State House, District 53, 1949 Election

Special Primary Nonpartisan

Date: February 24, 1949
Cycle: 1949
Office: State House
State: Minnesota
District: 53
Counties: Crow Wing
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Verner F. Anderson Man Nonpartisan 1,891 49.58 +42.66
Charles L. (C.L.) Halsted Man Nonpartisan 1,659 43.50 +36.58
Charles W. Dykeman Man Nonpartisan 264 6.92

Special primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Frank B. Johnson on February 5, 1949.

Anderson was a merchant from Brainerd.

Halsted was the 1948 DFL gubernatorial nominee and former state Representative (HD 53, 1939-1947).

Sources

  • The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, February 25, 1949 (p. 1).