▁primary . ▁Bu oy ed ▁by ▁La ▁Fol lette ' s ▁president ial ▁campaign ▁( La ▁Fol lette ▁end ors ed ▁Ol son ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a ), ▁he ▁received ▁ 4 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁vote ▁to ▁Republican ▁candidate ▁The odore ▁Christians on ' s ▁ 4 8 %. ▁Democratic ▁candidate ▁Carlos ▁A very ▁came ▁in ▁a ▁distant ▁third ▁with ▁ 6 %. ▁ ▁Four ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁the ▁new ▁" F ar mer - L abor ▁Association " ▁( which ▁had ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁to ▁avoid ▁being ▁linked ▁with ▁local ▁commun ists ) ▁attempted ▁to ▁draft ▁Ol son ▁to ▁run ▁for ▁governor ▁again . ▁Although ▁the ▁party ▁committee ▁once ▁again ▁end ors ed ▁him ▁and ▁this ▁time ▁guaranteed ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁face ▁a ▁primary ▁battle , ▁Ol son ▁decl ined ▁to ▁run . ▁In ▁the ▁U . S . ▁president ial ▁election , ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁the ▁Far mer - L abor ▁candidate ▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁Republican ▁lands lide ▁that ▁accompanied ▁Herbert ▁Ho over ' s ▁election . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁however , ▁the ▁stock ▁market ▁had ▁crash ed , ▁and ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression ▁had ▁begun . ▁After ▁the ▁party ' s ▁newspaper ▁ur ged ▁that ▁Ol son ▁be ▁draft ed , ▁he ▁easily ▁won ▁the ▁nom ination . ▁Form ing ▁a ▁coal ition ▁of ▁far mers , ▁organized ▁labor , ▁and ▁small ▁business men , ▁Ol son ▁swe pt ▁to ▁a ▁lands lide