Auditor, 1934 Election

General

Date: November 6, 1934
Cycle: 1934
Office: Auditor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Stafford King Incumbent Man Republican 380,302 38.76 +0.07
John T. Lyons Man Farmer-Labor 379,654 38.69
Patrick J. Delaney Man Democrat 221,221 22.55

This election was subject to a recount. Lyons filed an election contest lawsuit in December 1934 but it was dismissed by a Ramsey County District Court in February 1935. King received his certificate of election in March 1935. King ended up with a final advantage of 1,031 votes.

Auditor King was reelected to a second term in the most narrowly decided election for the office in Minnesota history. Prior to this contest the closest race for Auditor was Democrat William Dunbar's 3.38-point win over Republican Alexander (A.P.) Lane in 1857.

Lyons was a resident of Le Center, a Farmer-Labor candidate for the 3rd CD in 1930, the Farmer-Labor nominee for Auditor in 1938, and a Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Senate in 1942.

Delaney was a resident of St. Paul.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1935 (Abstract of Votes Polled for State Officers By Counties).