1958 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election

Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1958
	November 4, 1958
	November 4, 1958
	County Results ; Rolvaag: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% ; Ericsson: 50-60% 60-70%
Lieutenant Governor before election; Karl Rolvaag; Democratic (DFL)	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Karl Rolvaag; Democratic (DFL)

The 1958 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger Bernard E. Ericsson.

Results

1958 Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, Minnesota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic (DFL)	Karl Rolvaag (incumbent)	648,941	58.10%	+5.47%
	Republican	Bernard E. Ericsson	468,071	41.90%	-5.47%
Majority			180,870	16.20%
Turnout			1,117,012
	Democratic (DFL) hold		Swing

gollark: But if you ask "hey, random person, would you be willing to give up some amount of money/resources/etc to stop people dying of malaria", people will just mostly say no.

gollark: If you *ask* someone "hey, random person, would you like people in Africa to not die of malaria", they will obviously say yes. Abstractly speaking, people don't want people elsewhere to die of malaria.

gollark: Capitalism is why we have a massively effective (okay, mostly, some things are bad and need fixing, like intellectual property) economic engine here which can produce tons of stuff people want. But people *do not care* about diverting that to help faraway people they can't see.

gollark: Helping people elsewhere does mean somewhat fewer resources available here, and broadly speaking people do not actually want to make that tradeoff.

gollark: You don't particularly need that. You can just buy a cheaper phone and give charity £400 or something.

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