Governor, 1918 Election

Primary Republican

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Date: June 17, 1918
Cycle: 1918
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph Alfred Arner (J.A.A.) Burnquist Incumbent Man Republican 199,325 56.96 +13.92
Charles A. Lindbergh Man Republican 150,626 43.04

Governor Burnquist was renominated.

Lindbergh, a Progressive Republican, was an attorney, former U.S. Representative (CD 06, 1907-1917), and unsuccessful GOP U.S. Senate candidate in 1916.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1917 (p. 252).