Governor, 2022 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date: August 9, 2022
Cycle: 2022
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Running mate Party Votes Percent Margin
Tim Walz Incumbent Man Peggy Flanagan (Woman) Incumbent Democratic-Farmer-Labor 416,973 96.54 +93.08
Ole Savior Man Julia M. Parker (Woman) Democratic-Farmer-Labor 14,950 3.46

Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan were renominated to a second term.

Savior was an artist and perennial candidate from Minneapolis and DFL gubernatorial candidate in 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2018, Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2010, and Republican U.S. Senate candidate in 2014.

Sources

  • Report of the State Canvassing Board, State Primary, Office of Secretary of State, State of Minnesota, August 16, 2022 (p. 34-36).