Secretary of State, 1958 Election

General

Date: November 4, 1958
Cycle: 1958
Office: Secretary of State
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Joseph Donovan Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 654,137 57.85 +15.71
L.C. (Andy) Andersen Man Republican 476,525 42.15

Secretary of State Donovan was reelected to a third term.

Andersen was an economics professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1959-1960 (p. 456).