2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election

The 2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, to elect the 41st Governor of Minnesota as incumbent Democratic governor Mark Dayton chose not to run for re-election for a third term. The Democratic nominee was congressman Tim Walz from Minnesota's 1st congressional district while the Republicans nominated Hennepin County commissioner Jeff Johnson. The Independence Party of Minnesota didn't field a candidate for the first time since 1994. Going into the election the polls showed Walz ahead and the race was characterized as lean or likely DFL.

See also: 2018 United States gubernatorial elections

2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election
November 6, 2018
 
Nominee Tim Walz Jeff Johnson
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Running mate Peggy Flanagan Donna Bergstrom
Popular vote 1,393,096 1,097,705
Percentage 53.8% 42.4%
Walz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Johnson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      40–50%
Governor before election

Mark Dayton
Minnesota DFL

 Elected Governor

Tim Walz
Minnesota DFL

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In the end, Walz went on to defeat Johnson by the largest margin for a DFL candidate since 1986. Walz had also received more votes than any gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota's history. This is the first Minnesota gubernatorial election since 1959 where any party won more than two consecutive elections. This was also the first time since 1998 where the party of the incumbent president lost.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Erin Murphy (DFL)
Labor unions
State elected officials

Local officials

National organizations

Rebecca Otto (DFL)
State officials
  • Tina Liebling, state representative, former 2018 gubernatorial candidate
Individuals
Lori Swanson (DFL)
Federal politicians
  • Rick Nolan, U.S. representative and candidate for lieutenant governor on the same ticket
State elected officials
Newspapers
Unions
Tim Walz (DFL)
Federal politicians
Mayors
State elected officials
Individuals
Tribal nations
Newspapers
Labor unions
Organizations

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Erin
Murphy		 Lori
Swanson		 Tim
Walz		 Other Undecided
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018 217 ± 6.9% 19% 29% 28% – 24%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 439 ± 5.6% 11% 28% 24% 1% 37%
GQR Research (D-Minnesota Victory PAC) June 25–27, 2018 602 – 17% 37% 29% 1%[48] 16%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Tom
Bakk		 Chris
Coleman		 Amy
Klobuchar		 Erin
Murphy		 Rebecca
Otto		 R.T.
Rybak		 Tina
Smith		 Lori
Swanson		 Tim
Walz		 Undecided
SurveyUSA Archived 2017-11-16 at the Wayback Machine November 17–19, 2016 – – 1% 3% 25% 0% 1% 6% 1% 3% 5% 54%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Chris
Coleman		 Tina
Liebling		 Erin
Murphy		 Rebecca
Otto		 Lori
Swanson		 Paul
Thissen		 Tim
Walz		 Undecided
Mason-Dixon January 8–10, 2018 298 – 12% 2% 6% 9% 16% 4% 21% 30%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Erin
Murphy		 Rebecca
Otto		 Tim
Walz		 Other Undecided
Expedition Strategies (D-Walz) April 23–26, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 3% 19% 27% 2% 49%

Straw poll
Straw poll ballot at the Minnesota DFL February 2018 precinct caucuses

On February 6, 2018 the DFL conducted a statewide straw poll among registered Democrats in Minnesota. Caucus-goers were scheduled to elect delegates to their party's Senate district and county conventions, which in turn will elect state convention delegates who will endorse candidates for governor, two U.S. Senate seats, attorney general, state auditor and secretary of state. Congressional district delegates will endorse U.S. House candidates. Since the straw poll the three lowest performing candidates withdrew from the race (Paul Thissen, Chris Coleman, and Tina Liebling).

