Treasurer, 1956 Election

Primary Republican

Date: September 11, 1956
Cycle: 1956
Office: Treasurer
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Val Bjornson Man Republican 251,900 88.03 +76.07
Steven E. Brooks Man Republican 34,241 11.97

Bjornson was a resident of St. Paul, former associate editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, former Treasurer (1951-1955), and GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in 1954.

Brooks was an accountant from Minneapolis and candidate for Treasurer in 1958.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1957-1958 (p. 640).