Ramsey County History – Summer 2000: “Recounting the 1962 Recount: The Closest Race for Governor in Minnesota’s History”

Recounting the 1962 Recount: The Closest Race for Governor in Minnesota’s History
Author: Thomas J. Kelley

In the closest gubernatorial race in Minnesota’s history, Democrat Karl F. Rolvaag was elected over the Republican incumbent, Elmer L. Andersen, by the slim margin of ninety-one votes. After a recount of every vote cast statewide, the final results were settled in Ramsey District Court—nearly five months after the election. The author, a veteran of both Ramsey County and the City of Saint Paul, untangles the complexities of the process with insight and humor.

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