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{{Short description|American politician (1923–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Al Quie
|image         = Al Quie 1977 congressional photo.jpg
|caption       = Congressional portrait, 1977
|order         = 35th [[Governor of Minnesota]]
|lieutenant    = [[Lou Wangberg]]
|term_start    = January 4, 1979
|term_end      = January 3, 1983
|predecessor   = [[Rudy Perpich]]
|successor     = Rudy Perpich
|state1        = [[Minnesota]]
|district1     = {{ushr|MN|1|1st}}
|term_start1   = February 18, 1958
|term_end1     = January 3, 1979
|predecessor1  = [[August H. Andresen]]
|successor1    = [[Arlen Erdahl]]
|state_senate2 = Minnesota
|district2     = 18th
|term_start2   = January 3, 1955
|term_end2     = January 3, 1958
|predecessor2  = Homer Covert
|successor2    = Arnin Sundet
|birth_name    = Albert Harold Quie
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1923|9|18}}
|birth_place   = [[Wheeling Township, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|2023|8|18|1923|9|18}}
|death_place   = [[Wayzata, Minnesota]], U.S.
|restingplace  = [[Valley Grove (Wheeling Township, Minnesota)|Valley Grove Cemetery]]
|party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse        = {{marriage|[[Gretchen Quie|Gretchen Hansen]]|1948|2015|end=died}}
|children      = 5
|education     = [[St. Olaf College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|branch        = [[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears  = 1943–1945
|unit          = [[Naval Air Force Atlantic]]
|battles       = [[World War II]]
|mawards       = [[World War II Victory Medal]]
}}
'''Albert Harold "Al" Quie''' ({{IPAc-en|k|w|i:}} {{Respell|KWEE}}; September 18, 1923 – August 18, 2023) was an American politician and farmer. Quie served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1958 to 1979 and as [[Governor of Minnesota]] from 1979 to 1983.

Regarded as a [[Moderate Republicans (modern United States)|moderate Republican]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Quie, Carlson and Ramstad speak |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2008/09/03/quie-carlson-and-ramstad-speak |access-date=May 23, 2022 |website=MPR News |date=September 3, 2008 |language=en}}</ref> Quie was considered by [[Ronald Reagan]] for his choice of a running mate for the office of [[Vice President of the United States]] during the [[1980 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection|1980 presidential election]]. He was also on [[Gerald Ford]]'s list for possible vice presidents following the resignation of [[Richard Nixon]] in 1974.

==Early life==
The third of four children, Quie was born on September 18, 1923, on his family's farm in [[Wheeling Township, Rice County, Minnesota|Wheeling Township]] near [[Dennison, Minnesota]], in [[Rice County, Minnesota|Rice County]].<ref name=obit/> Three of his grandparents were [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]] immigrants.<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3DZ-S8F |title= United States Census, 1930 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> The farm on which he was born and grew up on had been purchased by his grandfather upon returning to [[Minnesota]] from fighting in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. A third-generation farmer, Quie grew up on the farm learning to ride horses and milk cows.<ref name=":0" />

Quie graduated from [[Northfield High School]] in [[Northfield, Minnesota]], in 1942.<ref name=story>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news/70506730/ |title=Article clipped from The Winona Daily News |newspaper=The Winona Daily News |publisher=Newspapers.com |date= March 17, 1968|page=6 |accessdate=August 19, 2023}}</ref> He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] as a fighter pilot, finishing flight school just as the war ended. Quie never saw active combat.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=September 18, 2017|title=As Al Quie turns 94, a tribute|url=https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2017/09/al-quie-turns-94-tribute/|access-date=December 5, 2021|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}</ref> Following his military service, he graduated from [[St. Olaf College]] in 1950, with a degree in [[political science]]. It was during this time that he met his future wife Gretchen Hansen.<ref name=story/><ref name="startribune1">{{cite web | url=https://www.startribune.com/former-minnesota-gov-al-quie-dies-at-age-99/600298294/ | author=Emma Nelson | date=August 19, 2023 | website=Minneapolis Star Tribune | title=Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie Dies at Age 99}}</ref>

==State and national government service==
Like his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father before him, Quie became a dairy farmer. A [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Republican]], Quie ran a campaign as a [[write-in candidate]] to the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] in 1952, but lost. He served in the [[Minnesota State Senate]] from 1955 to 1958, representing the old 18th District.<ref name=story/><ref>[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10859 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Quie, Albert Harold "Al"]. Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref>

