Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Minnesota
1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election
Nominee
Harold Stassen
Elmer Benson
Thomas F. Gallagher
Party
Republican
Farmer–Labor
Democratic
Popular vote
678,839
387,263
65,875
Percentage
59.92%
34.18%
5.81%
County resultsStassen: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%Benson 40-50% 50-60%
Governor before election
Elmer Benson
Farmer–Labor
Elected Governor
Harold Stassen
Republican
The 1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Harold Stassen defeated Farmer–Labor Party incumbent Elmer Benson . Martin A. Nelson and George E. Leach unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination, while Hjalmar Petersen unsuccessfully ran for the Farmer-Labor nomination.
Results [ ]
Further reading [ ]
Benson, Elmer A. "Politics in My Lifetime." Minnesota History 47 (1980): 154–60. online
Haynes, John Earl. Dubious alliance: the making of Minnesota's DFL Party (U of Minnesota Press, 1984)
Kirby, Ales, David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann. Harold E. Stassen: The Life and Perennial Candidacy of the Progressive Republican (2012)
Lovin, Hugh T. "The Fall of Farmer–Labor Parties, 1936-1938." Pacific Northwest Quarterly (1971): 16–26. in JSTOR
Sofchalk, Donald G. "Union and Ethnic Group Influence in the 1938 Election on the Minnesota Iron Ranges." Journal of the West (2003) 42#3 pp: 66–74.
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