Treasurer, 1950 Election

Primary Republican

Date: September 12, 1950
Cycle: 1950
Office: Treasurer
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Val Bjornson Man Republican 155,451 51.98 +17.71
Everett Nelson Man Republican 102,490 34.27
Erhard C. Appel Man Republican 41,092 13.74

Bjornson was a resident of St. Paul, associate editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch, and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1954.

Nelson was a resident of Mendota Township.

Appel was a resident of Prior Lake.

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1951 (p. 169).