Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kubuda kwaOlesen mune zvematongerwe enyika kwakatanga muna June 1920 paakava nhume kuDemocratic National Convention
. Ipapo, muna 1922, akasarudzwa nekokorodzano yeDemocratic yeMinnesota kuti ave mumiriri webato reUnited States Senate neanopfuura 47 muzana yemavhoti, achiva mukadzi wekutanga kusarudzwa pachinzvimbo nebato guru mune chero nyika. Vakwikwidzi vake musarudzo huru vaisanganisira Henrik Shipstead, akasarudzwa nebato reFarmer-Labor uye Frank B. Kellogg, weRepublican aripo. Pasinei nokuedza kwake kukuru, Shipstead akakunda musarudzo naKellogg ari wechipiri uye Olesen ari wechitatu.