Election Name: | 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Flag Year: | 1893 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1954 |
Image1: | File:Orville L. Freeman (MN).png |
Nominee1: | Orville Freeman |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Popular Vote1: | 607,099 |
Percentage1: | 52.73% |
Nominee2: | C. Elmer Anderson |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 538,865 |
Percentage2: | 46.80% |
Map Size: | 270px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | C. Elmer Anderson |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
After Election: | Orville Freeman |
After Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
The 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954. In a rematch of the 1952 election, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent C. Elmer Anderson.
Freeman was the first member of the DFL to win a gubernatorial election. The party took eight straight losses to the Republicans after the fusion between the Minnesota Democrats and the Farmer-Labor Party, a streak broken by Freeman's victory.