The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Minnesota: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Auditor State Treasurer (before 2003)

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives Delegation to the United States Senate Delegation to the United States House of Representatives

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Not all legislative vacancies are depicted on this table. For additional detail, find the appropriate legislative session at List of Minnesota state legislatures.

Pre-statehood (1849–1857) YearExecutive officesTerritorial LegislatureUnited States CongressGovernorTerritorial SecretaryAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerTerr. SenateTerr. HouseDelegate1849Alexander Ramsey Charles K. Smith Lorenzo A. Babcock Jonathan E. McKusick Calvin A. Tuttle 6D, 2W, 1?12D, 4W, 2?Henry Hastings Sibley 18501851Alexander C. Wilkin 8D, 7?, 3W5D, 4?, 2W1852Abraham Van Vorhes 7D, 2W10D, 5?, 3W1853Willis A. Gorman Joseph Rosser LaFayette Emmett Socrates Nelson George W. Prescott 13D, 3W, 2?Henry M. Rice 1854Julius Georgii Charles E. Leonard 9D13D, 5W185513D, 4?, 1R18569D, 4?, 2R18D, 12R, 9?8D, 4?, 2R19D, 11R, 9?6D, 4?, 2R1857Samuel Medary Charles L. Chase George W. Armstrong 6D, 5R, 4?20R, 18DWilliam W. Kingsbury 20R, 19D19R, 19D20R, 19D20D, 17R43D, 37R

