1928 United States Senate election in Minnesota

The 1928 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead defeated his Republican challenger, former St. Paul mayor Arthur E. Nelson, to win a second term.

1928 United States Senate election in Minnesota
November 6, 1928
 
Nominee Henrik Shipstead Arthur E. Nelson
Party Farmer–Labor Republican
Popular vote 665,169 342,992
Percentage 65.38% 33.71%
County results
U.S. senator before election

Henrik Shipstead
Farmer–Labor

 Elected U.S. Senator

Henrik Shipstead
Farmer–Labor

Elections in Minnesota

Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Results
Farmer–Labor primary election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Farmer–Labor Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent) 86,093 90.03%
Farmer–Labor William Watkins 9,529 9.97%
Total votes 95,622 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results
Republican primary election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Arthur E. Nelson 111,184 42.24%
Republican J. A. A. Burnquist 80,198 30.47%
Republican A. J. Rockne 71,828 27.29%
Total votes 263,210 100.00%

General election

Results
General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Farmer–Labor Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent) 665,169 65.38%
Republican Arthur E. Nelson 342,992 33.71%
Workers (Communist) Vincent R. Dunne 9,280 0.91%
Total votes 1,017,441 100.00%
Majority 322,177 31.67%
Farmer–Labor hold
gollark: A disincentive to do things which reduce your social standing or whatever, I think.
gollark: Like how saying "people should do X in order to Y" is much less fuzzy than "people should X".
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gollark: Randomly picking an answer is irrational if you want to find a true answer, say.
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See also
  • United States Senate elections, 1928

References
  1. https://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sessions/electionresults/1928-06-16-p-man.pdf
  2. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=84977
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