Minnesota

Candidate List

As of August 28, 2026

Minnesota

Candidate List

As of August 28, 2026

Minnesota General

November 03, 2026

The full voter guide with evaluations is estimated to be released on Oct 08, 2026.

The list below shows the candidates who have officially filed for this election.

FEDERAL

Peggy Flanagan

Democrat | MN

Marisa Simonetti

Independent | MN

Michele Tafoya

Republican | MN

Rebecca Whiting

Libertarian | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 1

Brad Finstad

Republican | MN

Jake Johnson

Democrat | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 2

Matt Little

Democrat | MN

Eric Pratt

Republican | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 3

Tyler Bass

Republican | MN

Kelly Morrison

Democrat | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 4

Betty McCollum

Democrat | MN

Paul Wikstrom

Republican | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 5

John Nagel

Republican | MN

Ilhan Omar

Democrat | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 6

Doug Chapin

Democrat | MN

Tom Emmer

Republican | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 7

Michelle Fischbach

Republican | MN

Erik Osberg

Democrat | MN

U.S. Rep., Dist. 8

Pete Stauber

Republican | MN

Trina Swanson

Democrat | MN

STATEWIDE

Governor

Lisa Demuth

Republican | MN

Amy Klobuchar

Democrat | MN

Steven Young

Green | MN

Secretary of State

Tad Jude

Republican | MN

Seth Kuhl-Stennes

Green | MN

Steve Simon

Democrat | MN

George "Chip" Tangen

Libertarian | MN

Attorney General

Keith Ellison

Democrat | MN

Ronald J. Schutz

Republican | MN

Auditor

Zack Filipovich

Democrat | MN

Scott Jensen

Republican | MN

Jay Reeves

Other | MN

Supreme Court, Seat 1

Sarah Hennesy

Non-Partisan | MN

Supreme Court, Seat 4

Paul Thissen

Non-Partisan | MN

STATE

State Senator, Dist., 1

Mark Johnson

Republican | MN

Bjorn Solberg

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 2

Steve Green

Republican | MN

Calvin Larson Jr

Other | MN

Dan R. Rogers

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 3

Grant Hauschild

Democrat | MN

Andrea Zupancich

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 4

Rob Kupec

Democrat | MN

Austin Peterson

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 5

Skylar Fynboh

Democrat | MN

Mike Wiener

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 6

Keri Heintzeman

Republican | MN

Denise Slipy

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 7

Robert Farnsworth

Republican | MN

Kim "Kotonias" McLaughlin

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 8

Darrick Law

Republican | MN

Jen McEwen

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 9

Krystyne M. Knutson

Democrat | MN

Jordan Rasmusson

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 10

Tara Killen

Democrat | MN

Nathan Wesenberg

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 11

Mary Carlson

Democrat | MN

Monique Doward

Other | MN

Jason Rarick

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 12

Kari Dorry

Democrat | MN

Torrey Westrom

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 13

Trent C Dilks

Democrat | MN

Jared J. Gapinski

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 14

Bernie Perryman

Republican | MN

Aric Putnam

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 15

Andrea Boettger

Democrat | MN

Braxton John Seifert

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 16

Kathy Jorgenson

Democrat | MN

Andrew R. Lang

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 17

Glenn H Gruenhagen

Republican | MN

Julie Kelzer

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 18

Nick Frentz

Democrat | MN

Jackie Henry

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 19

John R. Jasinski

Republican | MN

Sam Powell

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 20

Steven E Jacob

Republican | MN

Jason Lohmann

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 21

Chris Knoll

Republican | MN

Caitlyn Sanow-Minett

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 22

Jeremy Munson

Republican | MN

Marisa Ulmen

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 23

Gene Dornink

Republican | MN

Angie Hanson

