Auditor, 1922 Election
General
Candidate | Gender | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raymond P. (Ray) Chase | Man | Republican | 315,089 | 49.14 | +9.54 |
Eliza Evans Deming | Woman | Farmer-Labor | 253,913 | 39.60 | |
John E. Casey | Man | Democrat | 72,157 | 11.25 |
Chase was a former Anoka municipal judge (1911-1916) and deputy state Auditor (1916-1921). He would later win the GOP nomination for Governor in 1930, serve in the U.S. House (AL, 1933-1935), was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 1940, and serve as Railroad and Warehouse Commission (1944-1948).
Deming was an attorney from St. Paul and the first woman nominated for the office of Auditor in Minnesota history.
Casey was editor of the Jordan Independent.
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1923 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).