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United States Senate election in Montana, 1930

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106,274
  
66,724

Start date
  
November 4, 1930

60.33%
  
37.88%

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Winner
  
Thomas J Walsh

The 1930 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1930. Incumbent United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who was first elected to the Senate in 1912, and re-elected in 1918 and 1924, ran for re-election. He won the Democratic primary unopposed, and faced Montana Supreme Court Associate Justice Albert J. Galen, the Republican nominee, and several independent opponents in the general election. Ultimately, Walsh defeated his opponents in a landslide and won his fourth and final term in the Senate.

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Candidates

  • Thomas J. Walsh, incumbent United States Senator

    • Candidates

  • Albert J. Galen, Associate Justice on the Montana Supreme Court, former Attorney General of Montana
  • O. H. P. Shelley

    • References

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