The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-09-03
Commissioner Race
to HighIight Election
FiUe-Cdndidate Contest to
Feature Primary
BaLL0ting.

Ely voters will go to the polls Tues
day to nominate candidates for con-
gressional. state, county, and COM
missioner district Office. The polls
open at a. m. and close at 8 p. m.
Headlining the primary In local in
terest is the five-candidate race for
county commissioner from the fourth
district. Two will be nominated to
oppose each other at the general
election in November.
Candidates include Jacob L. Pete,
the incumbent, Toimi Ah0la, John
A. Harn, Frank Zgonc, and Sumner
Purvis.
The two receiving the greatest vote
will have their names on the general
election ballot
In similar manner two candidates
viii be nominated to oppose each
other in the following offices: State
representative, 61st district; county
auditor, county treasurer, and county
superintendent of schools. Four can
didates will be nominated for asso-
ciate justice Of the state supreme
court.
Candidates for all of the above
offices, including those for county COM
missioner, run without party designa-
ton.
Party voters, Republican, Farmer
Labor, and Democratic, will nomin-
ate candidates for congressional and
state offices. Candidates for only one
office, representative in congress from
the eighth district, will have their
names on the Democratic party ticket.
Voters will receive two ballots when
they present themselves at the polls.
One contains the names of candidates
running without party designation,
and the other the names of candidates
under the respective party labels
Names Of candidates and the Of
fices for which they seek nomination
without party designation, emitting
commissioner candidates already listed,
follow:
Non-P Partisan Ticket.
Representative in legislature, 61st
district-Thomas D. Vukelich, Gilbert,
incumbent; Luke F. Burns, Virginia;
w. c. Jones, Biwabik; Nate v. Keller,
Virginia; George A. Knuti, Aurora
County auditor-Walter H. Bergen,
incumbent, and Leonard L. Libby
Bergen (brothers), Duluth; ]. w.
Pasich, Bull
County Treasurer-William G. Sar-
gent, incumbent, o. v. Eklund, ALE
G. Gilbert. and j. C. Wesenberg, Jr.,
all of Duluth; John G. Brandt,
Virginia.
Superintendent OF schools Arthur
Lampe, incumbent, Marvin L. Berge,
Eveleth; Arthur E. Strand, Virginia.
(Only voters In the north half of
the county cast ballots for this office)
Associate justice of the supreme
court-Royal A. Stone, incumbent, o.
j. Anderson, Albert H. Emerson, Cliff
ford E. Enger, Thos. F. Gallagher,
Clifford Wesley Gardner, E. Luther
Melin, j. Norman Peterson, Reuben G.
Thoreen, Luther w. Youngdahl.
Candidates for state senator, 61st
district, district judge, county pro-
bate court judge, county coroner, at
torney, registrar of deeds; sheriff,
court commissioner, and surveyor
have no contest in the primary cleo
tion.)
Candidates on the three party tickets
follow:
Republican.
U. s. senator Qong term)-Joseph
H. Ball, incumbent; Walter K. Mick
elson, Harson A. Northrop, Henry j.
Soltau.
U. s.. senator (short term)-Cliff
Blanchard, Harry Lee, Arthur E.
Nelson, Wilbur L. Paulson, Robert j.
Seiberlich, John A. Thompson, Mrs.
Matt Wagner.
(Under Minnesota law an appoint
tee to the u. S. senate serves until
the next election. Therefore, the
term of Senator Ball, named by Gov
ernor Stassen to succeed Senator
Lundeen, expires Nov. 8. A short
term senator to serve from Nov. 8 to
Jan. 8. when the long-term senator
takes over, will be named)
Governor E. Stassen, in
cumbent. John G. Alexander, Martin
A. Nelson.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. Elmer An
derson, incumbent, Franklin F. Ellis
worth, Victor Engstrom, Victor E.
johnson, Howard o. Nelson, Harold A.
Olson, Elmer Peterson, Ed Thye.
Secretary of state-Mike Holm, in
cumbent, Ralph B. Caspersen.
State treasurer-Julius A. Schmahl.
incumbent, Paul II. Bliss.
Attorney general. A. A. Burn
quist, incumbent, Hugo Hendricks.
Railroad and warehouse commits
sioner-Bernard Anderson, Einar A..
Anderson Helmer M. Feroe, j. o.
johnson, Rollin G. Johnson, Knute
Knutson, Oscar L. Lund, w. I. Nolan.
A. J. Olson, Arthur E. Ramberg.
Farmer-Labor.
q. s. senator, long term-Henry
Arens, Elmer A. Benson, Mrs. Ernest
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