The 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1898. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate John Lind defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William Henry Eustis. This is the second of three successive elections in which John Lind ran as a candidate for a coalition formed from the Democrats and the People's Party.
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 County results Lind: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Eustis: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic-People's | John Lind | 131,980 | 52.26% | +4.15% | |
| Republican | William Henry Eustis | 111,796 | 44.26% | -4.91% | |
| Prohibition | George W. Higgins | 5,299 | 2.10% | +0.57% | |
| Midroad-Populist | Lionel C. Long | 1,802 | 0.71% | n/a | |
| Socialist Labor | William Barrett | 1,685 | 0.67% | +0.34% | |
| Majority | 20,184 | 8.00% | |||
| Turnout | 252,562 | ||||
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See also
External links
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653
- http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657