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 24

Simon Glaser

Democrat | MN

Nels T. Pierson

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 25

Liz Boldon

Democrat | MN

John Howie

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 26

Jack Hedin

Democrat | MN

Cherie Johnson

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 27

Andrew Mathews

Republican | MN

Brandon Van Dover

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 28

Max Glenna

Democrat | MN

Mark Koran

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 29

Michael Holmstrom Jr

Republican | MN

Louis McNutt

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 30

Eric Lucero

Republican | MN

Leah Temple

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 31

Calvin Bahr

Republican | MN

Gadisa Berkessa

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 32

Chris Ford

Democrat | MN

Michael Kreun

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 33

Karin Housley

Republican | MN

Nat Smith

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 34

Karen Attia

Republican | MN

John Hoffman

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 35

Jim Abeler

Republican | MN

Angela Nelson

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 36

Heather Gustafson

Democrat | MN

Heidi Heino

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 37

Brady Hoag

Republican | MN

Kristy Janigo

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 38

Brad Olson

Republican | MN

Susan Pha

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 39

Mary K Kunesh

Democrat | MN

Ngone Saliou Niang

Green | MN

Pam Wolf

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 40

Rachel Japuntich

Republican | MN

John Marty

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 41

Tom Dippel

Republican | MN

Judy Seeberger

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 42

Kevin Peterson

Republican | MN

Bonnie Westlin

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 43

Mike Freiberg

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 44

Sam Rosemark

Democrat | MN

James Tacheny

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 45

Shannon Bruce

Republican | MN

Ann Johnson Stewart

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 46

Ron Latz

Democrat | MN

Kayla Wright

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 47

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger

Democrat | MN

Brian Stalboerger

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 48

Julia Coleman

Republican | MN

Dan Kessler

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 49

Kris Babler

Independent | MN

Dustin R. DuFault

Republican | MN

Krish Subrahmanian

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 50

Karla Hult

Democrat | MN

Owen Michaelson

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 51

Juline Birgersson

Republican | MN

Simon Trautmann Cordova

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 52

Brady O'Neil

Republican | MN

Liz Reyer

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 53

Paul Cumings

Democrat | MN

Todd Podgorski

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 54

Ben Bakeberg

Republican | MN

Rick Olson

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 55

Van Holston

Republican | MN

Lindsey Port

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 56

Raymond David Petersen

Republican | MN

Erin Maye Quade

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 57

Zach Duckworth

Republican | MN

Steven Schroer

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 58

Mark Legvold

Democrat | MN

Bill Lieske

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 59

Bobby Joe Champion

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 60

Doron Clark

Democrat | MN

Abigail Wolters

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 61

Scott Dibble

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 62

Omar Fatch

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 63

Zaynab Mohamed

Democrat | MN

Diane Napper

Republican | MN

State Senator, Dist., 64

Robert Bushard

Republican | MN

Erin Murphy

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 65

Rocco (No Last Name)