Congressional
Unit		 Total
attendance		 Chris Coleman Tina Liebling Erin Murphy Rebecca Otto Paul Thissen Tim
Walz		 Other Uncommitted
1 2,577 71 355 107 232 56 1,558 4 163
2 3,501 384 202 411 656 120 1,156 4 523
3 4,291 670 202 386 827 186 1,362 8 530
4 6,072 854 297 1,111 1,227 139 1,384 11 897
5 9,519 1,019 457 1,400 1,462 537 2,363 30 1,137
6 2,375 326 115 294 587 59 590 4 375
7 2,121 124 106 274 405 172 761 4 273
8 3,873 441 277 474 1,082 263 759 8 527
Statewide 34,329 3,889 2,011 4,457 6,478 1,532 9,933 73 4,425
Percent - 11.86% 6.13% 13.59% 19.75% 4.67% 30.29% 0.22% 13.49%

Results
county
Results by county
Map legend
  •   Walz—70–80%
  •   Walz—60–70%
  •   Walz—50–60%
  •   Walz—40–50%
  •   Walz—30–40%
  •   Murphy—40–50%
  •   Swanson—30–40%
  •   Swanson—40–50%
  •   Swanson—50–60%
congressional district
Results by congressional district
Map legend
  •   Walz—70–80%
  •   Walz—40–50%
  •   Murphy—40–50%
  •   Swanson—40–50%
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz 242,832 41.60%
Democratic (DFL) Erin Murphy 186,969 32.03%
Democratic (DFL) Lori Swanson 143,517 24.59%
Democratic (DFL) Tim Holden 6,398 1.10%
Democratic (DFL) Olé Savior 4,019 0.69%
Total votes 583,735 100.00%

Republican primary

Nominated

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements
Tim Pawlenty
State officials
Organizations
Newspapers and publications

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Jeff
Johnson		 Matt
Kruse		 Tim
Pawlenty		 Other Undecided
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018 156 ± 8.0% 34% – 43% – 23%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 340 ± 6.4% 32% – 51% 1% 16%
BK Strategies (R) Archived 2018-06-29 at the Wayback Machine June 24–25, 2018 439 ± 4.7% 20% 3% 54% – 23%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Kurt
Daudt		 Keith
Downey		 Tom
Emmer		 Mike
McFadden		 Erik
Paulsen		 Tim
Pawlenty		 Rich
Stanek		 Undecided
SurveyUSA Archived 2017-11-16 at the Wayback Machine November 17–19, 2016 – – 2% 1% 4% 2% 8% 19% 1% 64%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Kurt
Daudt		 Matt
Dean		 Keith
Downey		 Jeff
Johnson		 Julie
Rosen		 Mary G.
Stephens		 Undecided
Mason-Dixon January 8–10, 2018 218 – 12% 2% 1% 24% 4% 1% 54%

Results
county
Results by county
Map legend
  •   Johnson—70–80%
  •   Johnson—60–70%
  •   Johnson—50–60%
  •   Johnson—40–50%
  •   Pawlenty—40–50%
  •   Pawlenty—50–60%
  •   Pawlenty—60–70%
congressional district
Results by congressional district
Map legend
  •   Johnson—50–60%
  •   Johnson—40–50%
  •   Pawlenty—40–50%
Republican Party of Minnesota primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Johnson 168,841 52.61%
Republican Tim Pawlenty 140,743 43.86%
Republican Mathew Kruse 11,330 3.53%
Total votes 320,914 100.00%

Third parties and independents

Declared

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[91] Likely D October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[92] Lean D November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[93] Likely D November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[94] Likely D November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[95] Lean D November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[96] Lean D November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[97] Likely D November 5, 2018
Fox News[98][lower-alpha 1] Lean D November 5, 2018
Politico[99] Likely D November 5, 2018
Governing[100] Lean D November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Debates

The debate season began only three days after the primaries with Johnson and Walz participating in two debates on Friday, August 17. A third debate was held Friday, August 31.[101][102]

Host
network/sponsors		 Date Link(s) Participants
Tim
Walz (DFL)		 Jeff
Johnson (R)
MPR News August 31, 2018 [102] Invited Invited
KSTP-TV August 17, 2018 [103] Invited Invited
Twin Cities PBS (Almanac) August 17, 2018 [104] Invited Invited

