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This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/mngov/electionresults.aspx Minnesota Votes Chapter Ten Chapter Ten otes Minnesota Votes a V en Minnesota Election Results History Minnesot Voter Turnout Since 1950 ......................................................................474 Chapter T Gubernatorial Election Results Since 1857 ..........................................476 Presidential Election Results Since 1860 ..............................................481 Minnesota Election Results 2008 Special Primary and Special Election Results Since Last Edition ........485 September 9, 2008, State Primary ........................................................487 November 4, 2008, State General Election ..........................................492 Presidential Electors..............................................................................493 Minnesota’s Historic 2008 Election ..............................................497 Precinct-Level Results ..........................................................................515 Courtesy of Tom Olmscheid, photographer, MN House of Representatives Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery In Honor of Lance Cpl Levi Angell, Marine Corps—Served in Iraq Hometown: Cloquet, Minnesota Submitted by Kathie Petersen, November 4, 2008 Marine Lance Cpl. Levi T. Angell died due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Died on April 8, 2004. 473 Source:Source: Minnesota Minnesota Legislative Legislative Manual Manual 2009-2010 2009/2010 Chapter Ten Minnesota Votes Voter Turnout 100 Presidential Election Years otes a V General Elections en 80 Chapter T Minnesot rnout Tu 60 ercent Voter ercent P e 40 id Primary Elections Statew 20 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 80 Non-Presidential Election Years General Elections 60 rnout Tu 40 Primary Elections ercent Voter ercent P e id Statew 20 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Note: Trendlines are based on 2-period moving averages In honor of Randy Anderson, Army—Served in Bosnia Submitted by Judith Anderson, September 25, 2008 I’m the proud mother of Randy who served his country for four years. 474 Minnesota Votes Chapter Ten MINNESOTA STATE PRIMARY STATISTICS 1950–2008 # of % OF # OF VOTERS % OF VOTERS otes ELIGIBLE # WHO QUALIFIED REGISTERING ON REGISTERING ON YEAR VOTERS* VOTED WHO VOTED ELECTION DAY ELECTION DAY a V 1950 1,879,000 583,617 31.06 en 1952 1,899,000 652,825 34.38 1954 1,920,000 641,906 33.43 1956 1,940,000 611,197 31.51 1958 1,960,000 632,240 32.26 1960 1,987,000 596,272 29.16 Chapter T Minnesot 1962 2,033,000 592,719 29.15 1964 2,078,000 442,642 21.30 1966 2,124,000 833,530 39.24 1968 2,170,000 408,541 18.83 1970 2,226,000 718,079 32.26 1972 2,523,000 489,298 19.39 1974 2,617,000 537,284 20.53 131,724 24.52 1976 2,710,000 538,382 19.87 66,557 12.36 1978 2,804,000 811,581 28.94 90,219 11.12 1980 2,888,000 397,145 13.75 34,215 8.62 1982 2,945,000 915,180 31.08 90,048 9.84 1984 3,003,000 537,342 17.89 47,218 8.79 1986 3,060,000 786,230 25.69 76,531 9.73 1988 3,118,000 311,145 9.98 21,470 6.90 1990 3,179,000 771,850 24.28 53,462 6.93 1992 3,247,000 560,659 17.27 35,967 6.42 1994 3,316,000 901,002 27.17 72,108 8.00 1996 3,384,000 450,120 13.30 27,542 6.12 1998 3,453,000 683,433 19.79 47,940 7.01 2000 3,521,000 602,690 17.12 42,943 7.13 2002 3,590,000 535,972 14.93 35,798 6.68 2004 3,658,000 279,132 7.63 20,438 7.32 2006 3,727,000 514,373 13.80 36,503 7.10 2008 3,824,000 419,474 10.97 24,700 5.89 MINNESOTA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATISTICS 1916–1992 1916 121,552 1952 1,899,000 426,498 22.46 1956 1,940,000 640,328 33.01 1992 3,247,000 338,995 10.44 21,162 6.24 MINNESOTA GENERAL ELECTION STATISTICS 1950–2008 1950 1,879,000 1,067,967 56.84 1952 1,899,000 1,466,326 77.22 1954 1,920,000 1,168,101 60.84 1956 1,940,000 1,613,138 83.15 1958 1,960,000 1,178,173 60.11 1960 1,987,000 1,577,509 79.39 1962 2,033,000 1,267,502 62.35 1964 2,078,000 1,586,173 76.33 1966 2,124,000 1,312,288 61.78 1968 2,170,000 1,606,307 74.02 1970 2,226,000 1,388,525 62.38 1972 2,523,000 1,773,838 70.31 1974 2,617,000 1,296,209 49.53 260,812 20.12 1976 2,710,000 1,978,590 73.01 454,147 22.95 1978 2,804,000 1,624,911 57.95 208,985 12.86 1980 2,882,406 2,079,411 72.14 433,567 20.85 1982 2,943,169 1,834,737 62.34 238,979 13.03 1984 2,982,015 2,115,317 70.94 344,157 16.27 1986 3,024,070 1,456,579 48.17 137,864 9.47 1988 3,087,194 2,125,119 68.84 364,625 17.16 1990 3,136,830 1,843,104 58.76 208,625 11.32 1992 