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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.

Results

1954 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (DFL) Orville Freeman 607,099 52.73% +8.71%
Republican C. Elmer Anderson (incumbent) 538,865 46.80% -8.53%
Industrial Government Ross Schelin 5,453 0.47% +0.19%
Majority 68,234 5.93%
Turnout 1,151,417
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican Swing

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