Attorney General, 1962 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1962
Cycle: 1962
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Walter Mondale Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 730,783 59.64 +19.27
Robert Kunzig Man Republican 494,621 40.36

This was the first election for the office for a four-year term following the passage of a constitutional amendment in 1958 that provided for four-year terms for all state constitutional officers.

Attorney General Mondale was reelected to a second term, but did not serve all four years, resigning on December 30, 1964 to fill the U.S. Senate seat of DFLer Hubert Humphrey who had been elected Vice-President. Governor Karl Rolvaag appointed former Chief Deputy Attorney General and Minneapolis attorney Robert Mattson to replace Mondale as attorney general.

Kunzig was a former Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General (1948-1953) and attorney in Minneapolis.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1963-1964 (p. 521).