Election
election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Minnesota
The 1958 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Orville Freeman defeated Republican challenger George MacKinnon.
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The 1958 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) Orville Freeman defeated Republican challenger George MacKinnon.
Freeman was renominated.
1956 nominee Ancher Nelsen ran, intending for a rematch with Freeman. He was the frontrunner for the nomination, but dropped out of the race once MacKinnon entered. This left M. Wayne Field as the only opposition to MacKinnon. Field dropped out, and was replaced by Glenn B. Brown opposing MacKinnon. MacKinnon would be victorious in a landslide.
George MacKinnon (R)
MacKinnon claimed that Freeman was diverting attention from his failure to take action against the Kid Cann liquor syndicate. MacKinnon attacked the DFL-led state government as "irresponsible legislative antics". After the DFL supported the repeal of a 1951 law banning government workers from striking, MacKinnon claimed this as evidence that the DFL was a "radical left-wing party", and cited Franklin D. Roosevelt's opposition to the repealing of such laws.
Freeman did little campaigning, which Mackinnon used as a talking point against Freeman. Freeman had used the same talking point while campaigning against incumbent C. Elmer Anderson in 1954.
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