Endorsements
Jeff Johnson (R)
Federal officials
Statewide and local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Tim Walz (DFL)
Federal officials
Newspapers
Mayors
  • Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles[121]
  • Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis[36]
  • Melvin Carter, mayor of St. Paul
  • Rita Albrecht, mayor of Bemidji
  • Emily Larson, mayor of Duluth
  • Rick Cannata, mayor of Hibbing
  • Bob Byrnes, mayor of Marshall
  • Molly Cummings, mayor of Hopkins
  • Mary Gaasch, mayor of Lauderdale
  • Kirsten Hagen-Kennedy, mayor of North Branch
  • Mike Kuhle, mayor of Worthington
  • Mike Maguire, mayor of Eagan
  • Rick Miller, mayor of Waite Park
  • Harold Peterson, mayor of Blooming Prairie
  • Sarah Schroeder, mayor of Spring Grove
  • John Tuorilla, mayor of Columet
  • Nancy Tyra-Lukens, mayor of Eden Prairie
  • Ardell Brede, mayor of Rochester
  • Nora Slawik, mayor of Maplewood
  • Ben Schierer, mayor of Fergus Falls
  • Jim Hovland, mayor of Edina
  • Shep Harris, mayor of Golden Valley
  • Gary Skalko, mayor of Mountain Iron
  • Roy Srp, mayor of Waseca
  • Myron Bailey, mayor of Cottage Grove
  • Pat Baustian, mayor of Luverne
  • Bob Broeder, mayor of Le Seur
  • Ted Kozlowski, mayor of Stillwater
  • Jack L'Heureux, mayor of Mora
  • Charles Novak, mayor of Ely
  • Mark Peterson, mayor of Winona
  • Dennis Phelps, mayor of Westbrook
  • Mike Poellinger, mayor of La Crescent
  • Gary Skalko, mayor of Mountain Iron
  • Dave Smiglewski, mayor of Granite Falls
  • Tom Stiehm, mayor of Austin
  • Robert Beussman, mayor of New Ulm
  • R. T. Rybak, former mayor of Minneapolis[34]
  • El Tinklenberg, former mayor of Blaine
State and local officials
Local officials
  • Noah Hobbs, Duluth City Council
  • Renee Van Nett, Duluth City Council
  • Andrew Johnson, Minneapolis City Council
  • Abdi Warsame, Minneapolis City Council
  • Linea Palmisano, Minneapolis City Council
  • Michael Herring, Robbinsdale School Board
  • David Boone, Robbinsdale School Board
  • Pam Lindberg, Robbinsdale School Board
  • Anne Casey, St. Louis Park School Board
  • Mary Tomback, St. Louis Park School Board
  • Karen Waters, St. Louis Park School Board
  • Ken Morrison, St. Louis Park School Board
  • Crystal Brakke, Richfield School Board
  • Chris LaTondresse, Hopkins School Board
  • Jen Bouchard, Hopkins School Board
  • Betsy Tate Anderson, former Hopkins School Board
  • Nancy Livingston, North St. Paul School Board
  • Todd Rengo, Esko School Board
  • Jim Grabowska, St. Clair School Board
  • Dan Hartman, former Duluth Council
  • Kevin Staunton, Edina City Council
  • Joanie Clausen, Golden Valley Council
  • Gillian Rosenquist, Golden Valley Council
  • Katy Campbell, Hopkins Council
  • Valerie Holthus, Andover City Council
  • Christian Torkelson, Little Canada Council
  • Mari Daily, Moorhead Council
  • Nevada Littlewolf, Virginia City Council
  • Randy Maluchnik, Carver County commissioner
  • Vance Stuehrenberg, Blue Earth County commissioner
  • Gordy Wagner, Pope County commissioner
  • Reed Olson, Beltrami County commissioner
  • Linda Higgins, Hennepin County commissioner
Individuals
Tribal nations
Unions
National organizations

