1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election
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County results Sant: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Lind: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Minnesota |
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The 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1900.
Democratic Party of Minnesota Governor John Lind. This was the third of three successive elections in which Lind headed a coalition of the Democrats with the People's Party
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Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Samuel Rinnah Van Sant | 152,905 | 48.67% | +4.41% | |
Democratic-People's | John Lind (incumbent) | 150,651 | 47.95% | -4.31% | |
Prohibition
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Bernt B. Haugan | 5,430 | 1.73% | -0.37% | |
Social Democratic | Thomas H. Lucas | 3,546 | 1.13% | n/a | |
Socialist Labor | Edward Kriz | 886 | 0.28% | -0.39% | |
Midroad-Populist
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Sylvester M. Fairchild | 763 | 0.24% | -0.47% | |
Majority | 2,254 | 0.72% | |||
Turnout | 314,181 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |