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller |559,624 |36.00% |Lost |- |'''1968''' |Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew |658,643 |41.46% |Lost |- |'''1972''' |Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew |898,269 |'''51.58%''' |'''Won''' |- |'''1976''' |Gerald Ford/Bob Dole |819,395 |42.02% |Lost |- |'''1980''' |Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush |873,241 |42.56% |Lost |- |'''1984''' |Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush |1,032,603 |49.54% |Lost |- |'''1988''' |George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle |962,337 |45.90% |Lost |- |'''1992''' |George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle |747,841 |31.85% |Lost |- |'''1996''' |Bob Dole/Jack Kemp |766,476 |34.96% |Lost |- |'''2000''' |George W. Bush/Dick Cheney |1,109,659 |45.50% |Lost |- |'''2004''' |George W. Bush/Dick Cheney |1,346,695 |47.61% |Lost |- |'''2008''' |John McCain/Sarah Palin |1,275,409 |43.82% |Lost |- |'''2012''' |Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan |1,320,225 |44.96% |Lost |- |'''2016''' |Donald Trump/Mike Pence |1,323,232 |44.93% |Lost |- |'''2020''' |Donald Trump/Mike Pence |1,484,065 |45.28% |Lost |- |'''2024''' |Donald Trump/JD Vance |1,519,032 |46.68% |Lost |}

=== State ===

==== Governor ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;text-align:right;" |+ ! Year ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Won |- ! 1857 |rowspan="3"|Alexander Ramsey | 17,550 | 49.66 | {{no}} |- ! 1859 | 21,335 | 54.82 | {{yes}} |- ! 1861 | 16,274 | 60.9 | {{yes}} |- ! 1863 |Stephen Miller | 19,628 | 60.6 | {{yes}} |- ! 1865 |rowspan="2"|William Rainey Marshall | 17,318 | 55.58 | {{yes}} |- ! 1867 | 34,874 | 54.17 | {{yes}} |- ! 1869 |rowspan="2"|Horace Austin | 27,348 | 50.17 | {{yes}} |- ! 1871 | 46,950 | 60.06 | {{yes}} |- ! 1873 |Cushman Kellogg Davis | 40,741 | 52.90 | {{yes}} |- ! 1875 |rowspan="3"|John S. Pillsbury | 47,073 | 56.08 | {{yes}} |- ! 1877 | 57,071 | 57.05 | {{yes}} |- ! 1879 | 57,524 | 54.18 | {{yes}} |- ! 1881 |rowspan="2"|Lucius Frederick Hubbard | 65,025 | 61.59 | {{yes}} |- ! 1883 | 72,462 | 53.42 | {{yes}} |- ! 1886 |Andrew Ryan McGill | 107,064 | 48.54 | {{yes}} |- ! 1888 |rowspan="2"|William Rush Merriam | 134,355 | 51.35 | {{yes}} |- ! 1890 | 88,111 | 36.58 | {{yes}} |- ! 1892 |rowspan="2"|Knute Nelson | 109,220 | 42.68 | {{yes}} |- ! 1894 | 147,943 | 49.94 | {{yes}} |- ! 1896 |David Marston Clough | 165,806 | 49.17 | {{yes}} |- ! 1898 |William Henry Eustis | 111,796 | 44.26 | {{no}} |- ! 1900 |rowspan="2" |Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | 152,905 | 48.67 | {{yes}} |- ! 1902 | 155,849 | 57.53 | {{yes}} |- ! 1904 |Robert C. Dunn | 140,130 | 46.13 | {{no}} |- ! 1906 |Albert L. Cole | 96,162 | 34.78 | {{no}} |- ! 1908 |Jacob F. Jacobson | 147,997 | 43.88 | {{no}} |- ! 1910 |rowspan="2" |Adolph Olson Eberhart | 164,185 | 55.73 | {{yes}} |- ! 1912 | 129,688 | 40.73 | {{yes}} |- ! 1914 |William E. Lee | 143,730 | 41.87 | {{no}} |- ! 1916 |rowspan="2" |Joseph A. A. Burnquist | 245,841 | 62.94 | {{yes}} |- ! 1918 | 166,515 | 42.73 | {{yes}} |- ! 1920 |rowspan="2" |J. A. O. Preus | 415,805 | 53.06 | {{yes}} |- ! 1922 | 309,756 | 45.21 | {{yes}} |- ! 1924 | rowspan="3" |Theodore Christianson | 406,692 | 48.71 | {{yes}} |- ! 1926 | 395,779 | 56.49 | {{yes}} |- ! 1928 | 549,857 | 55.00 | {{yes}} |- ! 1930 |Ray P. Chase | 289,528 | 36.31 | {{no}} |- ! 1932 |Earle Brown | 334,081 | 32.34 | {{no}} |- ! 1934 | rowspan="2" | Martin A. Nelson | 396,359 | 37.72 | {{no}} |- ! 1936 | 431,841 | 38.55 | {{no}} |- ! 1938 | rowspan="3" | Harold Stassen | 678,839 | 59.92 | {{yes}} |- ! 1940 | 654,686 | 52.06 | {{yes}} |- ! 1942 | 409,800 | 51.60 | {{yes}} |- ! 1944 | Edward John Thye | 701,185 | 61.59 | {{yes}} |- ! 1946 | rowspan="3" | Luther Youngdahl | 519,067 | 58.96 | {{yes}}

|- ! 1948 | 643,572 | 53.15 | {{yes}} |- ! 1950 | 635,800 | 60.75 | {{yes}} |- ! 1952 | rowspan="2" | C. Elmer Anderson | 785,125 | 55.33 | {{yes}} |- ! 1954 | 538,865 | 46.80 | {{no}} |- ! 1956 | Ancher Nelsen | 685,196 | 48.18 | {{no}} |- ! 1958 | George MacKinnon | 490,731 | 42.31 | {{no}} |- ! 1960 | rowspan="2" |Elmer Andersen | 783,813 | 50.56 | {{Yes}} |- ! 1962 | 619,751 | 49.71 | {{no}} |- ! 1966 | Harold LeVander | 680,593 | 52.55 | {{yes}} |- ! 1970 | Douglas M. Head | 621,780 | 45.54 | {{no}} |- ! 1974 | John W. Johnson | 376,722 | 29.35 | {{no}} |- ! 1978 | Al Quie | 830,019 | 52.35 | {{yes}} |- ! 1982 | Wheelock Whitney, Jr. | 711,796 | 39.86 | {{no}} |- ! 1986 | Cal Ludeman | 606,755 | 43.09 | {{no}} |- ! 1990 | rowspan="2" |Arne Carlson | 895,988 | 50.11 | {{yes}} |- ! 1994 | 1,094,165 | 63.34 | {{yes}} |- ! 1998 | Norm Coleman | 717,350 | 34.29 | {{no}} |- ! 2002 | rowspan="2" | Tim Pawlenty | 999,473 | 44.37 | {{yes}} |- ! 2006 | 1,028,568 | 46.69 | {{yes}} |- ! 2010 | Tom Emmer | 910,462 | 43.21 | {{no}} |- ! 2014 | rowspan="2" | Jeff Johnson | 879,257 | 44.51 | {{no}} |- ! 2018 | 1,097,705 | 42.43 | {{no}} |- ! 2022 | Scott Jensen | 1,119,941 | 44.61 | {{no}} |}

==See also== {{Portal|Conservatism|United States|government }} * ''Republican Party of Minnesota v. White'' * Politics of Minnesota * List of political parties in Minnesota

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website}}

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