Election Name: | 1946 Minnesota Secretary of State election |
Country: | Minnesota |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1944 Minnesota Secretary of State election |
Previous Year: | 1944 |
Next Election: | 1948 Minnesota Secretary of State election |
Next Year: | 1948 |
Election Date: | 5 November 1946 |
Nominee1: | Mike Holm |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 606,418 |
Percentage1: | 69.10% |
Nominee2: | Frances Delaney |
Party2: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Popular Vote2: | 271,133 |
Percentage2: | 30.90% |
Secretary of State | |
Before Election: | Mike Holm |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Mike Holm |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1946 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on 5 November 1946 in order to elect the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Republican nominee and incumbent Secretary of State Mike Holm defeated Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Frances Delaney.[1]
On election day, 5 November 1946, Republican nominee Mike Holm won re-election by a margin of 335,285 votes against his opponent Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Frances Delaney, thereby retaining Republican control over the office of Secretary of State. Holm was sworn in for his fourteenth term on 3 January 1947.[2]