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1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1924 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1924 1936 United States Senate special election in Minnesota 1936 (special) November 4, 1930 125x136px SCHALL, THOMAS. SENATOR LCCN2016862339 (cropped).jpg Thomas D. Schall Republican Party of Minnesota 293,626 37.61% Einar Hoidale - DPLA - c38866b7ab5f1b570463a7e11d3f154b (cropped).jpg Einar Hoidale Democratic Party of Minnesota 282,018 36.13% Ernest Lundeen 1929 Trim Crop (cropped).jpg Ernest Lundeen Farmer–Labor Party 178,671 22.89% 1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg 280px
County resultsSchall: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70%Hoidale: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60%Lundeen: #B4FFE5 30–40% #7EE5C1 40–50% #47CC9D 50–60% U.S. Senator Thomas D. Schall Republican Party of Minnesota Thomas D. Schall Republican Party of Minnesota
The 1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on Tuesday November 4, Incumbent Senator Thomas D. Schal defeated Einar Hoidale of the Minnesota Democratic Party and Forner United States Representative Ernest Lundeen of the Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota to win a second term.
Farmer–Labor primary
Candidates
Declared
Ernest Lundeen, Former U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district (1917–1919), attorney from Minneapolis, former state Representative from the 42nd House District (1911–1915), and perennial candidate
Knud Wefald, Former Republican state Representative from the 60th House District (1913–1915) and 49th House District (1915–1917), former Farmer-Labor U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 9th congressional district (1923–1927), resident of MoorheadUniversity of Minnesota Libraries University of Minnesota 1930 Minnesota U.S. Senate Farmer-Labor Primary https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319303032411600/ live 2021-08-24 Minnesota Historical Election Archive en https://web.archive.org/web/20210824161609/https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319303032411600/ 2021-08-24
Results
Farmer–Labor primary election resultsPrimary election returns of election held June 16th, 1930 https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1930-06-16-p-man.pdf Minnesota Legislature
Farmer–Labor Party
Ernest Lundeen
75,050
65.47%
Farmer–Labor Party
Knud Wefald
39,589
34.53%
114,639
100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Theodore Christianson, 21st Governor of Minnesota since 1925, owner and publisher of the Dawson Sentinel, former president of the Dawson Village Council (1910–1911), state Representative from the 24th House District (1915–1925)University of Minnesota Libraries University of Minnesota 1930 Minnesota U.S. Senate Republican Primary https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319303015011600/ live 2021-08-24 Minnesota Historical Election Archive en https://web.archive.org/web/20210824161608/https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319303015011600/ 2021-08-24
Thomas D. Schall, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1925
John F. Selb, Former State Representative from the 35th House District (1905–1907; 1909–1911), former registrar of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, Minneapolis attorney
Results
Republican primary election results
Republican Party of Minnesota
Thomas D. Schall (Incumbent)
266,736
57.40%
Republican Party of Minnesota
Theodore Christianson
173,390
37.31%
Republican Party of Minnesota
John F. Selb
24,573
5.29%
464,699
100.00%
General election
Candidates
Communist
Rudolph Harju, Resident of New York Mills, nominated by petitionUniversity of Minnesota Libraries University of Minnesota 1930 Minnesota U.S. Senate Election https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319301000111600/ live 2021-08-24 Minnesota Historical Election Archive en https://web.archive.org/web/20210824161614/https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/election/2319301000111600/ 2021-08-24
Democratic
Einar Hoidale, Attorney from Minneapolis, former prosecuting attorney of Brown County (1900–1906), former judge advocate of the state militia (1900–1908), Democratic candidate for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District CD in 1910 and 1912, Democratic nominee for the 5th CD in 1929
Independent
Charles A. Lund, Banker and attorney from Vining, state Senator from the 50th Senate District (1923–1931), Republican candidate for Treasurer in 1920, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1930
Results
General election resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=86210 Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1930
Republican Party of Minnesota
Thomas D. Schall (Incumbent)
293,626
37.61%
Democratic Party of Minnesota
Einar Hoidale
282,018
36.13%
Farmer–Labor Party
Ernest Lundeen
178,671
22.89%
Independent (United States)
Charles A. Lund
20,669
2.65%
Communist Party USA
Rudolph Harju
5,645
0.72%
780,629
100.00%
11,608
1.48%
Republican Party of Minnesota
Democratic Party of Minnesota
See also
United States Senate elections, 1930 and 1931
References
Minnesota
1930
Category:1930 Minnesota elections