Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

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Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election;
Election details
	Filing deadline: June 5, 2018
	Primary: August 14, 2018; General: November 6, 2018; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Gov. Mark Dayton (Democrat); Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach (Republican)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in Minnesota
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic; Inside Elections: Likely Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2018; Impact of term limits in 2018; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
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	Governor; Lieutenant governor; Attorney general; Secretary of state; Auditor

Rep. Tim Walz (D) won the Democratic gubernatorial primary. He received 41.6 percent of the vote to defeat four other candidates.

The campaign for the Democratic nomination was seen as a three-way battle between Walz, state Rep. Erin Murphy (D), and state Attorney General Lori Swanson (D).

Murphy earned the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota's endorsement at its annual convention, defeating Walz and state Auditor Rebecca Otto (D), who subsequently suspended her campaign. She was backed by the Service Employees International Union-Minnesota and the AFSCME.^[1] At the time of the primary, she had served in the state House since 2006 and held various leadership positions within the DFL caucus since 2013.

Walz had represented Minnesota's 1st Congressional District since 2007. The district was considered to be Republican-leaning by election forecasters; the Cook Partisan Voter Index for the district is R+5, meaning that in the past two presidential elections its results were five percentage points more Republican than the national average. Walz's history of representing this swing district and his past opposition to firearms regulations were identified by political observers as factors in his convention defeat.^[2]^[3] He is backed by Education Minnesota, the state's largest labor union.^[4]

At the time of the 2018 election, Swanson was serving her third term as attorney general, having been first elected in 2006. Swanson withdrew from the nominating process for attorney general at the 2018 convention after she did not secure a majority in the first round of voting. She instead launched a campaign for governor the day before the filing deadline with Rep. Rick Nolan (D) as her running mate.^[5]^[6]

The three clashed on firearms regulations; Murphy called for treatment of violence committed with firearms as a public health issue, universal background checks, and a ban on what she described as assault weapons while criticizing Walz and Swanson for their "A" ratings from the National Rifle Association in previous election cycles. Walz pointed to his current "F" rating from the NRA and proposed universal background checks and the treatment of violence committed with firearms as a public health issue, arguing that as a sportsman and veteran he was uniquely positioned to draw broad-based support for the proposal. Swanson called for an expansion of background checks and pointed to litigation she pursued as attorney general, including a challenge to the legality of blueprints for 3D printing firearms.^[7]^[8]

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SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the sitting governor was Mark Dayton (D), who was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Dayton did not seek election to a third term.
In 2018, Minnesota was under divided government. It had held this status since 2015, when Republicans gained a majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Minnesota was a Democratic triplex.
Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate in each of the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016. The widest margin of victory was Barack Obama's ten percent margin in 2008 while the narrowest was Hillary Clinton's less than two percent margin in 2016.

Minnesota was one of 36 states that held an election for governor in 2018. Democrats gained seven previously Republican-held seats, and Republicans gained one previously independent-held seat. Heading into the 2018 elections, there were 16 Democratic governors, 33 Republican governors, and one independent governor. In 2018, 26 of the 33 states with a Republican governor held a gubernatorial election, while nine out of the 16 states with a Democratic governor held a gubernatorial election. Seventeen of the 36 seats up for election were open seats (four Democratic, 12 Republican, and one independent), meaning that the sitting governor was not seeking re-election. Click here for more information on other 2018 gubernatorial elections.

