The 1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1912 in Minnesota as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. The Progressive candidate, former President Theodore Roosevelt won the state over the Democratic candidate, New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson, by a margin of 19,430 votes, or 5.82%, while Republican incumbent President William Howard Taft came in third with just 19.25% of the vote, and perennial Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs came in fourth while winning the votes of 8.23% of Minnesota voters. Nationally, Wilson won the election, with 435 electoral votes and a landslide 14.44% lead over Roosevelt in the popular vote, while Taft finished third with 23.17% of the vote, and Debs won a personal record 5.99% of the national popular v