# 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election — what pundits predicted

Governors · Election Day 2022-11-08 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Tim Walz (Democratic, incumbent) — won** · 52.3%
- Scott Jensen (Republican) · 44.6%
- James McCaskel (Other parties) · 1.2%
- Steve Patterson (Other parties) · 0.9%
- Hugh McTavish (Other parties) · 0.7%
- Gabrielle Prosser (Other parties) · 0.3%

Result: Tim Walz by 7.7 points (general); held by the Democratic party going in. Source: wikipedia-2022-governor.

## What the field called

- Scott Jensen: 2 picks (lost)
- Tim Walz: 1 pick (won)

## Every claim about this race (3)

- **Armin Thomas** — Tim Walz wins MN governorship (2022) — “Likely Democratic” (Race Winners, Nov 6, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/5c95246f-d22f-43f9-bbab-eddae21d78d3)
- **Steve Deace** — Scott Jensen wins MN governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 4, 2022) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/847945d5-9a88-44ec-bb48-03654b2a8763)
- **Steve Deace** — Scott Jensen wins MN governorship (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 0 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/02b6a1b5-7833-45ba-90b4-1cc37a1be549)