Candidates and election results

See also: Statistics on gubernatorial candidates, 2018

Tim Walz defeated Erin Murphy, Lori Swanson, Tim Holden, and Ole Savior in the Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Walz	41.6	242,832
	Erin Murphy	32.0	186,969
	Lori Swanson	24.6	143,517
	Tim Holden	1.1	6,398
	Ole Savior	0.7	4,019

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Tina Liebling (D)

Lieutenant governor

Democratic primary candidates

Did not make the ballot:

Zarina Baber

Noteworthy events

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party convention

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota held its annual convention on June 2, 2018. At the convention, delegates voted on gubernatorial candidates to receive the party's endorsement. Although the party's endorsement is not binding, two of the then-declared candidates—state Auditor Rebecca Otto (D) and state Rep. Erin Murphy (D)—announced prior to the convention that they would suspend their campaigns if they did not receive the party's endorsement. A third candidate, Rep. Tim Walz (D), declared that he would contest the primary regardless of the results of the convention.^[9]

At the June 1 convention, Murphy received the party's endorsement after seven rounds of voting, leading to Otto's withdrawal.^[10] On June 4, 2018, Attorney General Lori Swanson (D), who had been named as a potential candidate before ruling a run out in January, announced that she would join the race as a third candidate.^[11]^[12]

Endorsements

Democratic candidate endorsements
Endorsement	Date	Murphy	Swanson	Walz
State figures
Former Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe (D)^[13]	August 12, 2018	✔
Gov. Mark Dayton (D)^[14]	June 4, 2018	✔
Organizations
EMILY's List^[15]	June 7, 2018	✔
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota^[16]	June 2, 2018	✔
Education Minnesota^[17]	June 1, 2018			✔
Faith in Minnesota^[18]	May 31, 2018	✔
AFSCME^[18]	May 31, 2018	✔
Service Employees International Union—Minnesota^[18]	May 31, 2018	✔

Polls

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Minnesota Governor 2018, Democratic primary
Poll	Poll sponsor	Tim Walz	Lori Swanson	Erin Murphy	Undecided/Other	Margin of error	Sample size

Marist College (July 15-19, 2018)	NBC News	24%	28%	11%	38%	+/-5.6	439
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Minnesota Governor 2018, Democratic primary (no margin of error information)
Poll	Poll sponsor	Tim Walz	Lori Swanson	Erin Murphy	Tim Holden	Ole Savior	Undecided/Other	Sample Size

Greenburg Quinlan Rosner (June 25-27, 2018)	Minnesota Victory PAC	29%	37%	17%	0%	0%	16%	602
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Past elections

2014

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014

Mark Dayton ran for re-election as governor of Minnesota in the 2014 election. Dayton and his running mate, Tina Smith, defeated the tickets of Leslie Davis and Gregory K. Soderberg and Bill Dahn and James Vigliotti by an 88.5 percent margin in the 2014 Democratic primary.^[19]

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mark Dayton/Tina Smith	93%	177,849
Leslie Davis/Gregory K. Soderberg	4.5%	8,530
Bill Dahn/James Vigliotti	2.6%	4,880
Total Votes		191,259
Election results via Minnesota Secretary of State.

