Harold LeVander (seated at center) with his wife, Iantha (seated at right), and their three children (Jean, standing; Harold, Jr., seated at far left; and Dyan, kneeling), 1967.
The 2008 Norm Coleman–Al Franken US Senate race recount wasn’t the first time the state’s voters had to endure a messy battle over ballots. In 1962, incumbent Republican governor Elmer L. Andersen and his challenger, Karl Rolvaag, ran a tight race and then duked it out in a contentious recount lasting 139 days. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that when it comes to recounts, political gamesmanship never goes out of style.
Karl Rolvaag (center) at an event held in Worthington to welcome Robert F. Kennedy (center right) to Minnesota, ca. 1966. Walter Mondale sits second from the right.