Attorney General, 1946 Election
General
| Date: | November 5, 1946 |
| Cycle: | 1946 |
| Office: | Attorney General |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Alfred Arner (J.A.A.) Burnquist Incumbent | Man | Republican | 526,331 | 61.77 | +23.54 |
| Walter Boland | Man | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 325,764 | 38.23 |
Attorney General Burnquist was reelected to a fifth term, joining Republican Clifford Hilton (1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926) as the only Minnesotan to win election to the office five times. Burnquist was the first nominee to receive more than 60 percent of the vote since Attorney General Lyndon Smith ran unopposed in 1916.
Boland was a Minneapolis attorney residing in St. Paul.
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1947 (p. 360).