Three special elections to the State Senate (SD 43 in March and SD 21 and SD 22 in October) and one special to the State House (HD 39 in October) were held due to the deaths of four legislators that year.
Elections
Date
Office
Stage
Winners
Details
10/21/1935
State Senate, District 21
Special
Arthur A. Hahn (Nonpartisan) won with 4,063 votes (56.96%) and a winning margin of +13.92
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Arthur A. Hahn
Man
Nonpartisan
4,063
56.96
Al H. (A.H.) Ruppert
Man
Nonpartisan
3,070
43.04
Special election caused by the vacancy following the death of Senator Patrick W. (P.W.) Morrison on August 12, 1935. Hahn was a Belle Plaine merchant and ran as an independent. Ruppert was a farmer from Jordan and endorsed by the Farmer-Labor Party.
Ancher Nelsen (Nonpartisan) won with 1,984 votes (55.82%) and a winning margin of +11.65
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Ancher Nelsen
Man
Nonpartisan
1,984
55.82
Theodore Filk
Man
Nonpartisan
1,570
44.18
Special election caused by the vacancy following the death of Senator Harlow H. Bonniwell on April 28, 1935. Nelson was a farmer from Hutchinson. Filk was a dairy farmer from Hassan Valley Township. Nelson ran as an independent and Filk ran as a conservative.
Albert A. Faimon (Nonpartisan) won with 1,896 votes (66.57%) and a winning margin of +33.15
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Albert A. Faimon
Man
Nonpartisan
1,896
66.57
Frank A. Bily
Man
Nonpartisan
952
33.43
Fifth Ward. Special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Albert J. Samec on March 1, 1935. Faimon was Farmer-Labor endorsed.
Karl G. Neumeier (Nonpartisan) won with 1,434 votes (24.59%) and a winning margin of +2.07
Reuben G. Thoreen (Nonpartisan) won with 1,344 votes (23.05%) and a winning margin of +0.53
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Karl G. Neumeier
Man
Nonpartisan
1,434
24.59
Reuben G. Thoreen
Man
Nonpartisan
1,344
23.05
Chester Wilson
Man
Nonpartisan
1,313
22.51
Hjalmer (H.O.) Peterson
Man
Nonpartisan
1,147
19.67
John (J.R.) Pfiffner
Man
Nonpartisan
407
6.98
J.V. Bailey
Man
Nonpartisan
140
2.40
Charles G. Brochman
Man
Nonpartisan
47
0.81
Special primary election caused by the vacancy following the death of Senator George H. Sullivan on February 15, 1935.
Neumeier was an attorney from Stillwater and Sullivan's law partner.