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1940-11-05 Senatorial Election Results for Minnesota (Class 1)


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County Turnout Henrik Shipstead*
(R)		 Elmer Benson
(Farmer Labor)		 John Regan
(D)		 Grace Carlson
(Trotskyist Anti-War)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 67% 641,04953.0% 310,87525.7% 248,65820.6% 8,7610.7% 2560.0% 330,174 1,209,599
Total R vote: 641,049 (53.0%)      Total D vote: 248,658 (20.6%)      Total Other vote: 319,892 (26.4%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Carl Winter (I), 256 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Henrik Shipstead* 168,876 51.4%
2   Martin Nelson 97,812 29.8%
3   Ray Chase 35,697 10.9%
4   Ben Andreen 13,858 4.2%
5   O.J. Hagen 5,810 1.8%
6   Asher Howard 3,313 1.0%
7   Michael Ferch 1,712 0.5%
8   Engelberth Zeiner 1,660 0.5%
TOTAL VOTES 328,738  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Regan 50,328 52.3%
2   Joseph Wolf 20,759 21.6%
3   Louis Erickson 13,966 14.5%
4   John O'Rourke 11,154 11.6%
TOTAL VOTES 96,207