=== Congress ===
[[File:President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing HR 18763.jpg|thumb|left|Quie and other members of Congress attend the signing of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance Act on September 30, 1968, by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]]]
[[U.S. Representative]] [[August Andresen]] died in January 1958 and Quie ran in the [[special election]] to succeed him as the representative for {{ushr|MN|1}}. Quie won the Republican nomination at a party convention and then defeated [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor]] nominee [[Eugene Foley]] by 655 votes in the February special election.<ref name="startribune1"/><ref name=story/> He defeated Foley in the November 1958 general election to win a full term.<ref name=story/> Quie was a member of the [[85th United States Congress|85th]], [[86th United States Congress|86th]], [[87th United States Congress|87th]], [[88th United States Congress|88th]], [[89th United States Congress|89th]], [[90th United States Congress|90th]], [[91st United States Congress|91st]], [[92nd United States Congress|92nd]], [[93rd United States Congress|93rd]], [[94th United States Congress|94th]], and [[95th United States Congress|95th Congresses]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Q000010 QUIE, Albert Harold – Biographical Information]. Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref> He served on the [[House Agriculture Committee]] and the [[House Education and Labor Committee]].<ref name=story/>

Quie voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960|Civil Rights Acts of 1960]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – March 24, 1960|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=106|issue=5|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=6512|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt5/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt5-8-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – April 21, 1960|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=106|issue=7|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=8507–8508|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt7/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt7-2-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – February 10, 1964|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=110|issue=2|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=2804–2805|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt2/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt2-10-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – July 2, 1964|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=110|issue=12|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=15897|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt12-4-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 16, 1967|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=113|issue=17|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=22778|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt17/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt17-5-1.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – April 10, 1968|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=114|issue=8|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=9621|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt8/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt8-1-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 27, 1962|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=108|issue=13|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=17670|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1962-pt13/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1962-pt13-7-1.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – July 9, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=12|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=16285–16286|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt12-3-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 3, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=14|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=19201|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14-5-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>

Quie was briefly considered for Vice President of the United States in 1974 after [[Gerald Ford]] became president upon the resignation of [[Richard Nixon]]. The position was eventually taken by [[Nelson Rockefeller]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022102604/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942978-2,00.html The Talent Search – Time]. Time.com (August 19, 1974). Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref>

=== Governor of Minnesota ===
<ref name="startribune1"/><ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_37.htm Al (Albert Harold) Quie : Governors of Minnesota] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617023935/http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_37.htm |date=June 17, 2010 }}. Mnhs.Org. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref> Quie ran for governor of Minnesota in [[1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election|1978]] against incumbent Rudy Perpich, Quie won the election by 111,775 votes. During his term, he grappled with a budget crisis. Cash-flow problems soon overtook the state government. The old surplus turned into a deficit, estimated at between $600 million and $700 million. A strike by state employees that year symbolized Minnesota’s newfound economic woes. The state had not previously run a deficit since World War II.

Minnesota’s fiscal troubles gave [[Jim Florio]], a Democratic politician running for governor in New Jersey, ammunition for attacking [[supply-side economics]], the theory, then growing in popularity among Republicans, which holds that cutting taxes, spending and regulations fosters economic growth.

After having promised not to raise taxes, Quie was finally forced to do so, “causing much of his political support to evaporate,”. He did not run for re-election in 1982.<ref>[http://www.minnpost.com/iricnathanson/2009/05/13/8747/crossing_the_partisan_divide_minnesota_budgets_and_politics_in_the_1980s Crossing the partisan divide: Minnesota budgets and politics in the 1980s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601232112/http://www.minnpost.com/iricnathanson/2009/05/13/8747/crossing_the_partisan_divide_minnesota_budgets_and_politics_in_the_1980s |date=June 1, 2010 }}. MinnPost. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref>

In November 1979, 5 foreign students were arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap Quie, they were later released due to a lack of evidence.

