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September 1940 Primary

Attorney General

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Smith TroyD20522351.40%
John E. McCoyR310727.78%
Mitchell DoumitR176884.43%
Walter C. HinmanR317037.94%
Thos. S. HendersonR337068.44%
Carl B. LuckerathR99282.49%
E.W. AndersonR379469.50%
Ray KendellR320048.02%
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Commissioner of Public Lands

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ted LogsdonR121052.81%
Albert C. MartinD7558917.53%
Charles R. BensonD250225.80%
E. Henry PoeR104182.42%
John A. GellatlyR8761620.32%
Earl C. DouglasR182674.24%
Thomas G. MortlandR261756.07%
Peter E. TerzickD87262.02%
Howard LumR100232.32%
C.A. McKenneyD197304.58%
Martin A. BergR176744.10%
O.C. MartinD248875.77%
Progressive Jack TaylorD9499822.03%
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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Alexander GabrielsenD26470.49%
Tom SmithD265724.95%
C.C. DillD18600834.63%
J. Warren KinneyR61341.14%
George H. GannonD242994.52%
Arthur B. LanglieR16055129.89%
Clarence D. MartinD11448421.31%
Frank BurnsR129672.41%
Marius RasmussenR19320.36%
George Dana LinnR15970.30%
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Insurance Commissioner

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William A. SullivanD15895941.06%
Ray J. SchneiderR3978810.28%
George B. LampingR6844717.68%
Fred C. BeckerR6886017.78%
George E. StokesD5113113.21%
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Lt. Governor

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Charles R. MayburyR444879.50%
Inger S. HartungD120092.56%
Cecil A. GholsonR122172.61%
Harry WestfallD147353.15%
Roy LaFolletteR401568.58%
Herbert H. SielerR303876.49%
Milton J. EvansR110782.37%
Art GartonD251945.38%
Harry A. AbelR141953.03%
Earl H. ColsonD82871.77%
Victor A. MeyersD14515931.00%
Eugene J.A. LordD78421.67%
William W. StrattonR128602.75%
Harry T. NordlundD117142.50%
George F. ChristensenR170113.63%
R.W. DaleR113572.43%
Charles F. SigristR55401.18%
George DavisR66811.43%
Chester ChastekR180993.87%
Erle C. BestR44750.96%
John C. PetersonD147383.15%
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Secretary of State

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Belle ReevesD15553135.61%
Fred S. LambertD5239112.00%
T. Bruce HinkleR5317012.17%
Leo YarnallD312277.15%
M.H. BurnettR129802.97%
Stanley R. WrightR189754.34%
Stella May AlexanderR122332.80%
A.M. KittoR52881.21%
Amy AllbrightR193364.43%
Amos F. SturgisR56691.30%
Albert JohnsonR5801213.28%
Claude P. HayR119212.73%
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State Auditor

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Cliff YelleD21870854.93%
George W. BlanchardR12457031.29%
Colin D. MurdochR5485913.78%
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State Treasurer

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Howard C. LucasR6315214.63%
Ken CaplingerD6420714.87%
Otto A. CaseD18208542.17%
Homer R. JonesR12235228.34%
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Superintendent of Public Instruction

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Stanley F. AtwoodNP11603327.59%
E.S. BlackNP4567510.86%
Louise S. TaylorNP9180321.83%
Clarence J. CooilNP190734.53%
Pearl A. WanamakerNP14801135.19%
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