1974 Minnesota Attorney General election

The 1974 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on November 5, 1974, in order to elect the attorney general of Minnesota. [Minnesota Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor] nominee and incumbent attorney general Warren Spannaus defeated Republican nominee and former member of the Minnesota Senate Dean Nyquist and American Party nominee Allan W. Lamkin.

General election

On election day, November 5, 1974, Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Warren Spannaus won re-election by a margin of 390,416 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Dean Nyquist, thereby retaining Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party control over the office of attorney general. Spannaus was sworn in for his second term on January 6, 1975.