Governor, 1958 Election

General

Date: November 4, 1958
Cycle: 1958
Office: Governor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Orville Freeman Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 658,326 56.76 +14.45
George MacKinnon Man Republican 490,731 42.31
Arne L. Anderson Man Industrial Government 10,858 0.94

Governor Freeman was reelected to a third term.

MacKinnon was an attorney from Minneapolis, former state Representative (HD 29, 1935-1943) and U.S. Representative (CD 03, 1947-1949), and U.S. attorney for the district of Minnesota (1953-1958).

Anderson was a carpenter and millwright from Spring Lake Park. He was nominated by petition.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1959-1960 (p. 456).