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Tim
Walz (D)		 Jeff
Johnson (R)		 Josh
Welter (L)		 Other Undecided
Change Research November 2–4, 2018 953 – 53% 41% 2% 2%[124] –
Research Co. November 1–3, 2018 450 ± 4.6% 48% 42% – 1% 9%
SurveyUSA October 29–31, 2018 600 ± 5.3% 49% 41% – 2% 9%
St. Cloud State University October 15–30, 2018 404 – 50% 34% – – –
Mason-Dixon Archived 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine October 15–17, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 45% 39% 3% 2%[124] 12%
Change Research October 12–13, 2018 1,413 – 47% 44% 3% 4%[125] 2%
Marist College September 30 – October 4, 2018 637 LV ± 4.9% 51% 36% 6% <1% 6%
55% 38% – <1% 7%
860 RV ± 4.2% 49% 37% 7% <1% 7%
53% 39% – 1% 8%
Mason-Dixon September 10–12, 2018 800 ± 3.5% 45% 36% 1% 2%[124] 16%
SurveyUSA September 6–8, 2018 574 ± 4.9% 47% 40% – 3% 10%
Suffolk University Archived 2018-12-08 at the Wayback Machine August 17–20, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 46% 41% 1% 1%[126] 12%
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018 500 ± 4.6% 40% 33% – – 27%
Hypothetical polling
with Erin Murphy and Tim Pawlenty
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Erin
Murphy (D)		 Tim
Pawlenty (R)		 Other Undecided
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 876 ± 4.0% 48% 40% 2% 9%
with Lori Swanson and Tim Pawlenty
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Lori
Swanson (D)		 Tim
Pawlenty (R)		 Other Undecided
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018 500 ± 4.6% 44% 36% – 21%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 876 ± 4.0% 51% 40% 2% 7%
BK Strategies Archived 2018-06-29 at the Wayback Machine June 24–25, 2018 1,574 ± 2.5% 46% 41% – 13%
with Tim Walz and Tim Pawlenty
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Tim
Walz (D)		 Tim
Pawlenty (R)		 Other Undecided
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018 500 ± 4.6% 44% 33% – 23%
Marist College July 15–19, 2018 876 ± 4.0% 51% 40% 1% 8%
BK Strategies Archived 2018-06-29 at the Wayback Machine June 24–25, 2018 1,574 ± 2.5% 48% 41% – 11%
with Lori Swanson and Jeff Johnson
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Lori
Swanson (D)		 Jeff
Johnson (R)		 Undecided
Emerson College Archived 2018-08-15 at the Wayback Machine August 8–11, 2018 500 ± 4.6% 37% 32% 31%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Generic
Democrat		 Generic
Republican		 Undecided
BK Strategies Archived 2018-06-29 at the Wayback Machine June 24–25, 2018 1,574 ± 2.5% 48% 42% 10%
Public Policy Polling (D-A Better Minnesota) June 15–16, 2018 717 – 46% 39% 16%

Results
Results by precinct:
Walz
  •      40-50%
  •      50-60%
  •      60-70%
  •      70-80%
  •      80-90%
  •      90-100%
Johnson
  •      40-50%
  •      50-60%
  •      60-70%
  •      70-80%
  •      80-90%
  •      90-100%
No Vote
  •      No Vote
Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2018[127]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz 1,393,096 53.84% +3.77%
Republican Jeff Johnson 1,097,705 42.43% -2.08%
Grassroots—LC Chris Wright 68,667 2.65% +1.07%
Libertarian Josh Welter 26,735 1.03% +0.11%
Write-in 1,084 0.04% 0.00%
Total votes 2,587,287 100.00% N/A
Democratic (DFL) hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Results by congressional district

Walz won 5 of 8 congressional districts. Each candidate won a district won by the other party.[128]

District Walz Johnson Representative
1st 49.54% 47.18% Jim Hagedorn
2nd 51.52% 44.58% Angie Craig
3rd 54.44% 42.37% Dean Phillips
4th 65.72% 30.56% Betty McCollum
5th 77.91% 18.17% Ilhan Omar
6th 40.53% 55.49% Tom Emmer
7th 39.56% 56.86% Collin Peterson
8th 47.14% 48.93% Pete Stauber

