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Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)

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Minnesota's 7th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: June 4, 2024
Primary: August 13, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Minnesota
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
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A Democratic Party primary took place on August 13, 2024, in Minnesota's 7th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

A. John Peters advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 66.9%-27.6%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 65.7%-32.5%.[2]

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 4, 2024
August 13, 2024
November 5, 2024


A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Minnesota utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[3][4][5]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Minnesota's 7th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7

A. John Peters advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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A. John Peters Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
16,828

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,828
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Candidate profiles

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A. John Peters

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I am a business owner, educator, and community activist living in Browerville, MN. I have a background in science and education specializing in computer programming and networking. I currently run a small business helping senior citizens and business in rural MN. I am a past member of the board of the National Bipolar Association. I currently chair the board of Hands of Hope Resource Center helping people suffering from domestic abuse. I chair the Todd County Broadband Coalition, helping bring affordable high speed internet to the people of Todd County. I am also a consultant to the Todd County Council on Aging. My previous experience includes: a teacher in High School and college, I research scientist in computer science and a manager of of over 100 geographically dispersed technical consultants."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

GET SOMETHING DONE: The current Congress spends more time arguing about issues that do not help the people in the United States. I am a pragmatist and I know that any improvement is better than no improvement. I am willing to listen to both sides of and issue.

WOMEN'S HEALTH: A woman's health decisions and between her, her doctor and trusted advisors. This includes reproductive health. Recent laws in several states have put women physical and financial health in jeopardy. Recent extreme laws in several states have caused severe long term health issues and even death. Also, women's general health problems have been traditionally underestimated of even ignored. Women's strokes, heart attacks, cancer are frequently misdiagnosed. We need to fund more research into these issues and train doctors how to treat problem's that show up differently in men.

RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL CONCERNS: We need to help the people in rural America. We do that by providing high speed affordable internet, well maintained roads, bridges and highways, help during floods and drought, and programs to help people transition to the new technology, and markets for rural products. We need to do this while not creating unnecessary regulations and raising property taxes.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Minnesota

Election information in Minnesota: Aug. 13, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 13, 2024
  • By mail: Received by July 23, 2024
  • Online: July 23, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 12, 2024
  • Online: Aug. 12, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 13, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 13, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

June 28, 2024 to Aug. 12, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
A. John Peters Democratic Party $17,604 $9,939 $-2,015 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Minnesota.

Minnesota U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 8 8 1 29 16 4 6 62.5% 6 85.7%
2022 8 8 1 32 16 5 4 56.3% 4 50.0%
2020 8 8 0 37 16 4 6 62.5% 6 75.0%
2018 8 8 3 38 16 5 5 62.5% 2 40.0%
2016 8 8 1 30 16 3 5 50.0% 3 42.9%
2014 8 8 1 19 16 1 2 18.8% 0 0.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Minnesota in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 10, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-nine candidates ran for Minnesota’s eight U.S. House districts, including 14 Democrats and 15 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.63 candidates per district. There were 4.00 candidates per district in 2022, 4.63 candidates per district in 2020 and 4.75 in 2018.

The 29 candidates who ran in Minnesota in 2024 are the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 19 candidates ran.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in Minnesota in 2024. Incumbent Rep. Dean Phillips (D-03) did not run for re-election to run for President of the United States.

Five candidates—four Democrats and one Republican—ran for the 5th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in Minnesota in 2024.

Ten primaries—four Democratic and six Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 8.00 primaries were contested each election cycle.

Six incumbents—two Democrats and four Republicans—ran in contested primaries in 2024, tying with 2020 for the most in the last 10 years.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Minnesota's 7th the 46th most Republican district nationally.[6]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Minnesota's 7th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
32.5% 65.7%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[7] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
33.6 62.2 R+28.6

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2020

Minnesota presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 20 Democratic wins
  • 10 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R P[8] R R R R D D D D D R R D D D R D D D D D D D D D D D D
See also: Party control of Minnesota state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Minnesota's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Minnesota
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 4 6
Republican 0 4 4
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 8 10

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Minnesota's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Minnesota, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Tim Walz
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Peggy Flanagan
Secretary of State Democratic Party Steve Simon
Attorney General Democratic Party Keith Ellison

State legislature

Minnesota State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 34
     Republican Party 33
     Independent 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 67

Minnesota House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 70
     Republican Party 60
     Independent 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 134

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Minnesota Party Control: 1992-2024
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor R R R R R R R I I I I R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R D D D D R R R R R R D D
House D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D R R D D R R R R D D D D D D

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Minnesota in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Minnesota, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Minnesota U.S. House Ballot-qualified party[9] 1,000 $300.00 6/4/2024 Source
Minnesota U.S. House Unaffiliated 1,000 N/A 6/4/2024 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 25, 2023
  4. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  5. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State,"PRIMARY ELECTION," accessed April 25, 2023
  6. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  7. ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  8. ↑ Progressive Party
  9. ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.


Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Amy Klobuchar (D)
Tina Smith (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
Tom Emmer (R)
District 7
District 8
Democratic Party (6)
Republican Party (4)


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