Republican | MN

Robyn Gulley

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 66

Kathleen Bart

Republican | MN

Clare Oumou Verbeten

Democrat | MN

State Senator, Dist., 67

Foung Hawj

Democrat | MN

Toby Hesselgrave

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 1A

John Burkel

Republican | MN

Leanna Sandahl

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 1B

Jennifer Compeau

Democrat | MN

Steve Gander

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 2A

Bidal Duran Jr

Republican | MN

Reed J. Olson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 2B

Matt Bliss

Republican | MN

Emily Thabes

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 3A

Aaron Kania

Democrat | MN

Roger J. Skraba

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 3B

Aaron Schweiger

Democrat | MN

Natalie Zeleznikar

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 4A

Andrew Rockhold

Republican | MN

Erika Yoney

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 4B

Jim Joy

Republican | MN

Thaddeus Laugisch

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 5A

Krista Knudsen

Republican | MN

Dan S. Mitchell

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 5B

Jonathan Claussen

Republican | MN

Maggie Evers

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 6A

Ben Davis

Republican | MN

Samuel Grigsby

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 6B

Nicky Hardy

Democrat | MN

Josh Heintzeman

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 7A

Spencer Igo

Republican | MN

Erin McCabe Ningen

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 7B

Dan Horoshak

Democrat | MN

Cal Warwas

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 8A

Peter Johnson

Democrat | MN

Allan Kehr II

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 8B

Liish Kozlowski

Democrat | MN

Shawn Savela

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 9A

Jeff Backer

Republican | MN

Nicholas Hanson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 9B

Tom Murphy

Republican | MN

Owen Werner

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 10A

Melissa Maertens

Democrat | MN

Mark Striemer

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 10B

Jeff Larson

Democrat | MN

Isaac Schultz

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 11A

Jeff Dotseth

Republican | MN

Chris Swanson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 11B

Jack L'Heureux

Democrat | MN

Nathan Nelson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 12A

Paul H. Anderson

Republican | MN

Talitha Anderson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 12B

Mary Franson

Republican | MN

Michael Gardner

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 13A

Tanja Goering

Republican | MN

Arlis Sayler

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 13B

Justin Doyle

Democrat | MN

Dawn Loberg

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 14A

Mike Conway

Republican | MN

Abdi Daisane

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 14B

Zachary "Zach" Dorholt

Democrat | MN

Sue Ek

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 15A

Bradley L Hennen

Republican | MN

Nathan Schmig

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 15B

Keith R. Klawitter

Democrat | MN

Geri Theis

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 16A

David J Torgelson

Democrat | MN

Scott Van Binsbergen

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 16B

Dave Baker

Republican | MN

Julie Henslin

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 17A

Mali Anderson

Democrat | MN

Dawn Gillman

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 17B

Bobbie Harder

Republican | MN

Ben Wieman

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 18A

Leah Hanson

Democrat | MN

Erica Schwartz

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 18B

Luke Frederick

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 19A

Keith Allen

Republican | MN

Martha Brown

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 19B

Zack Meyman

Democrat | MN

Thomas J. Sexton

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 20A

Pam Altendorf

Republican | MN

Heather Arndt

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 20B

Sara Bertschinger

Republican | MN

Steve Holm

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 21A

LS Rusty Nelson

Democrat | MN

Krist Wollum

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 21B

Marj J Fogelman

Republican | MN

Jon Wilson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 22A

Sonja L. Denn

Democrat | MN

Bjorn Olson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 22B

Mary Nesgoda

Democrat | MN

Terry Matthew Stier

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 23A

Nick Ronnenberg

Republican | MN

Joe Staloch

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 23B

Christoph Dundas

Democrat | MN

Patricia Mueller

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 24A

Heather Holmes

Democrat | MN

Duane Quam

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 24B

John Michael Ajouri

Republican | MN

Tina Liebling

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 25A

Kim Hicks

Democrat | MN

Brad Trahan

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 25B

Wes Lund

Republican | MN

Andy Smith

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 26A

Aaron Repinski

Republican | MN

Dan Wilson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 26B

Gregory M. Davids

Republican | MN

Allie Wolf

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 27A

Vanessa Davenport

Democrat | MN

Shane Mekeland

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 27B

Bryan Lawrence

Republican | MN

Charles A. McConaughay

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 28A

Tim Dummer

Democrat | MN

James "Jimmy" Gordon

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 28B

Max Rymer

Republican | MN

Daniel Colten Schmidt

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 29A

Emily Dahlgren

Democrat | MN

Joe McDonald

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 29B

Marion "O' Neill" Rarick

Republican | MN

Colton Kratky

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 30A

Walter Hudson

Republican | MN

Joey Smyth

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 30B

Keenan Gentry

Democrat | MN

Chad Westberg

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 31A

Harry Niska

Republican | MN

Brian Walker

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 31B

Jen Bloomquist

Democrat | MN

Peggy Scott

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 32A

Amanda Matchett

Democrat | MN

Nolan West

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 32B

