1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota

none March 2026 September 2023 1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1936 United States Senate special election in Minnesota 1936 (special) 1942 United States Senate special election in Minnesota 1942 (special) November 3, 1936 150x150px ErnestLundeen.jpg Ernest Lundeen Farmer–Labor Party 663,363 62.24% Theodore Christianson 1925 edit.jpg Theodore Christianson Republican Party of Minnesota 402,404 37.76% 1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg 280px County resultsLundeen: #47CC9D 50–60% #2CB283 60–70% #199268 70–80% Christianson: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% U.S. Senator Elmer A. Benson Farmer–Labor Party Ernest Lundeen Farmer–Labor Party The 1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Farmer–Laborite Elmer A. Benson, who had been temporarily appointed by Governor Floyd B. Olson in 1935 to fill the seat of the deceased Republican U.S. Senator Thomas D. Schall, opted to run for Governor rather than seek election to a full term or to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. Governor Olson won the Farmer–Labor primary for nomination to the full Senate term, but died of stomach cancer prior to the general election. In Olson's place, the Farmer–Labor Party ran U.S. Representative Ernest Lundeen, who went on to defeat former Governor Theodore Christianson of the Republican Party of Minnesota in the general election. A special election held on the same date elected Republican nominee Guy V. Howard to serve the remainder of Schall's unexpired term. Democratic primary Candidates Declared Patrick J. Delaney Beldin H. Loftsgaarden, Conservative State Senator from the 37th district since 1931 Results Democratic primary election resultsPrimary Election Returns of Election held June 15th, 1936 https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1936-06-15-p-man.pdf Minnesota Legislature Democratic Party of Minnesota Patrick J. Delaney 78,807 66.78% Democratic Party of Minnesota Beldin H. Loftsgaarden 39,199 33.22% 118,006 100.00% Following the death of Floyd B. Olson, the Minnesota Democratic Party opted not to field its nominees in the 1936 senatorial and gubernatorial elections. Consequently, regardless of the fact that the Minnesota Democratic Party had held a primary election and Delaney had won the Democratic nomination in that primary election, Delaney did not appear on the general election ballot. Farmer–Labor primary Candidates Declared Floyd B. Olson, 22nd Governor of Minnesota since 1931 Carl E. Taylor Results Farmer–Labor primary election results Farmer–Labor Party Floyd B. Olson 175,652 92.64% Farmer–Labor Party Carl E. Taylor 13,952 7.36% 189,604 100.00% Olson's death Two months after winning the primary, Olson died of stomach cancer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The state central committee of the Farmer–Labor Party selected Ernest Lundeen, who had served in the United States House of Representatives as a Farmer–Laborite since 1933, had previously served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919, and had been a member of the nonpartisan Minnesota House of Representatives from 1911 to 1914, to fill the vacancy in the party's nomination. Republican primary Candidates Declared Theodore Christianson, U.S. Representative since 1933 and 21st Governor of Minnesota (1925–1931) Margaret H. Schall (named on the ballot as "Mrs. Thomas D. Schall"), widow of Thomas D. Schall Results Republican primary election results Republican Party of Minnesota Theodore Christianson 143,684 70.53% Republican Party of Minnesota Mrs. Thomas D. Schall 60,024 29.47% 203,708 100.00% General election Results General election resultsGeneral Election Returns for Minnesota - Tuesday, November Third, 1936 https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1936-11-03-g-man.pdf Minnesota Legislature Farmer–Labor Party Ernest Lundeen 663,363 62.24% Republican Party of Minnesota Theodore Christianson 402,404 37.76% 1,065,767 100.00% 260,959 24.48% Farmer–Labor Party Republican Party of Minnesota See also United States Senate elections, 1936 and 1937 References 1936 Minnesota United States Senate