Auditor, 1922 Election

Primary Republican

Date: June 19, 1922
Cycle: 1922
Office: Auditor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Raymond P. (Ray) Chase Man Republican 210,349 61.96 +23.93
George G. Magnuson Man Republican 129,122 38.04

Chase was a former Anoka municipal judge (1911-1916) and deputy state Auditor (1916-1921). He would later win the GOP nomination for Governor in 1930, serve in the U.S. House (AL, 1933-1935), was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 1940, and serve as Railroad and Warehouse Commission (1944-1948).

Magnuson was a former fire marshall and city clerk in St. Cloud. He ran as an insurgent "anti-machine" candidate. Magnuson was also a Republican candidate for the 6th CD in 1924, for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1928, and for Supreme Court Clerk in 1918 and 1938.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1923 (p. 281).