Campaign finance

Campaign tactics and strategies

Campaign advertisements

Erin Murphy

"Moving Minnesota Forward" - Murphy campaign ad, released July 27, 2018

Lori Swanson

Support

"Progressive Leaders" - Swanson campaign ad, released June 12, 2018

Race ratings

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Race ratings: Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2018
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2018	October 30, 2018	October 23, 2018	October 16, 2018
The Cook Political Report	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every two weeks throughout the election season.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Nineteen of 87 Minnesota counties—21.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Beltrami County, Minnesota	9.72%	9.89%	10.15%
Blue Earth County, Minnesota	3.69%	9.48%	12.95%
Chippewa County, Minnesota	28.70%	1.87%	5.87%
Clay County, Minnesota	1.95%	7.92%	16.02%
Fillmore County, Minnesota	21.70%	7.34%	8.26%
Freeborn County, Minnesota	17.24%	14.11%	17.13%
Houston County, Minnesota	13.87%	3.16%	10.69%
Itasca County, Minnesota	16.35%	9.83%	12.92%
Kittson County, Minnesota	22.05%	6.03%	18.54%
Koochiching County, Minnesota	19.85%	9.45%	10.10%
Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota	25.60%	0.90%	5.92%
Mahnomen County, Minnesota	2.92%	18.56%	25.31%
Mower County, Minnesota	7.82%	22.61%	23.61%
Nicollet County, Minnesota	3.04%	7.83%	10.52%
Norman County, Minnesota	13.34%	10.79%	26.94%
Rice County, Minnesota	3.06%	8.27%	11.50%
Swift County, Minnesota	25.57%	9.83%	13.79%
Traverse County, Minnesota	23.30%	4.44%	5.41%
Winona County, Minnesota	2.90%	12.85%	19.09%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Minnesota with 46.4 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 44.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1860 and 2016, Minnesota voted Republican 50 percent of the time and Democratic 47.5 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Minnesota voted Democratic all five times.^[20]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Minnesota. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.^[21]^[22]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 68 out of 134 state House districts in Minnesota with an average margin of victory of 27.6 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 62 out of 134 state House districts in Minnesota with an average margin of victory of 30.4 points. Clinton won 12 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 66 out of 134 state House districts in Minnesota with an average margin of victory of 12.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 72 out of 134 state House districts in Minnesota with an average margin of victory of 23.8 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1A	43.15%	54.54%	R+11.4	27.87%	64.99%	R+37.1	R
1B	46.10%	51.92%	R+5.8	31.45%	61.37%	R+29.9	R
2A	48.08%	50.09%	R+2	33.59%	60.04%	R+26.4	R
2B	42.17%	56.05%	R+13.9	29.64%	64.36%	R+34.7	R
3A	55.31%	42.36%	D+13	43.14%	49.65%	R+6.5	D
