1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota 1957 presidential no 1970 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1970 1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1978 November 5, 1974 Image:Wendell Anderson (D-MN) (cropped).jpg 150x150px Wendell Anderson Rudy Perpich Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 786,787 62.80% File:John W Johnson.jpg John W. Johnson Dwaine Hoberg Republican Party (United States) 376,722 29.35% 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County results Anderson: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Wendell Anderson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Wendell Anderson Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party The 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. This was the first election in which the governor and lieutenant governor ran on the same ticket. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Wendell Anderson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger John W. Johnson. Anderson won every county in the state, becoming the first person to do so in a gubernatorial election since Joseph Burnquist in 1916, and is to date the last gubernatorial candidate to do so, although Attorney General Skip Humphrey won every county in 1994. This was the first gubernatorial election with eight candidates on the ballot, as well as the first election to feature a Libertarian Party ticket on a Minnesota ballot. DFL primary Candidates Wendell Anderson, incumbent governor since 1971 Running mate: Rudy Perpich, incumbent lieutenant governor since 1971 Tom McDonald, perennial candidate from Minneapolis Running mate: Marvin Eakman, perennial candidate from Minneapolis Results 1974 DFL gubernatorial primary Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Wendell Anderson (incumbent) 254,671 78.23% Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Tom McDonald 70,871 21.77% 325,542 100.00% Republican primary Candidates John W. Johnson, state representative from Minneapolis Running mate: Dwaine Hoberg, mayor of Moorhead and former Moorhead State University football coach Results 1974 Republican gubernatorial primary Republican Party (US) John Warren Johnson 136,395 100.00% 136,395 100.00% General election Candidates Wendell Anderson, incumbent governor since 1971 (DFL) Running mate: Rudy Perpich, incumbent lieutenant governor since 1971 John W. Johnson, state representative from Minneapolis (Republican) Running mate: Dwaine Hoberg, mayor of Moorhead and former Moorhead State University football coach Richard Kleinow, North Oaks resident (Libertarian) Running mate: Claudia Jensen, Apple Valley resident Erwin Marquist, University of Minnesota physics professor (Communist) Running mate: James Flower, retired Minneapolis building tradesman Jim Miles, electrical engineer (Independent) Running mate: Laura Miles, non-practicing attorney and wife of James Miles Harry Pool, mayor of Independence (American) Running mate: Elvera Jaspersen, state campaign director for John Schmitz in 1972 Jane Van Deusen, Minneapolis registered nurse (Socialist Workers) Running mate: Ralph Schwartz, Minneapolis junior high science teacher Results 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Wendell Anderson (incumbent) 786,787 62.80% +8.76% Republican Party (United States) John W. Johnson 376,722 29.35% -16.18% Independent politician James Miles 60,150 4.80% n/a American Party (1969) Harry Pool 20,454 1.63% n/a Socialist Workers Party (US) Jane VanDeusen 9,232 0.74% n/a Communist Party USA Erwin Marquit 3,570 0.28% n/a Industrial Government Party (United States) Genevieve Gunderson 2,720 0.22% -0.13% Libertarian Party (United States) Richard Kleinow 2,115 0.17% n/a 419,065 33.45% 1,252,750 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party External links http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653 http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657 Gubernatorial 1974 Minnesota Category:November 1974 elections in the United States