Governor, 1958 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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Date: September 9, 1958
Cycle: 1958
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Orville Freeman Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 331,822 87.58 +75.17
Harold Strom Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 47,041 12.42

Governor Freeman was renominated for a party record fourth consecutive cycle.

Strom was a resident of Bloomington and a DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1959-1960 (p. 454).