Leslie Larson

Republican | MN

Matt Norris

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 33A

Stacey Stout

Republican | MN

Angela Thompson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 33B

Josiah Hill

Democrat | MN

Jessica L. Johnson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 34A

Jason Heaser

Democrat | MN

Danny Nadeau

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 34B

Ruth Bittner

Republican | MN

Xp Lee

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 35A

Josh Jungling

Republican | MN

Zack Stephenson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 35B

Steve Pape

Republican | MN

Kari Rehrauer

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 36A

Jim DeMay

Democrat | MN

Sebastian Stoss

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 36B

Patty Bradway

Republican | MN

Brion Curran

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 37A

Tom McKee

Republican | MN

Darci Smith

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 37B

Kristin Bahner

Democrat | MN

Luke Doerer

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 38A

Charlie Kistler

Republican | MN

Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 38B

Robert Marvin

Republican | MN

Samantha Vang

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 39A

Aaron Klemz

Democrat | MN

Andy Macko

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 39B

KT Jacobs

Republican | MN

Amáda Márquez Simula

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 40A

Aisha Elmquist

Democrat | MN

Luis Withrow

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 40B

David Gottfried

Democrat | MN

Allen Shen

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 41A

Cole Birkeland

Democrat | MN

Wayne A Johnson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 41B

William Beck

Republican | MN

Jen Fox

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 42A

Kathy Burkett

Republican | MN

Ned Carroll

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 42B

Ginny Klevorn

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 43A

Todd Hesemann

Republican | MN

Kyrstin Schuette

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 43B

Jess Lewis

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 44A

Peter M Fischer

Democrat | MN

Justin Middaugh

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 44B

TJ Hawthorne

Independent | MN

Leon M. Lillie

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 45A

Tracey Breazeale

Democrat | MN

Andrew Myers

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 45B

Patty Acomb

Democrat | MN

Thomas Bergerson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 46A

Larry Kraft

Democrat | MN

Karl Olson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 46B

Kim Rich

Republican | MN

Cheryl Youakim

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 47A

Shelley Buck

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 47B

Ethan Cha

Democrat | MN

Kim Wilson

Independent | MN

State Rep., Dist. 48A

Joe Brothers

Democrat | MN

Jim Nash

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 48B

Lucille "Lucy" Rehm

Democrat | MN

Caleb Steffenhagen

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 49A

Alex Falconer

Democrat | MN

Jeff Houdek

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 49B

Wendy Cregg

Republican | MN

Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 50A

Julie Greene

Democrat | MN

Chris Wedum

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 50B

Steve Elkins

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 51A

Michael Howard

Democrat | MN

Frank Pafko

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 51B

Nathan Coulter

Democrat | MN

Jim Lund

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 52A

George Gilmour

Republican | MN

Christos Roy Jensen

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 52B

Tom Lopac

Republican | MN

Bianca Virnig

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 53A

Mary Frances Clardy

Democrat | MN

AJ Gubash

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 53B

Rick Hansen

Democrat | MN

Patti Mikulski

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 54A

Aaron Paul

Republican | MN

Brad Tabke

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 54B

Natalie Barnes

Republican | MN

Christopher Kartschoke

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 55A

Jessica Hanson

Democrat | MN

Pam Myhra

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 55B

Todd Buchwald

Republican | MN

Hunter Cantrell

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 56A

Robert Bierman

Democrat | MN

A.J. Prospect

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 56B

Andrew Hattaway

Republican | MN

John Huot

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 57A

JD Delgado

Democrat | MN

Jon Koznick

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 57B

Brian Cohn

Democrat | MN

Jeff Witte

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 58A

Steven E. Cherney

Republican | MN

Kristi Pursell

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 58B

Ed Fellows

Democrat | MN

Drew Roach

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 59A

Fue Lee

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 59B

Esther Agbaje

Democrat | MN

Kenneth Smoron

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 60A

John Holmberg

Republican | MN

Sydney Jordan

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 60B

Mohamud Noor

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 61A

Katie Jones

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 61B

Jamie Long

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 62A

Aisha Gomez

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 62B

Anquam Mahamoud

Democrat | MN

Bob Sullentrop

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 63A

Kyle Bragg

Republican | MN

Samantha Sencer-Mura

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 63B

Emma Greenman

Democrat | MN

Nicholas Peters

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 64A

Meg Luger-Nikolai

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 64B

Dave Pinto

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 65A

Samakab Hussein

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 65B

Sebastian Ellefson

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 66A

Mark Born

Republican | MN

Leigh Finke

Democrat | MN

State Rep., Dist. 66B

Athena Hollins

Democrat | MN

Mary O'Neal

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 67A

Liz Lee

Democrat | MN

Jennifer McPherson

Republican | MN

State Rep., Dist. 67B

Jay Xiong

Democrat | MN

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