1858–2002

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureJudicialUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerState SenateState HouseClerk of theSupreme CourtU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S.House1858Henry Hastings Sibley William Holcombe Francis Baasen Charles H. Berry William F. Dunbar George W. Armstrong 20D, 17R43D, 37RJacob J. Noah Henry M. Rice James Shields 2D185919D, 18R49R, 31DMorton S. Wilkinson 2R1860Alexander Ramsey Ignatius L. Donnelly James H. Baker Gordon E. Cole Charles Scheffer 23R, 13D, 1I58R, 22DLincoln/Hamlin 1861Charles McIlrath 19R, 2D40R, 2DAndrew J. Van Vorhes 1862David Blakeley 16R, 5D30R, 10D, 2UD1863Henry A. Swift 29R, 12D, 1UDHenry A. Swift vacantAlexander Ramsey 1864Stephen Miller Charles D. Sherwood 17R, 4D27R, 11D, 4UDGeorge F. Potter Lincoln/Johnson 186532R, 10DDaniel Sheldon Norton 1866William Rainey Marshall Thomas H. Armstrong William J. Colvill 16R, 5D29R, 13D186717R, 5D37R, 9D, 1?Sherwood Hough 1868Henry C. Rogers Francis R. E. Cornell Emil D. Munch 15R, 7D34R, 13DGrant/Colfax 186916R, 6D38R, 9D1R, 1D1870Horace Austin William H. Yale Hans Mattson William Windom 187114R, 8D27R, 20DOzora P. Stearns 2RWilliam Windom 1872Samuel P. Jennison William Seeger 29R, 12D73R, 33DGrant/Wilson 1873Orlan P. Whitcomb Edwin W. Dyke 31R, 10D79R, 27D3R1874Cushman K. Davis Alphonso Barto George P. Wilson Edwin W. Dyke 28R, 13D58R, 48D187521R, 18D, 2I54R, 48D, 4ISamuel J. R. McMillan 1876John S. Pillsbury James Wakefield John S. Irgens William Pfaender 27R, 14D74R, 32DSam Nichols Hayes/Wheeler 187726R, 15D77R, 29D187829R, 12D66R, 40D187923R, 16D, 2GB73R, 30D, 3GB2R, 1D1880Charles A. Gilman Frederick Von Baumbach Charles M. Start Charles Kittelson Garfield/Arthur 1881William John Hahn 29R, 11D, 1?87R, 15D, 1?Alonzo J. Edgerton 3R1882Lucius Frederick Hubbard William W. Braden William Windom 188336R, 10D, 1I72R, 28D, 2I, 1?Dwight M. Sabin 5R1884Blaine/Logan 188530R, 17D70R, 33D18861887Andrew Ryan McGill Albert E. Rice Hans Mattson Moses E. Clapp Joseph Bobleter 30R, 16D, 1FA66R, 34D, 3FAJohn David Jones Cushman K. Davis 3D, 2R1888Harrison/Morton 1889William Rush Merriam 89R, 9D, 3I, 2FAWilliam D. Washburn 5R18901891Gideon S. Ives Frederick P. Brown Adolph Biermann 25R, 16D, 13P52D, 43R, 19FACharles P. Holcomb 3D, 1R, 1P1892Harrison/Reid 1893Knute Nelson David Marston Clough Henry W. Childs 71R, 41D, 2Pop4R, 2D, 1Pop18941895David Marston Clough Frank A. Day Albert Berg Robert C. Dunn August T. Koerner 46R, 5Pop, 3D95R, 10D, 9PopDarius F. Reese Knute Nelson 7R1896McKinley/Hobart 1897John L. Gibbs 90R, 13Pop, 11D18981899John Lind Lyndon A. Smith Wallace B. Douglas 44R, 18D, 1I93R, 25D, 1I1900McKinley/Roosevelt Charles A. Towne 1901Samuel Rinnah Van Sant Peter E. Hanson Julius H. Block 96R, 17D, 6PopMoses E. Clapp 19021903Ray W. Jones Samuel G. Iverson 52R, 11D104R, 15DC. A. Pidgeon 8R, 1D1904William J. Donahower Roosevelt/Fairbanks 1905John Albert Johnson Edward T. Young 109R, 10D9R19061907Adolph Olson Eberhart Julius A. Schmahl Clarence C. Dinehart 43R, 19D, 1Pop102R, 14D, 3Proh8R, 1D1908Taft/Sherman 1909Adolph Olson Eberhart Edward Everett SmithGeorge T. Simpson 94R, 22D, 3Proh1910Elias S. Pettijohn Irving A. Caswell 1911Samuel Y. Gordon Walter J. Smith 42R, 19D, 2I88R, 26D, 4Proh, 1IR, 1Soc1912Lyndon A. Smith Roosevelt/Johnson 1913Joseph A. A. Burnquist 98R, 20D, 1 Proh, 1Soc19141915Winfield Scott Hammond J. A. O. Preus ConservativemajorityConservativemajority9R, 1D1916Joseph A. A. Burnquist George H. SullivanArthur C. Gooding Hughes/Fairbanks 1917Thomas Frankson Henry Rines Frank B. Kellogg 1918Clifford L. Hilton 1919Herman J. Mueller 9R, 1FL1920Harding/Coolidge 1921J. A. O. Preus Louis L. Collins Mike Holm Ray P. Chase 10R19221923Grace F. Kaercher Henrik Shipstead Magnus Johnson 8R, 2FL1924Coolidge/Dawes 1925Theodore Christianson William I. Nolan Edward W. Stark Thomas D. Schall 7R, 3FL19261927Albert F. Pratt Julius A. Schmahl 8R, 2FL1928G. Aaron Youngquist Hoover/Curtis 1929Charles Edward Adams Henry N. Benson 9R, 1FL19301931Floyd B. Olson Henry M. Arens Stafford King 1932Roosevelt/Garner 1933Konrad K. Solberg Harry H. Peterson Liberalmajority5FL, 3R, 1D19341935Hjalmar Petersen ConservativemajorityRussell O. Gunderson Elmer A. Benson 5R, 3FL, 1D1936Hjalmar Petersen William B. Richardson William S. Ervin Guy V. Howard 1937Elmer A. Benson Gottfrid Lindsten C. A. Halverson LiberalmajorityErnest Lundeen 5FL, 3R, 1D19381939Harold Stassen C. Elmer Anderson Joseph A. A. Burnquist Julius A. Schmahl ConservativemajorityGrace F. Kaercher 7R, 1D, 1FL1940Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Henrik Shipstead Joseph H. Ball 8R, 1FL1942Arthur E. Nelson 1943Edward J. Thye Edward J. Thye Archie H. Miller Joseph H. Ball 1944Roosevelt/Truman 1945C. Elmer Anderson 7R, 2DFL19461947Luther Youngdahl Edward J. Thye 8R, 1DFL1948Truman/Barkley 1949Hubert Humphrey 5R, 4DFL19501951C. Elmer Anderson vacantVal Bjornson 51C, 16L87C, 44L1952H. H. ChestermanEisenhower/Nixon Virginia Paul Holm 1953Ancher Nelsen 52C, 15L85C, 46L1954Donald O. Wright 1955Orville Freeman Karl Rolvaag Joseph L. Donovan Miles Lord Arthur Hansen 48C, 19L66L, 65CFrank Larkin 5DFL, 4R19561957Val Bjornson 70L, 61C1958195943C, 24L72L, 59CEugene McCarthy 5R, 4DFL1960Walter Mondale Kennedy/Johnson 1961Elmer L. Andersen 6R, 3DFL19621963Karl Rolvaag Sandy Keith 80C, 54L, 1I4R, 4DFL1964Johnson/Humphrey Robert W. Mattson Sr. Walter Mondale 196544C, 23L78C, 56L, 1I19661967Harold LeVander James B. Goetz Douglas M. Head 45C, 22L93C, 42L5R, 3DFL1968Humphrey/Muskie 1969William J. O'Brien 85C, 50L19701971Wendell Anderson Rudy Perpich Arlen Erdahl Warren Spannaus Rolland Hatfield 34C, 33L70C, 65LHubert Humphrey 4R, 4DFL1972Nixon/Agnew 197337DFL, 30R77DFL, 57R197436DFL, 31R1975Joan Growe Bob Mattson Jim Lord 38DFL, 28IR, 1I104DFL, 30IR5DFL, 3R1976103DFL, 31IRCarter/Mondale Rudy Perpich Alec G. Olson Wendell Anderson 197749DFL, 18IR104DFL, 30IR4DFL, 4R197848DFL, 19IR99DFL, 35IRMuriel Humphrey 1979Al Quie Lou Wangberg Arne Carlson 47DFL, 20IR67DFL, 67IRDavid Durenberger Rudy Boschwitz 198045DFL, 22IR68DFL, 66IRCarter/Mondale 198170DFL, 64IR5R, 3DFL198244DFL, 23IR1983Rudy Perpich Marlene Johnson Skip Humphrey Robert W. Mattson Jr. 42DFL, 25IR77DFL, 57IR5DFL, 3R198476DFL, 58IRMondale/Ferraro 198542DFL, 24IR, 1I69IR, 65DFL198643DFL, 24IR1987Michael McGrath 47DFL, 20IR83DFL, 51IR198846DFL, 21IR82DFL, 52IRDukakis/Bentsen 198944DFL, 23IR81DFL, 53IR199080DFL, 54IR1991Arne Carlson Joanell Dyrstad Mark Dayton 46DFL, 21IRPaul Wellstone 6DFL, 2R199278DFL, 56IRClinton/Gore 199345DFL, 22IR87DFL, 47IR199484DFL, 50IR1995Joanne Benson Judi Dutcher 43DFL, 24IR71DFL, 63IRRod Grams 199642DFL, 25R69DFL, 65R199742DFL, 24R, 1I70DFL, 64R19981999Jesse Ventura Mae Schunk Mary Kiffmeyer Mike Hatch Carol C. Johnson 40DFL, 26R, 1I71R, 63DFL2000Jesse Ventura Mae Schunk Judi Dutcher 41DFL, 25R, 1I70R, 63DFL, 1IGore/Lieberman 200139DFL, 27R, 1IPM69R, 65DFLMark Dayton 5DFL, 3R200270R, 64DFLDean Barkley

