U.S. Senate, 1928 Election

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Date: November 6, 1928
Cycle: 1928
Office: U.S. Senate
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Henrik Shipstead Incumbent Man Farmer-Labor 665,169 65.37 +31.66
Arthur E. Nelson Man Republican 342,992 33.71
Vincent R. Dunne Man Workers Communist 9,380 0.92

Senator Shipstead was reelected to a second term. This election is one of four in Minnesota history without a Democratic candidate (1918, 1936, 1936-special).

Nelson was an attorney from St. Paul and former Mayor of St. Paul (1922-1926).

Dunne was a resident of Minneapolis who previously was a Farmer-Labor candidate for the 5th CD in the 1928 cycle. Dunne was also the Socialist nominee for Secretary of State in 1936 and the Socialist Workers nominee for U.S. Senate in 1948, 1952, and 1954. Dunne was nominated by petition.

Sources

  • Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 6, 1928 (p. 14).