Auditor, 1974 Election

General

Date: November 5, 1974
Cycle: 1974
Office: Auditor
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Robert W. (Bob) Mattson, Jr. Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 627,888 52.39 +4.78
Rolland F. Hatfield Incumbent Man Republican 570,562 47.61

Auditor Hatfield became the second Auditor to lose reelection, joining Democrat Adolph Biermann in 1894.

Mattson was a law student, director of the St. Paul Office of Consumer Affairs, and son of former Minnesota Attorney General Robert W. Mattson, Sr. (1964-1967).

Sources

  • State of Minnesota General Election Results 1974, Office of Secretary of State (p. 11).