1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1930
	November 4, 1930
	November 4, 1930
	County results
U.S. senator before election; Thomas D. Schall; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Thomas D. Schall; Republican

The 1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1930. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thomas D. Schall defeated Einar Hoidale of the Minnesota Democratic Party and former U.S. Representative Ernest Lundeen of the Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota to win a second term.

Farmer–Labor primary

Farmer–Labor primary election results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farmer–Labor	Ernest Lundeen	75,050	65.47%
	Farmer–Labor	Knud Wefald	39,589	34.53%
Total votes			114,639	100.00%

Theodore Christianson, 21st Governor of Minnesota since 1925
Thomas D. Schall, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1925
John F. Selb, Former State Representative from the 35th district (1905-1907; 1909-1911)

Republican primary election results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas D. Schall (Incumbent)	266,736	57.40%
	Republican	Theodore Christianson	173,390	37.31%
	Republican	John F. Selb	24,573	5.29%
Total votes			464,699	100.00%

General election results[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas D. Schall (Incumbent)	293,626	37.61%
	Democratic	Einar Hoidale	282,018	36.13%
	Farmer–Labor	Ernest Lundeen	178,671	22.89%
	Independent	Charles A. Lund	20,669	2.65%
	Communist	Rudolph Harju	5,645	0.72%
Total votes			780,629	100.00%
Majority			11,608	1.48%
	Republican hold

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