Secretary of State, 1986 Election

Primary Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Date: September 9, 1986
Cycle: 1986
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joan Anderson Growe Incumbent Woman Democratic-Farmer-Labor 383,720 82.88 +65.77
Nordis Olson Woman Democratic-Farmer-Labor 79,237 17.12

After losing the 1984 U.S. Senate election to Rudy Boschwitz, Growe won the DFL renomination to a fourth term as Secretary of State.

Olson was a homemaker from Heron Lake and a Lyndon LaRouche-backed candidate.

Sources

  • Minnesota Election Results 1986, Election Division, Secretary of State (p. 3).