Word: rolvaag
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After 4½ months of counts and recounts, a panel of three district court judges last week picked a winner in the race for Minnesota's governorship. Their decision: Democrat Karl Rolvaag over incumbent Elmer L. Andersen by a bare 91 votes out of 1,239,593 cast-Republican Andersen decided against a last-ditch appeal to the state Supreme Court, thereby ending one of the longest delays in U.S. history in deciding a gubernatorial contest...
...Democrat draws up his chair to a dented steel desk in the basement. The floor is without so much as a scatter rug, the single window has no curtain, steam pipes clutter the walls, a radiator hisses sometimes. His receptionist answers the phone, saying "Governor Rolvaag's office." The Democrat feels just fine. He may be allowed to come out of the basement very soon...
...four months, Incumbent Republican Elmer L. Andersen has continued to use the Governor's office in the Minnesota capitol, while Democrat Karl Rolvaag has squatted patiently downstairs. They have been waiting to see who won the election. Last week a three-judge tribunal ruled that Rolvaag led Andersen by 78 votes (out of 1,329,302 cast in November). About all that remains for Andersen's hopes is the possibility of a last-ditch appeal to the State Supreme Court. Said a Rolvaag aide: "It would seem very unlikely Andersen can recover...
...recount for Minnesota's governorship was at last complete-but the winner's circle was still too crowded. Republicans claimed that Incumbent Elmer L. Andersen had been re-elected by 102 votes; Democrats insisted that Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag...
Particularly at issue were 358 ballots that had been marked not only for Andersen or Rolvaag, but also for one William Braatz, gubernatorial candidate of Minnesota's Industrial Government Party. If these were included in the major candidates' totals, Rolvaag would be the winner; if they were thrown out, Andersen would stay in office...