Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Olesen ta farko da ya shiga siyasa fiye da maganganun da ta yi a watan Yunin 1920 lokacin da ta zama wakili a Majalisar Dattijai ta Democratic
Ka yi haƙuri. Sannan, a cikin 1922, taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na Minnesota ya zaɓe ta ta zama zaɓaɓɓen jam'iyyar don Majalisar Dattawa ta Amurka tare da sama da kashi 47 cikin ɗari na kuri'un, ta zama mace ta farko da wata babbar jam'iyya ta gabatar da ita ga wannan matsayi a kowace jiha. Masu fafatawa da ita don babban zaben sun hada da Henrik Shipstead, wanda jam'iyyar Farmer-Labor ta zaba da Frank B. Kellogg, dan Republican mai ci. Duk da yawan kokarin yakin neman zabe, Shipstead ya lashe zaben tare da Kellogg na biyu da Olesen a na uku.