1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election

The 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1896. Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent David Marston Clough was narrowly defeated by Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger John Lind. Having won the election, Lind became the first Democrat elected to the office of Governor of Minnesota since Henry Hastings Sibley left office in 1860. Beginning in 1896, Lind led a coalition consisting of the Democratic Party and the majority faction of the Populist Party, though he would fail to recapture the governor in the following election due to the overall negative performance of the Democratic Party in the midterms.

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