Secretary of State, 1930 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1930
Cycle: 1930
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Mike Holm Incumbent Man Republican 487,695 63.66 +36.30
Anna Olson Determan Woman Farmer-Labor 209,596 27.36
Mary MacGregor Woman Democrat 56,535 7.38
Henry Bartlett Man Communist 12,326 1.61

Secretary of State Holm was reelected to a sixth term.

Determan was the wife of three-term Litchfield Mayor Bernard Determan. Determan was a prominent public speaker and first president of the Litchfield League of Women Voters.

MacGregor was a resident of Duluth, 9th CD delegate to the 1920 Democratic convention, and relative of former U.S. Senators John W. Daniel of Virginia and George Vest of Missouri.

Barlett was a resident of St. Paul and nominated by petition.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1931 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).