3B	60.19%	38.11%	D+22.1	50.13%	42.59%	D+7.5	D
4A	55.32%	42.31%	D+13	48.97%	41.71%	D+7.3	D
4B	46.65%	51.41%	R+4.8	35.41%	57.18%	R+21.8	D
5A	52.05%	45.83%	D+6.2	39.67%	51.97%	R+12.3	R
5B	49.48%	48.58%	D+0.9	35.93%	57.00%	R+21.1	R
6A	63.20%	34.57%	D+28.6	44.68%	47.85%	R+3.2	D
6B	61.82%	35.90%	D+25.9	45.05%	47.77%	R+2.7	D
7A	67.15%	30.27%	D+36.9	62.12%	28.28%	D+33.8	D
7B	69.99%	27.63%	D+42.4	59.01%	32.66%	D+26.3	D
8A	39.32%	59.07%	R+19.8	31.05%	62.92%	R+31.9	R
8B	40.24%	57.98%	R+17.7	27.72%	65.66%	R+37.9	R
9A	37.61%	60.36%	R+22.7	23.48%	70.76%	R+47.3	R
9B	37.60%	60.41%	R+22.8	21.44%	73.05%	R+51.6	R
10A	42.68%	55.47%	R+12.8	31.71%	61.41%	R+29.7	R
10B	44.58%	53.66%	R+9.1	31.38%	62.81%	R+31.4	R
11A	62.19%	35.79%	D+26.4	46.93%	45.13%	D+1.8	D
11B	46.72%	50.92%	R+4.2	31.58%	61.39%	R+29.8	R
12A	46.30%	51.70%	R+5.4	32.87%	59.48%	R+26.6	R
12B	36.32%	61.98%	R+25.7	23.78%	70.60%	R+46.8	R
13A	41.20%	57.04%	R+15.8	29.40%	63.98%	R+34.6	R
13B	40.74%	57.46%	R+16.7	29.76%	63.36%	R+33.6	R
14A	47.70%	50.25%	R+2.6	40.14%	51.73%	R+11.6	R
14B	53.28%	43.56%	D+9.7	43.47%	46.88%	R+3.4	R
15A	42.24%	55.67%	R+13.4	26.60%	66.72%	R+40.1	R
15B	34.92%	62.92%	R+28	21.90%	71.37%	R+49.5	R
16A	45.53%	52.33%	R+6.8	31.31%	60.77%	R+29.5	R
16B	40.08%	57.64%	R+17.6	26.83%	64.99%	R+38.2	R
17A	47.24%	50.94%	R+3.7	29.82%	63.25%	R+33.4	R
17B	47.10%	51.19%	R+4.1	34.89%	57.60%	R+22.7	R
18A	39.80%	57.83%	R+18	26.88%	65.04%	R+38.2	R
18B	37.06%	60.70%	R+23.6	25.23%	67.02%	R+41.8	R
19A	52.51%	45.09%	D+7.4	43.51%	47.62%	R+4.1	D
19B	57.05%	39.91%	D+17.1	48.70%	40.94%	D+7.8	D
20A	40.38%	57.73%	R+17.4	30.47%	62.58%	R+32.1	R
20B	53.95%	43.71%	D+10.2	47.02%	45.86%	D+1.2	D
21A	51.06%	46.99%	D+4.1	40.39%	51.63%	R+11.2	R
21B	44.07%	53.85%	R+9.8	30.94%	61.07%	R+30.1	R
22A	41.53%	56.48%	R+14.9	26.80%	66.15%	R+39.4	R
22B	44.04%	54.37%	R+10.3	30.63%	63.03%	R+32.4	R
23A	39.08%	58.83%	R+19.8	26.82%	66.32%	R+39.5	R
23B	47.30%	50.57%	R+3.3	32.70%	59.47%	R+26.8	R
24A	45.64%	52.20%	R+6.6	33.70%	57.84%	R+24.1	R
24B	47.07%	50.66%	R+3.6	33.44%	58.77%	R+25.3	R
25A	45.24%	52.32%	R+7.1	37.03%	52.94%	R+15.9	R
25B	53.14%	44.51%	D+8.6	50.23%	40.22%	D+10	D
26A	57.64%	39.78%	D+17.9	54.11%	36.72%	D+17.4	D
26B	44.47%	53.59%	R+9.1	38.48%	53.17%	R+14.7	R
27A	55.57%	42.31%	D+13.3	37.42%	55.76%	R+18.3	R
27B	59.95%	37.84%	D+22.1	41.96%	50.58%	R+8.6	D
28A	56.63%	40.82%	D+15.8	46.44%	44.13%	D+2.3	D
28B	51.67%	46.36%	D+5.3	37.30%	55.31%	R+18	R
29A	37.73%	60.22%	R+22.5	28.82%	63.10%	R+34.3	R
29B	40.42%	57.50%	R+17.1	30.71%	61.38%	R+30.7	R
30A	39.60%	58.57%	R+19	30.48%	61.61%	R+31.1	R
30B	36.49%	61.79%	R+25.3	29.58%	62.31%	R+32.7	R
31A	35.58%	62.46%	R+26.9	23.94%	69.10%	R+45.2	R
31B	38.58%	59.53%	R+20.9	29.00%	63.74%	R+34.7	R
32A	41.06%	56.85%	R+15.8	28.13%	64.23%	R+36.1	R
32B	42.98%	55.07%	R+12.1	31.50%	60.69%	R+29.2	R
33A	36.20%	62.39%	R+26.2	37.84%	54.78%	R+16.9	R
33B	43.71%	54.67%	R+11	46.18%	45.68%	D+0.5	R
34A	40.35%	58.12%	R+17.8	40.80%	51.26%	R+10.5	R
34B	46.78%	51.60%	R+4.8	47.91%	43.62%	D+4.3	R
35A	45.40%	52.32%	R+6.9	37.77%	53.46%	R+15.7	R
35B	41.04%	57.50%	R+16.5	36.48%	55.65%	R+19.2	R
