Auditor, 1938 Election

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Date: November 8, 1938
Cycle: 1938
Office: Auditor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Stafford King Incumbent Man Republican 616,145 57.42 +23.44
John T. Lyons Man Farmer-Labor 364,636 33.98
J.B. Bonner Man Democrat 92,320 8.60

Auditor King was reelected to a third term in a rematch against Lyons, a resident of Le Center, a Farmer-Labor candidate for the 3rd CD in 1930, the Farmer-Labor nominee for Auditor in 1934, and a Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Senate in 1942.

Bonner was a resident of Minneapolis and Democratic candidate for Treasurer in 1940.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1939 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).