Thorkelson was defeated in the 1940 Republican primary by Jeannette Rankin.
Rankin's brother Wellington D. Rankin, a power in the Montana Republican Party, financed and managed her first campaign for the Congressional election of 1916.
Ian Rankin | Robert Rankin | Kenny Rankin | Rankin | Alexander Rankin | Rankin Inlet | Jeannette Walls | Adam Rankin Alexander | Rankin County Confederate Monument | John E. Rankin | Jimmy Rankin | Tex Rankin | Sir James Rankin, 1st Baronet | Sir James Rankin | Rankin' Taxi | Rankin (photographer) | Rankin County, Mississippi | Rankin County | Murray Rankin | Jorge van Rankin | John W. Rankin | John Rankin Rogers | John Rankin Gamble | John Rankin | Jeannette Rankin | Jeannette, Pennsylvania | Jeannette Paulson Hereniko | James Rankin | James Palmer Rankin | Harvey and Jeannette Crewe |