Word: rolvaag
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with Keith so vulnerable did the Democrats refuse to endorse Rolvaag in June? The roots of their decision to dump the Governor go back to the early '60's -- the golden days of Minnesota politics...
...While Rolvaag's campaign flourished financially, Keith's never got off the ground. The whole D.F.L. endorsed slate bemoaned its lack of funds. Keith even had to cancel a television appearance the week before the election when the dollars ran out. The rats with money may have left Kenth's ship simply because it was sinking. More likely, they deserted him because of his connection with what Minnesotans -- particularly Republicans -- loosely call "the insurance scandal...
...Rolvaag's administration did nothing but deny rumors until June when they took the insolvent firm to court and ordered them to cease doing business. At first it seemed that the Democrats were going to use the case simply to show off the investigative powers of an obscure attorney general--Robert Mattson--who would be up for reelection in 1966. But in late October a federal grand jury charged 17 involved in the case, including Rolvaag's state insurance commissioner, with fraud. Republicans wanted to know why Rolvaag hadn't acted earlier, and the case was swept under the carpet...
...most rampant Republican rumors allege that the Democrats calculated they had no chance and preferred to sacrifice Rolvaag rather than a promising young man like State Attorney General Walter Mondale (now U.S. Senator). It's more likely that Rolvaag, lieutenant governor for the last eight years, seemed the strongest candiate despite his inability to stir up anyone's enthusiasm...
...Rolvaag didn't really win the 1962 election; Anderson lost it with a campaign that even he privately admitted was remarkably inept. Anderson had won in 1960 largely because of the votes he picked up in the traditionally Democratic iron ranges in the state's far north. In 1962 Anderson foolishly attacked a northern Minnesota DFL congressman -- John Blatnik -- so sacrosanct that he is running this year without opposition...