== Later years ==
[[File:Albert Quie (2014).jpg|thumb|Quie in 2014]]
After leaving politics, Quie became involved with a nonprofit prison ministry. He sold the family farm and traveled extensively, including horseback riding excursions.<ref name="startribune1"/>

==Personal life and death==
Quie's grandfather joined the newly founded [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and supported [[Abraham Lincoln]] for president in the [[1860 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|date=September 18, 2017|title=As Al Quie turns 94, a tribute|url=https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2017/09/al-quie-turns-94-tribute/|access-date=December 19, 2021|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}</ref>

Quie was a devout [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Quie, Albert Harold "Al" – Legislator Record – Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10859 |access-date=December 6, 2021 |website=www.lrl.mn.gov}}</ref> He married artist [[Gretchen Quie]], whom he met at St. Olaf, on June 5, 1948.<ref name=obit/> She died of [[Parkinson's disease]] on December 13, 2015, at age 88.<ref name="ppress">{{cite news|first=Bill|last=Salisbury|title=Gretchen Quie, opened governor's house to public, dies at 88 |url=http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_29249710/obituary-minnesotas-first-lady-gretchen-quie-worked-restore |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=January 3, 2016}}</ref>

Quie lived in a senior living community in [[Wayzata, Minnesota]] for the last decade of his life. Although his health had been declining for months into 2023, he was reportedly healthy in his last few days. He died from [[Manner of death|natural causes]] on August 18, 2023 in Wayzata at the age of 99, a month before his 100th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-19 |title=Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie dies at 99 |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/08/19/former-minnesota-gov-al-quie-dies-at-99 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref>

At the time of his death, he was both the oldest living former American governor and the oldest living former U.S. representative.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com/former-minnesota-gov-al-quie-dies-at-age-99/600298294/|title=Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie dies at age 99|first=Emma |last=Nelson|work=Star Tribune|date=August 19, 2023|accessdate=August 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-08-24 |title=Albert Quie, Conservative Who Was Ahead of His Time, Dies at 99 (Published 2023) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/us/politics/albert-quie-dead.html |access-date=2025-07-27 |language=en}}</ref> Quie lay in state in the Rotunda of the [[Minnesota State Capitol]] on Saturday, September 9,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/former-gov-al-quie-honored-minnesota-state-capitol/89-aca6e098-c36c-41e1-a315-83536ef1d8bf | title=Quie remembered as principled leader with deep faith | date=September 9, 2023 }}</ref> and was buried at [[Valley Grove (Wheeling Township, Minnesota)|Valley Grove Cemetery]] in [[Nerstrand, Minnesota]] later that day, next to his late wife Gretchen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baude |first=Emily |date=2023-09-09 |title=Former Gov. Al Quie laid to rest Saturday |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/funeral-for-former-gov-al-quie-to-take-place-saturday/ |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In [[Garrison Keillor]]'s ''[[Lake Wobegon Days]]'', Quie is said to be the first governor ever to set foot in the mythical town of [[Lake Wobegon]], "slipping quietly away from his duties to attend a ceremony dedicating a plaque attached to the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian" and making a few remarks.

==Electoral history==

{| class=wikitable

|-
! rowspan=2 | District
! colspan=3 | Incumbent
! colspan=2 | This race
! rowspan=2 |Notes
|-
! Year
! Member
! Party
! Results
! Candidates

