1938, minnesota, gubernatorial, election, took, place, november, 1938, republican, party, minnesota, candidate, harold, stassen, defeated, farmer, labor, party, incumbent, elmer, benson, martin, nelson, george, leach, unsuccessfully, republican, nomination, wh. 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 1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1936 November 8 1938 1940 Nominee Harold Stassen Elmer Benson Thomas F GallagherParty Republican Farmer Labor DemocraticPopular vote 678 839 387 263 65 875Percentage 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 electionElmer BensonFarmer Labor Elected Governor Harold StassenRepublican Contents 1 Results 2 Further reading 3 See also 4 External linksResults Edit1938 Gubernatorial Election Minnesota Party Candidate Votes Republican Harold Stassen 678 839 59 92 21 37 Farmer Labor Elmer Benson incumbent 387 263 34 18 26 55 Democratic Thomas F Gallagher 65 875 5 81 n aIndustrial John William Castle 899 0 08 0 63 Majority 291 576 25 74 Turnout 1 132 876Republican gain from Farmer Labor SwingFurther reading EditBenson 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 See also EditList of Minnesota gubernatorial electionsExternal links Edithttp www sos state mn us home index asp page 653 http www sos state mn us home index asp page 657 This Minnesota elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1938 Minnesota gubernatorial election amp oldid 1127309125, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
