Question: Information: - Edward John Thye (April 26, 1896 August 28, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 26th Governor of Minnesota (19431947) before serving as a United States Senator from 1947 to 1959. - The 1944 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7 , 1944 . Republican Party of Minnesota candidate Edward John Thye defeated Minnesota Democratic -- Farmer -- Labor Party challenger Byron G. Allen . As the Democratic Party of Minnesota and Farmer -- Labor Party merged earlier in the year , this was the first gubernatorial election in which the parties ran a combined ticket . The vote change below reflects the departure from the combined Democratic and Farmer -- Labor totals in 1942 . - The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governor of Minnesota, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial governor, also served as state governor several years later. State governors are elected to office by popular vote, but territorial governors were appointed to the office by the United States president. The current governor of Minnesota is Mark Dayton of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). What is the relationship between 'minnesota gubernatorial election' and 'governor'?
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