3,187,255 2,355,796 73.91 427,639 18.15 1994 3,253,779 1,794,618 55.15 179,360 9.99 1996 3,319,509 2,211,161 66.61 337,297 15.25 1998 3,378,089 2,105,377 62.32 332,540 15.79 2000 3,506,432 2,458,303 70.11 464,155 18.88 2002 3,518,184 2,282,860 64.89 342,978 15.02 2004 3,609,185 2,842,912 78.77 581,904 20.47 2006 3,667,707 2,217,552 60.46 292,168 13.18 2008 3,721,943 2,921,498 78.09 542,257 18.56 1950-1978 data from Curtis Gans of the Center for the Study of American Electorate 1980-2008 data from Dr. Michael McDonald of George Mason University 475 Chapter Ten Minnesota Votes MINNESOTA VOTE FOR GOVERNOR SINCE 1857 otes KEY TO PARTY ABBREVIATIONS: A: Alliance M-Pop: Midroad-Populist a V en AM: American Party of Minnesota N: National Am: American NRA: Nutritional Rights Alliance C: Communist Peo: People’s CP: Constitution Party PO: Public Ownership Chapter T Minnesot D: Democratic Pro: Prohibition DFL: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Prog: Progressive D-Peo: Democratic People’s Q: Quit Raising Taxes ER: EarthRIGHT R: Republican FL: Farmer-Labor RP: Reform Party G: Greenback S: Socialist GPM: Green Party Minnesota SA: Savings Account GRP: Grassroots SD: Socialist Democrat HG: Honest Government 87 SIn: Socialist Industrial IP: Independence Party SL: Socialist Labor I: Independent SW: Socialist Workers In: Industrial SWP: Socialist Workers Party InG: Industrial Government TPC: The People’s Champion InGSL: Industrial Government (Socialist Labor) WC: Workers Communist InL: Industrial Labor IR: Independent-Republican L: Libertarian 1857 1871 Henry H. Sibley (D)......................17,790 Horace Austin (R) ........................46,950 Alexander Ramsey (R) ................17,550 Winthrop Young (D) ....................30,376 35,340 Samuel Mayall (Pro)..........................846 1859 78,172 Alexander Ramsey (R) ................21,335 1873 George L. Becker (D) ..................17,582 Cushman K. Davis (R)..................40,741 38,917 Ara Barton (D)..............................35,245 1861 Samuel Mayall (Pro) ......................1,036 Alexander Ramsey (R) ................16,274 77,022 E. O. Hamblin (D) ......................10,448 1875 26,722 John S. Pillsbury (R) ....................47,073 1863 D. L. Buell (D)..............................35,275 Stephen Miller (R) ........................19,628 R. F. Humiston (Pro) ......................1,589 Henry T. Welles (D)......................12,739 83,937 32,367 1877 1865 John S. Pillsbury (R) ....................57,071 William R. Marshall (R) ..............17,318 William L. Banning (D)................39,147 Henry M. Rice (D) ......................13,842 William Meigher (G) ......................2,396 31,160 Austin Willey (Pro) ........................1,421 1867 100,035 William R. Marshall (R) ..............34,874 1879 Charles E. Flandrau (D)................29,502 John S. Pillsbury (R) ....................57,524 64,376 Edmund Rice (D)..........................41,524 1869 William Meigher (G) ....................4,264 Horace Austin (R) ........................27,348 W. W. Satterlee (Pro) ......................2,868 George L. Otis (D)........................25,401 106,180 Daniel Cobb (Pro) ..........................1,764 54,513 476 Minnesota Votes Chapter Ten 1881 1900 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) ..................65,025 Samuel R. VanSant (R) ................152,905 Richard W. Johnson (D)................37,168 John Lind (D-Peo)........................150,651 C. H. Roberts (G)............................2,676 Bernt B. Haugan (Pro) ....................5,430 otes Isaac C. Searns (Pro) ........................708 Thomas H. Lucas (SD) ....................3,546 a V 105,577 Edward Kriz (SL)................................886 en 1883 Sylvester M. Fairchild (M-Pop)..........763 Lucius F. Hubbard (R) ..................72,462 314,181 Adolph Biermann (D) ....................58,251 1902 Charles E. Holt (Pro) ......................4,924 Samuel R. VanSant (R) ................155,849 Chapter T Minnesot 135,637 Leonard A. Rosing (D) ..................99,362 1886 Charles Scanlon (Pro) ......................5,765 Andrew R. McGill (R) ................107,064 Thomas J. Meighen (Peo)................4,821 Albert Ames (D) ..........................104,464 Thomas VanLear (SL)......................2,570 James E. Childs (Pro) ....................9,030 Jay E. Nash (S) ................................2,521 220,558 270,888 1888 1904 William R. Merriam (R) ..............134,355 John A. Johnson (D) ....................147,992 Eugene M. Wilson (D) ................110,251 Robert C.