1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Minnesota Governor
Governor · Minnesota
Arne Carlson (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Rudy Perpich (D) by 3.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Arne CarlsonRepublican · winner
51.7%895,988
Rudy PerpichDemocrat
48.3%836,218
1,732,206 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET