The Republican Party in Minnesota was the dominant party in the state for approximately the first seventy years of Minnesota 's statehood , from 1858 through the 1920s . The 1892 Republican National Convention was held in Minneapolis . Republican candidates routinely won the state governorship as well as most other state offices . The party was aided by an opposition divided between the Democratic Party and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party , who eventually merged in 1944
1892 Republican National Convention
1892 Republican National Convention
Republican Party of Minnesota