1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election

1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election

← 1952 November 2, 1954 1956 →
 
Nominee Orville Freeman C. Elmer Anderson
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Popular vote 607,099 538,865
Percentage 52.73% 46.80%

County results
Freeman:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Anderson:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Governor before election

C. Elmer Anderson
Republican

Elected Governor

Orville Freeman
Democratic (DFL)

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.