2003–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S.House2003Tim Pawlenty Carol Molnau Mary Kiffmeyer Mike Hatch Patricia Anderson 35DFL, 31R, 1IPM81R, 53DFLMark Dayton Norm Coleman 4DFL, 4R2004Kerry/Edwards 200568R, 66DFL200637DFL, 29R, 1IPM2007Mark Ritchie Lori Swanson Rebecca Otto 44DFL, 23R85DFL, 49RAmy Klobuchar 5DFL, 3R44DFL, 22R2008Obama/Biden 45DFL, 22R85DFL, 48R, 1IR200946DFL, 21R87DFL, 47RAl Franken 20102011Mark Dayton Yvonne Prettner Solon 37R, 30DFL72R, 62DFL4DFL, 4R2012201339DFL, 28R73DFL, 61R5DFL, 3R20142015Tina Smith Steve Simon 72R, 62DFL201673R, 61DFLClinton/Kaine 201734R, 33DFL77R, 57DFL2018Michelle Fischbach 33R, 33DFLTina Smith 2019Tim Walz Peggy Flanagan Keith Ellison Julie Blaha 35R, 32DFL75DFL, 59R2020Biden/Harris 202134R, 31DFL, 2I70DFL, 64R4DFL, 4R202269DFL, 64R, 1I202334DFL, 33R70DFL, 64R2024Harris/Walz 202567R, 67DFL2026

See also Politics in Minnesota Politics of Minnesota List of political parties in Minnesota

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