Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner, 1958 Election

Primary Republican

Date: September 9, 1958
Cycle: 1958
Office: Railroad & Warehouse Commissioner
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Ewald W. (Wally) Lund Incumbent Man Republican 129,376 56.70 +32.34
William S. Rasmussen Man Republican 55,579 24.36
Kenneth D. Lund Man Republican 43,227 18.94

Commissioner Lund was renominated in his campaign for a third term.

Rasmussen was a police officer from St. Paul, president of a private detective agency, DFL candidate for Treasurer in 1954, and Republican candidate for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1956.

Lund was an auto parts man from St. Paul and candidate for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner in 1954 and 1956.

Sources

  • Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1959-1960 (p. 454).