36A	48.54%	49.44%	R+0.9	44.09%	47.07%	R+3	R
36B	53.38%	45.11%	D+8.3	52.16%	40.08%	D+12.1	D
37A	53.32%	44.53%	D+8.8	45.38%	46.05%	R+0.7	D
37B	48.64%	49.49%	R+0.9	43.74%	48.04%	R+4.3	R
38A	44.17%	53.89%	R+9.7	40.36%	51.11%	R+10.7	R
38B	46.39%	51.99%	R+5.6	45.39%	46.56%	R+1.2	R
39A	45.12%	53.25%	R+8.1	40.85%	51.57%	R+10.7	R
39B	47.78%	50.62%	R+2.8	45.97%	46.25%	R+0.3	R
40A	69.71%	28.69%	D+41	67.81%	26.13%	D+41.7	D
40B	68.60%	29.42%	D+39.2	65.29%	27.68%	D+37.6	D
41A	59.61%	38.36%	D+21.2	55.79%	35.28%	D+20.5	D
41B	62.30%	35.32%	D+27	62.11%	29.12%	D+33	D
42A	51.48%	46.50%	D+5	52.61%	38.39%	D+14.2	R
42B	56.76%	41.28%	D+15.5	56.05%	35.37%	D+20.7	D
43A	56.52%	41.92%	D+14.6	54.01%	38.15%	D+15.9	D
43B	57.50%	40.33%	D+17.2	52.35%	39.35%	D+13	D
44A	47.99%	50.66%	R+2.7	53.47%	38.83%	D+14.6	R
44B	54.39%	44.30%	D+10.1	57.27%	35.36%	D+21.9	D
45A	59.17%	38.72%	D+20.5	58.13%	33.53%	D+24.6	D
45B	63.39%	34.34%	D+29.1	64.02%	27.43%	D+36.6	D
46A	64.31%	33.66%	D+30.7	66.50%	25.81%	D+40.7	D
46B	65.79%	32.01%	D+33.8	68.45%	23.31%	D+45.1	D
47A	35.32%	63.07%	R+27.7	31.29%	60.91%	R+29.6	R
47B	42.17%	56.19%	R+14	44.19%	47.17%	R+3	R
48A	52.14%	46.19%	D+5.9	55.55%	36.50%	D+19.1	D
48B	46.72%	51.70%	R+5	53.09%	39.54%	D+13.6	R
49A	52.29%	46.68%	D+5.6	60.37%	32.60%	D+27.8	R
49B	52.45%	46.18%	D+6.3	56.50%	36.35%	D+20.2	D
50A	63.81%	33.98%	D+29.8	61.93%	29.97%	D+32	D
50B	56.96%	40.99%	D+16	55.51%	36.29%	D+19.2	D
51A	55.56%	42.44%	D+13.1	54.45%	37.27%	D+17.2	D
51B	51.44%	46.79%	D+4.7	54.17%	37.06%	D+17.1	D
52A	58.72%	39.32%	D+19.4	56.76%	34.99%	D+21.8	D
52B	52.90%	45.36%	D+7.5	49.95%	42.08%	D+7.9	R
53A	56.63%	41.59%	D+15	54.59%	37.63%	D+17	D
53B	46.78%	51.95%	R+5.2	50.81%	42.01%	D+8.8	R
54A	55.87%	41.75%	D+14.1	46.83%	43.55%	D+3.3	R
54B	49.32%	48.74%	D+0.6	42.76%	48.63%	R+5.9	R
55A	46.18%	51.67%	R+5.5	43.39%	47.89%	R+4.5	R
55B	38.11%	60.15%	R+22	34.43%	57.98%	R+23.5	R
56A	47.26%	50.85%	R+3.6	47.12%	44.13%	D+3	R
56B	49.26%	48.97%	D+0.3	48.62%	43.89%	D+4.7	R
57A	50.85%	47.34%	D+3.5	49.06%	42.78%	D+6.3	D
57B	48.75%	49.64%	R+0.9	48.21%	43.72%	D+4.5	R
58A	42.24%	56.02%	R+13.8	40.36%	51.99%	R+11.6	R
58B	42.46%	55.75%	R+13.3	34.86%	57.04%	R+22.2	R
59A	84.23%	13.96%	D+70.3	78.85%	13.74%	D+65.1	D
59B	80.65%	17.23%	D+63.4	79.46%	13.04%	D+66.4	D
60A	77.47%	18.61%	D+58.9	76.38%	14.48%	D+61.9	D
60B	76.39%	19.31%	D+57.1	79.57%	11.88%	D+67.7	D
61A	78.23%	19.40%	D+58.8	81.47%	12.06%	D+69.4	D
61B	78.20%	19.94%	D+58.3	81.29%	12.45%	D+68.8	D
62A	86.72%	9.26%	D+77.5	84.08%	7.57%	D+76.5	D
62B	86.87%	10.09%	D+76.8	85.70%	6.89%	D+78.8	D
63A	82.84%	14.33%	D+68.5	81.97%	10.62%	D+71.4	D
63B	73.83%	23.99%	D+49.8	73.80%	18.58%	D+55.2	D
64A	76.89%	20.30%	D+56.6	78.82%	13.58%	D+65.2	D
64B	70.63%	27.37%	D+43.3	74.41%	18.39%	D+56	D
65A	83.74%	13.76%	D+70	80.78%	12.13%	D+68.6	D
65B	77.60%	19.70%	D+57.9	74.28%	17.59%	D+56.7	D
66A	65.92%	31.91%	D+34	67.89%	23.85%	D+44	D
66B	78.86%	18.90%	D+60	76.62%	15.90%	D+60.7	D
67A	76.07%	21.79%	D+54.3	70.99%	21.62%	D+49.4	D
67B	74.76%	23.00%	D+51.8	70.67%	22.02%	D+48.6	D
Total	52.84%	45.12%	D+7.7	46.88%	45.34%	D+1.5	-
Source: Daily Kos

