The 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. The 1974 election was the first election where the Governor and Lieutenant Governor ran on the same ticket.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate
Wendell Anderson defeated
Republican Party of Minnesota challenger
John W. Johnson. Anderson won every single county in the state, becoming the first person to do so since Governor
J.A.A. Burnquist in
1916. This was the last time until
1994 that a candidate would win every single county in a statewide election.