1938 Minnesota Secretary of State election

1938 Minnesota Secretary of State election
	8 November 1938
Secretary of State before election; Mike Holm; Republican	Elected Secretary of State ; Mike Holm; Republican

The 1938 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on 8 November 1938 in order to elect the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Republican nominee and incumbent Secretary of State Mike Holm defeated Farmer–Labor nominee Paul A. Rasmussen and Democratic nominee Hugh T. Kennedy.^[1]

General election

On election day, 8 November 1938, Republican nominee Mike Holm won re-election by a margin of 361,838 votes against his foremost opponent Farmer–Labor nominee Paul A. Rasmussen, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of Secretary of State. Holm was sworn in for his tenth term on 2 January 1939.^[2]

Results

Minnesota Secretary of State election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Holm (incumbent)	690,312	62.64
	Farmer–Labor	Paul A. Rasmussen	328,474	29.81
	Democratic	Hugh T. Kennedy	83,298	7.55
Total votes			1,102,084	100.00
	Republican hold

References

^ "Secretary of State, 1938 Election". electionarchives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
^ "MN Secretary of State". ourcampaigns.com. March 7, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[GBN-1] "Secretary of State, 1938 Election". electionarchives.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

[GHN-2] "MN Secretary of State". ourcampaigns.com. March 7, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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