Five Jewish candidates in Minnesota came successfully through the state primary elections here and a sixth, at this writing, is in hard fight for survival.
For the first time in its history, Minneapolis nominated a Jew for a seat in the state legislature when Samuel H. Bellman, an attorney, placed third in a hotly-contested battle in which eleven candidates had entered. Mr. Bellman was one of two men indorsed by the Farmer-Labor Association for the office.
In one St. Paul district, two Jews, Henry E. Horwitz, incumbent, and Ted Seligman, will fight it out in November for a seat in the State House of Representatives. Richard A. Golling was nominated for the same office in another St. Paul district. Gustav Axelrod was one of eight nominated for County Commissioner.
In Duluth, Sigmund Slonim was in a fight for the nomination as Farmer-Labor candidate for Congress from the eighth district. He was slightly ahead of his opponent when most of the votes had come in.
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