Attorney General, 1940 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1940
Cycle: 1940
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph Alfred Arner (J.A.A.) Burnquist Incumbent Man Republican 604,763 51.78 +27.44
David J. Erickson Man Farmer-Labor 284,337 24.35
John Sullivan Man Democrat 278,750 23.87

Attorney General Burnquist was reelected to a second term.

Erickson was a Duluth attorney and former two-term state Representative (HD 59, 1917-1921).

Sullivan was a resident of St. Paul and the Democrat nominee for Attorney General in 1938.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1941 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).