| 11/07/1972 |
Public Service Commissioner
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General |
Karl Rolvaag (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 863,200 votes (51.70%) and a winning margin of +3.39
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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Karl Rolvaag
|
Man |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
863,200
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51.70
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P. Kenneth (P.K.) Peterson
Incumbent
|
Man |
Republican |
806,552
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48.30
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Following the 1972 election, seats on the Public Service Commission were filled via gubernatorial appointment.
Rolvaag was a former Lieutenant Governor (1955-1963), Governor (1963-1967), and U.S. Ambassador to Iceland (1967-1969).
Peterson was Chair of the Public Service Commission. Peterson's loss was the 14th defeat by a Railroad / Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner / Public Service Commissioner at the ballot box following Anti-Monopolist Alonzo Edgerton in 1875, Republican-turned-Prohibitionist William Marshall in 1881, Democratic-People's nominees Peter Rindal and Thomas Knox in 1900, Republican Christian Laurisch in 1934, Republican Frank Matson in 1936, Farmer-Laborite Harold Atwood in 1938, Farmer-Laborite Charles Munn in 1940, Republican Rollin Johnson in the 1944 GOP primary and 1948 general election, Republican Elling Knutson in the 1952 GOP primary, Clifford Peterson in the 1954 DFL primary, and Republican Wally Lund in 1958.
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| 09/12/1972 |
Public Service Commissioner
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Primary |
P. Kenneth (P.K.) Peterson (Republican) won with 159,782 votes (100.00%) and a winning margin of +100.00
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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P. Kenneth (P.K.) Peterson
Incumbent
|
Man |
Republican |
159,782
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100.00
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Commissioner Peterson was renominated without opposition in his campaign for a second term. He had been elected once to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission. Peterson was Chair of the Public Service Commission.
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| 09/12/1972 |
Public Service Commissioner
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Primary |
Karl Rolvaag (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 114,502 votes (46.29%) and a winning margin of +21.08
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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Karl Rolvaag
|
Man |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
114,502
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46.29
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Bill Walker
|
Man |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
62,360
|
25.21
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William R. (W.R.) Youngdahl
|
Man |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
60,847
|
24.60
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William Quady
|
Man |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
9,673
|
3.91
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Rolvaag was a former Lieutenant Governor (1955-1963), Governor (1963-1967), and U.S. Ambassador to Iceland (1967-1969).
Walker was a state Representative (HD 58A, 1971-1973) from Pine River and publisher of the Pequot Lakes Country Echo newspaper. Youndahl was a Minneapolis resident, a plant protection officer at Twin Cities Arsenal, former Lansing, Michigan School Board member, and 1966 DFL Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner nominee.
Quady was a private investigator from Minneapolis and former Minneapolis police officer.
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| 11/03/1970 |
Public Service Commissioner
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General |
Ronald L. (Ron) Anderson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 715,734 votes (54.56%) and a winning margin of +9.11
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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Ronald L. (Ron) Anderson
Incumbent
|
Man |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
715,734
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54.56
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C. Elmer Anderson
|
Man |
Republican |
596,159
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45.44
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Commissioner Ron Anderson was reelected to a third term. He had been elected twice to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission.
C. Elmer Anderson was a former Lieutenant Governor (1939-1941, 1943-1951) and Governor (1951-1955).
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| 09/15/1970 |
Public Service Commissioner
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Primary |
C. Elmer Anderson (Republican) won with 221,870 votes (100.00%) and a winning margin of +100.00
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| Candidate |
Gender |
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
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C. Elmer Anderson
|
Man |
Republican |
221,870
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100.00
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Anderson was a former Lieutenant Governor (1939-1941, 1943-1951) and Governor (1951-1955).
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