Voter demographics
Edison Research exit poll
Demographic subgroup Walz Johnson No
Answer		  % of
Voters
Gender
Men 48 49 3 46
Women 59 37 4 54
Age
18–24 years old 71 25 4 6
25–29 years old 63 34 3 5
30–39 years old 60 38 2 12
40–49 years old 51 46 3 13
50–64 years old 54 45 1 29
65 and older 52 46 2 35
Race
White 53 46 1 89
Black 84 14 2 5
Latino N/A N/A N/A 3
Asian N/A N/A N/A 2
Other N/A N/A N/A 2
Race by gender
White men 46 53 1 41
White women 59 39 2 48
Black men N/A N/A N/A 3
Black women N/A N/A N/A 2
Latino men N/A N/A N/A 1
Latino women N/A N/A N/A 1
Others N/A N/A N/A 3
Education
High school or less 52 45 3 17
Some college education 48 49 3 24
Associate degree 48 49 3 17
Bachelor's degree 56 40 4 26
Advanced degree 70 28 2 16
Education and race
White college graduates 61 35 4 38
White no college degree 46 51 3 51
Non-white college graduates 70 26 4 4
Non-white no college degree 74 23 3 7
Whites by education and gender
White women with college degrees 68 29 3 21
White women without college degrees 51 45 4 28
White men with college degrees 54 43 3 17
White men without college degrees 40 58 2 23
Non-whites 73 24 3 11
Income
Under $30,000 63 34 3 14
$30,000–49,999 54 43 3 21
$50,000–99,999 48 51 1 36
$100,000–199,999 55 42 3 23
Over $200,000 N/A N/A N/A 7
Party ID
Democrats 95 5 N/A 39
Republicans 10 90 N/A 32
Independents 51 42 7 28
Party by gender
Democratic men 94 5 1 14
Democratic women 95 4 1 25
Republican men 8 92 N/A 16
Republican women 12 88 N/A 17
Independent men 47 48 5 16
Independent women 58 34 8 13
Ideology
Liberals 94 2 4 27
Moderates 65 32 3 39
Conservatives 10 87 3 33
Marital status
Married 47 49 4 68
Unmarried 63 33 4 32
Gender by marital status
Married men 43 54 3 31
Married women 51 45 4 36
Unmarried men 52 43 5 15
Unmarried women 72 24 4 18
First-time midterm election voter
Yes 52 44 4 12
No 55 42 3 88
Most important issue facing the country
Health care 74 24 2 50
Immigration 20 79 1 22
Economy 30 67 3 18
Gun policy N/A N/A N/A 8
Area type
Urban 67 30 3 40
Suburban 50 46 4 32
Rural 41 56 3 28
Source: CNN[129]

See also

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  105. Donald Trump. "Jeff Johnson of Minnesota had a big night in winning the Republican nomination for Governor against a very strong and well known opponent! Thanks for all of the support you showed me. You have my complete and total Endorsement. You will win in November!". Twitter.
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  111. Jeff Johnson. "I'm so proud to have the support of my friend, Gov. Al Quie. He just turned 95, is sharp as a tack and wears his button with pride wherever he goes. God bless you, Al". Twitter.
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  114. Jeff Johnson. "FARMER ENDORSED. Our campaign is proud to have the endorsement of @MNFarmBureau MN Farmers are the people who move our state forward & help nourish our entire country. We're beyond excited to represent them come November! #OverthrowTheStatusQuo #MNGov". Twitter.
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  118. Amy Klobuchar. "Great event at @HoopsBrewing in Duluth for my friend @Tim_Walz with a big crowd of supporters. Tim is standing up for Minnesota values and for our future. Looking forward to seeing him and @peggyflanagan win in November!". Twitter.
  119. Tina Smith. "I am SO excited to see the incredible turnout everywhere @Tim_Walz and I go. We are hopeful. We have the momentum. And we are not taking ANYTHING for granted over the next 38 days. #OneMinnesota". Twitter.
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  121. Eric Garcetti. "Kicking off #EGinMN at the @MinnesotaDFL Founders' Day Dinner listening to @Tim_Walz -- a teacher and coach, veteran and congressman. Fired up by his speech, inspired by the leader he'll be for Minnesota". Twitter.
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  125. Chris Wright (GLC) with 4%
  126. Chris Wright (GLC) with 1%
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