|-
| {{ushr|MN|1|X}}
| 1958 Special Election
| [[August H. Andresen]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| {{Party shading/Hold}} | Incumbent died January 14, 1958.<br/>New member <!--[[1958 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election|elected]]-->elected '''February 18, 1958'''.<br/>Republican hold.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 50.3%
* [[Eugene P. Foley]] (Democratic) 49.7%
}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campaigns – MN District 1 – Special Election Race – Feb 18, 1958 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=84659 |access-date= June 10, 2020 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1958 Election - Special |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231958209991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1958 United States House of Representatives elections|1958]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 56.9%
* [[Eugene P. Foley]] ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic]]) 43.1%
}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/414197848/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22Eugene%20Foley%22&match=1 |title=The Winona Daily News 05 Nov 1958, page 16 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 5, 1958 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1958 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231958109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1960 United States House of Representatives elections|1960]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 60.5%
* George Shepherd ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]) 39.5%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/414225142/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22george%20shepherd%22&match=1 |title=The Winona Daily News 09 Nov 1960, page 8 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 9, 1960 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1960 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231960109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1962 United States House of Representatives elections|1962]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 57.5%
* George Shepherd ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]) 42.5%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/414212329/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22george%20shepherd%22&match=1 |title=The Winona Daily News 07 Nov 1962, page 3 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 7, 1962 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1962 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231962109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota|1964]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 55.3%
* George Daley ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor]]) 44.7%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/414203107/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22george%20daley%22&match=1 |title=The Winona Daily News 04 Nov 1964, page 8 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 4, 1964 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1964 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231964109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1966 United States House of Representatives elections|1966]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 65.9%
* George Daley ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]) 34.1%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513047874/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22george%20daley%22&match=1 |title=The La Crosse Tribune 09 Nov 1966, page 3 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 9, 1966 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1966 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231966109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1968 United States House of Representatives elections|1968]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 68.7%
* George Daley ([[Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (Minnesota)|DFL]]) 31.3%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/413487552/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22george%20daley%22&match=1 |title=The Bismarck Tribune 06 Nov 1968, page 17 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 6, 1968 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1968 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231968109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1970 United States House of Representatives elections|1970]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 69.3%}}
* B. A. Lundeen ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|{{party shortname|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}]]) 30.7%
|<ref>{{cite news |title=The Minneapolis Star, 17 Nov 1970, page 9 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/189663278/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22b.a.%20Lundeen%22&match=1 |access-date=August 24, 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1970 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231970109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota|1972]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist | 
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 70.7%
* Charles S. Thompson ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|{{party shortname|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}]]) 29.3%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/182437017/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22charles%20thompson%22&match=1 |title=Star Tribune 09 Nov 1972, page Page 8 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 9, 1972 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1972 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231972109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota|1974]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 62.6%
* Ulric Scott ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|{{party shortname|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}]]) 37.4%}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/513406819/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22ulric%20scott%22&match=1 |title=The La Crosse Tribune 06 Nov 1974, page 8 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 6, 1974 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1974 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231974109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| {{Ushr|Minnesota|1|X}}
| [[1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota|1976]]
| Al Quie
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
| Incumbent re-elected.
| nowrap | {{Plainlist|
* {{Aye}} '''Al Quie''' (Republican) 68.2%
* Robert C. Olson Jr. ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]) 30.5%
* Lloyd Duwe ([[American Party (1969)|American]]) 1.3%
}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/414196968/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20%22Lloyd%20Duwe%22&match=1 |title=The Winona Daily News 03 Nov 1976, page 28 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 3, 1976 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. House, District 01, 1976 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/231976109991201/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

{{Election box begin | title=1978 gubernatorial election<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/225427921/?terms=%22albert%20quie%22%20Perpich&match=1 |title=St. Cloud Times 08 Nov 1978, page Page 8 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=November 8, 1978 |accessdate=August 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Governor, 1978 Election - General |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319781099920600/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=University of Minnesota Libraries |access-date=August 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Independent-Republican Party
 |candidate  = '''Al Quie'''
 |votes      = 830,019
 |percentage = 52.35%
 |change     = +22.99%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
 |candidate  = [[Rudy Perpich]] (incumbent)
 |votes      = 718,244
 |percentage = 45.30%
 |change     = -17.51%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = American Party (1969)
 |candidate  = Richard Pedersen
 |votes      = 21,058
 |percentage = 1.33%
 |change     = ''n/a''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
 |candidate  = Jill Lakowske
 |votes      = 6,287
 |percentage = 0.40%
 |change     = -0.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate|
 |party      = Honest Government 87
 |candidate  = Tom McDonald
 |votes      = 4,254
 |percentage = 0.27%
 |change     = ''n/a''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
 |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
 |candidate  = Robin E. Miller
 |votes      = 3,689
 |percentage = 0.23%
 |change     = +0.06%
}}
{{Election box candidate|
 |party      = Savings Account
 |candidate  = Edwin Pommerening
 |votes      = 2,043
 |percentage = 0.13%
 |change     = ''n/a''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes      = 111,775
 |percentage = 7.05%
 |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout|
 |votes      = 1,585,594
 |percentage = 
 |change     = 
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner     = Independent-Republican Party
  |loser      = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00208.pdf Al Quie Congressional Papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612041106/http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00208.pdf |date=June 12, 2011 }}.
*{{C-SPAN|9262775}} as Albert Quie
*{{C-SPAN|90473}} as Al Quie

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