Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner, 1952 Election

Special

Date: November 5, 1952
Cycle: 1952
Office: Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Paul A. Rasmussen Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 701,790 56.08 +12.16
Oscar L. Lund Man Republican 549,658 43.92

This special election was for the remainder of a six-year term ending in January 1957.

Rasmussen was a resident of Moorhead, former state Budget Commissioner under Governor Floyd Olson, Farmer-Labor nominee for Secretary of State in 1938 and candidate for Governor in 1942, DFL nominee for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1946, and DFL nominee for state Treasurer in 1950.

Lund was a resident of Minneapolis, real estate salesman, former Minneapolis Alderman, candidate for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1942, and candidate for the 3rd CD in 1946.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1953 (p. 536).