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[1] StarTribune, "Faith group backs Rep. Erin Murphy as Tim Walz also scrambles for delegates," May 31, 2018

[2] St. Peter Herald, "Gubernatorial endorsements reveal growing rift on both sides," June 6, 2018

[3] Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "Erin Murphy gets DFL backing for governor, as Tim Walz plans primary run," June 2, 2018

[4] KSTP, "Education Minnesota Endorses Tim Walz for Governor," June 1, 2018

[5] CBS Minnesota, "AG Lori Swanson Pulls Out Of Fight For DFL Endorsement," June 2, 2018

[6] Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "Attorney General Lori Swanson, Rep. Rick Nolan join up governor run, a day before filing deadline," June 4, 2018

[7] Minnesota Public Radio, "Murphy, Walz tout failing grades from the NRA," August 2, 2018

[8] Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "Here’s where DFL governor candidates stand on guns, legalizing pot, health care and taxes," August 5, 2018

[9] CBS Minnesota, "Can Congressman Tim Walz Win The DFL Endorsement For Governor?," April 29, 2018

[10] StarTribune, "Johnson, Murphy score party endorsements for governor, but primaries loom against Pawlenty, Walz," June 4, 2018

[11] FOX 21, "Swanson Announces bid for Minnesota Governor," June 4, 2018

[12] Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "Lori Swanson: not running for governor, will seek re-election as attorney general," January 28, 2018

[13] Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "Joan Growe: Why I support Erin Murphy for governor," August 12, 2018

[14] CBS Minnesota, "Dayton Endorses Erin Murphy In Race For Governor," June 4, 2018

[15] EMILY's List, "EMILY’S LIST ENDORSES ERIN MURPHY FOR GOVERNOR AND ERIN MAYE QUADE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MN," June 7, 2018

[16] Minn Post, "DFL endorses Erin Murphy for governor," June 2, 2018

[17] KSTP, "Education Minnesota Endorses Tim Walz for Governor," June 1, 2018

[MurphyMay31-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 Star Tribune, "Faith group backs Rep. Erin Murphy as Tim Walz also scrambles for delegates," May 31, 2018

[19] Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Unofficial Results," August 26, 2014

[20] 270towin.com, "Minnesota," accessed June 29, 2017

[21] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013

[22] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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