U.S. Senate, 1930 Election

Primary Republican

Date:	June 16, 1930
Cycle:	1930
Office:	U.S. Senate
State:	Minnesota
District:	Statewide

Candidate	Gender	Party	Votes	Percent	Margin
Thomas D. Schall Incumbent	Man	Republican	266,736	57.40	+20.09
Theodore Christianson	Man	Republican	173,390	37.31
John F. Selb	Man	Republican	24,573	5.29

Senator Schall was renominated.

Christianson was an attorney from Dawson, owner and publisher of the Dawson Sentinel, former president of the Dawson Village Council (1910-1911), state Representative (HD 24, 1915-1925), and sitting Governor (1925-1931). He would later win election to the U.S House (CD 05, 1933-1937) and was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 1936.

Selb was an attorney from Minneapolis, former state Representative (HD 35, 1905-1907, 1909-1911), and former registrar of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission.

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Sources

The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1931 (p. 187).