1900_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election Knowpia

1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election
	County results; Sant: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Lind: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Governor before election; John Lind; Democratic-People's	Elected Governor ; Samuel Rinnah Van Sant; Republican

The 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1900. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Samuel Rinnah Van Sant narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Party of Minnesota Governor John Lind. This was the third of three successive elections in which Lind headed a coalition of the Democrats with the People's Party.

Results edit

1900 Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel Rinnah Van Sant	152,905	48.67%	+4.41%
	Democratic-People's	John Lind (incumbent)	150,651	47.95%	-4.31%
	Prohibition	Bernt B. Haugan	5,430	1.73%	-0.37%
	Social Democratic	Thomas H. Lucas	3,546	1.13%	n/a
	Socialist Labor	Edward Kriz	886	0.28%	-0.39%
	Midroad-Populist	Sylvester M. Fairchild	763	0.24%	-0.47%
Majority			2,254	0.72%
Turnout			314,181
	Republican gain from Democratic