The1910 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1910.Republican incumbentAdolph Olson Eberhart defeatedDemocratic challengerJames Gray. Eberhart was not running for a second term, but to be elected in his own right. He took office after his predecessor,John Albert Johnson, died in office.
This was the last gubernatorial election in Minnesota in which the conventions were closed, and primaries were held privately among party delegates.
The Republican State Convention was held on June 17, 1910. Eberhart was nominated without any opposition.[1]
The Democratic State Convention was held on September 14, 1910.John Lind who was previously the governor and still extremely popular within the Democratic party, was asked to run. Lind declined. On September 9, 1910, Lind met with various party leaders, including.Frank A. Day, and they decided to put forth and endorse James Gray for governor. This came as a surprise, considering he had never been mentioned as a potential candidate before. Come the convention, he was unanimously selected as the party's nominee.[2]
Eberhart would win the election in a landslide. He would also become the first candidate for governor to win ever county in the state, an accomplishment only achieved two other times in the history of the state, in1916 and1974.
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