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Bingo. Oberstar was the last person to run unopposed entirely (in 1976) and by the other major party (1978).
Side note: the last time a Republican ran completely unopposed for Congress in MN was 1926 when Frank Clague ran for his 4th term.
Side note: the last time a Republican ran completely unopposed for Congress in MN was 1926 when Frank Clague ran for his 4th term.
Clague would serve until 1933. He didn't run again in 1932 when Minnesota dealt with losing a Congressional seat and elected all 9 members of its delegation at large on one ballot after an amazingly bizarre set of events. Winners in 1932 all got between 4% and 5% statewide.
And when I say "amazingly bizarre" I am probably even understating the situation. Here is a @MinnPost article from 2018 talking about that 1932 election: minnpost.com/eric-black-ink…
One of the more bizarre parts of that nutso year was when the MNSC overturned Gov Olson's veto which teed up the SCOTUS challenge that ended up upholding the Governor's veto. (An important decision as it ruled map making by the legislature is "making of state laws") 
One of the other bizarre outcomes of that SCOTUS ruling was 7 candidates losing their $20 filing fees. (Though they could seek to be reembursed in the next state legislative session. I'm unaware if any of them actually did that successfully or unsuccessfully)
The Farmer-Labor Governor's response to the Republican legislature after the SCOTUS decision affirming his veto was essentially: you made your bed now you have to lie in it.
The population distribution of each of the 9 districts the state legislature drew in 1931 (the map Olson vetoed) was far from even...
The Governor's veto message in 1931 urged the state legislature to send him a fair map and specifically warned about what would happen if there wasn't a map in place:
This is the map that was put into place for the 1934 elections, but I have yet to find the map the legislature passed and Olson vetoed in 1931:
Will post it if I ever find it. There has got to be a record of it somewhere though I haven't found it on any state site yet nor have I found it printed in a period newspaper.
The Minneapolis Tribune on April 21st 1931 did post some descriptions of the districts the state legislature passed and Olson vetoed:
The changes described in the Tribune are as compared to the previous maps that had been used through the 1930 election: gis.leg.mn/images/Histori…
