1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election

| country = Minnesota

| flag_year = 1893

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1952 Minnesota gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1952

| next_election = 1956 Minnesota gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1956

| election_date = November 2, 1954

| image1 = File:Orville L. Freeman (MN).png

| image_size = 150x150px

| nominee1 = Orville Freeman

| party1 = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| popular_vote1 = 607,099

| percentage1 = 52.73%

| image2 = File:C. Elmer Anderson.jpg

| nominee2 = C. Elmer Anderson

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 538,865

| percentage2 = 46.80%

| map_image = 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 280px

| map_caption = County results
Freeman: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40-50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50-60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60-70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70-80%}}
Anderson: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40-50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50-60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60-70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70-80%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = C. Elmer Anderson

| before_party = Republican Party of Minnesota

| after_election = Orville Freeman

| after_party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

}}

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The 1954 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954. In a rematch of the 1952 election, Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Orville Freeman defeated Republican Party of Minnesota incumbent C. Elmer Anderson.

Freeman was the first member of the DFL to win a gubernatorial election. The party took eight straight losses to the Republicans after the fusion between the Minnesota Democrats and the Farmer-Labor Party, a streak broken by Freeman's victory.