Election Name: | 1930 Minnesota State Auditor election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1926 Minnesota State Auditor election |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1934 Minnesota State Auditor election |
Next Year: | 1934 |
Election Date: | 4 November 1930 |
Nominee1: | Stafford King |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 385,406 |
Percentage1: | 53.24% |
Nominee2: | Henry Teigan |
Party2: | Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party |
Popular Vote2: | 260,272 |
Percentage2: | 35.96% |
Nominee3: | Benjamin M. Loeffler |
Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 78,183 |
Percentage3: | 10.80% |
State Auditor | |
Before Election: | Ray P. Chase |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Stafford King |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1930 Minnesota State Auditor election was held on 4 November 1930 in order to elect the state auditor of Minnesota. Republican nominee Stafford King defeated Farmer–Labor nominee Henry Teigan and Democratic nominee Benjamin M. Loeffler.[1]
On election day, 4 November 1930, Republican nominee Stafford King won the election by a margin of 125,134 votes against his foremost opponent Farmer–Labor nominee Henry Teigan, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of state auditor. King was sworn in as the 10th state auditor of Minnesota on 3 January 1931.[2]