Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kupinda kwokutanga kwaOlesen mune zvematongerwe enyika kunze kwekutaura kwake kwakauya muna June 1920 paakava mumiriri ku
Gungano reDemocratic National. 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.