Governor, 1946 Election

General

Date:	November 5, 1946
Cycle:	1946
Office:	Governor
State:	Minnesota
District:	Statewide

Candidate	Gender	Party	Votes	Percent	Margin
Luther Youngdahl	Man	Republican	519,067	58.96	+19.25
Harold H. Barker	Man	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	349,565	39.71
Rudolph Gustafson	Man	Industrial Government	11,716	1.33

Youngdahl was an attorney from Minneapolis who had served as Assistant City Attorney of Minneapolis (1921-1924), Minneapolis Municipal Court Judge (1930-1936), and was a sitting associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court (1942-1946).

Barker was a newspaper editor from Elbow Lake, former state Representative (HD 48, 1931-1939) and House Speaker (1937).

Gustafson was a resident of Duluth and Industrial Government nominee for Governor in 1948, 1956, and 1960. He was nominated by petition.

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Sources

The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1947 (p. 359).