Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 9 Democratic primary)
- Primary date: Aug. 9
- Mail-in registration deadline: July 19
- Online reg. deadline: July 19
- In-person reg. deadline: Aug. 9
- Early voting starts: June 25
- Early voting ends: Aug. 8
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: Aug. 9
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Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
Election details |
Filing deadline: May 31, 2022 |
Primary: August 9, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Minnesota |
Race ratings |
Cook Political Report: Solid 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 Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022 |
See also |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on August 9, 2022, in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.
Jennifer Schultz advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 8.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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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.[1][2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Minnesota's 8th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 9 Republican primary)
- Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2022

Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 8
Jennifer Schultz defeated John Munter in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 8 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jennifer Schultz ![]() | 86.1 | 38,545 |
![]() | John Munter ![]() | 13.9 | 6,199 |
Total votes: 44,744 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[4] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[5] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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John Munter | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Jennifer Schultz | Democratic Party | $694,758 | $655,103 | $39,655 | As of December 31, 2022 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. 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." |
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Minnesota in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Minnesota, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Minnesota | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party[6] | 1,000 | $300.00 | 5/31/2022 | Source |
Minnesota | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1,000 | N/A | 5/31/2022 | Source |
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 before and after redistricting.
- Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.
Minnesota District 8
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Minnesota District 8
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Effect of redistricting
The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[7] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[8]
2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Minnesota | ||||
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District | 2022 district | Political predecessor district | ||
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() |
Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |
Minnesota's 1st | 44.3% | 53.5% | 43.9% | 54.0% |
Minnesota's 2nd | 52.5% | 45.4% | 52.4% | 45.5% |
Minnesota's 3rd | 59.5% | 38.5% | 58.7% | 39.4% |
Minnesota's 4th | 67.8% | 30.2% | 67.5% | 30.5% |
Minnesota's 5th | 80.6% | 17.4% | 80.3% | 17.7% |
Minnesota's 6th | 40.1% | 57.7% | 38.8% | 59.0% |
Minnesota's 7th | 32.5% | 65.7% | 34.4% | 63.8% |
Minnesota's 8th | 43.4% | 54.7% | 41.7% | 56.3% |
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Minnesota.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Minnesota in 2022. Information below was calculated on August 1, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Thirty-two candidates filed to run for Minnesota's eight U.S. House districts, including 18 Democrats and 14 Republicans. That's four candidates per district, less than the 4.63 candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.75 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Minnesota was apportioned eight districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The 32 candidates running this year were five fewer than the 37 candidates who ran in 2020 and six fewer than the 38 who ran in 2018. Thirty candidates ran in 2016, 19 in 2014, and 28 in 2012.
One district — the 1st — was open. That was one more than in 2020, when there were no open seats, and two fewer than in 2018, when there were three open seats. Former Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R) — the incumbent in the 1st district — passed away while in office on February 17, 2022. A special election to fill the seat was scheduled for August 9, 2022.
Eight candidates — three Republicans and five Democrats, including incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) — filed to run in the 5th district, the most candidates who filed for a seat this year. There were nine contested primaries this year, five Democratic and four Republican. That number was down from 10 contested primaries in 2020 and 2018.
Four incumbents — two Democrats and two Republicans — did not face any primary challengers. Democratic and Republican candidates filed to run in all eight districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Minnesota's 8th the 163rd most Republican district nationally.[9]
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 8th based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
43.4% | 54.7% |
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 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | P[10] | 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 |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Minnesota and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
Demographic Data for Minnesota | ||
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Minnesota | United States | |
Population | 5,706,494 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 79,631 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 81.6% | 70.4% |
Black/African American | 6.4% | 12.6% |
Asian | 4.9% | 5.6% |
Native American | 1% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
Other (single race) | 2.1% | 5.1% |
Multiple | 3.9% | 5.2% |
Hispanic/Latino | 5.5% | 18.2% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 93.4% | 88.5% |
College graduation rate | 36.8% | 32.9% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $73,382 | $64,994 |
Persons below poverty level | 9.3% | 12.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Minnesota's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Minnesota, November 2022 | |||
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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 November 2022.
State executive officials in Minnesota, November 2022 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Minnesota State Legislature as of November 2022.
Minnesota State Senate
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 31 | |
Republican Party | 34 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Vacancies | 1 | |
Total | 67 |
Minnesota House of Representatives
Party | As of November 2022 | |
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Democratic Party | 69 | |
Republican Party | 63 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Vacancies | 1 | |
Total | 134 |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Minnesota was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and a majority in the house and Republicans controlling a majority in the state senate. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Minnesota Party Control: 1992-2022
Two 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
See also
- Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 9 Republican primary)
- Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
- United States House elections in Minnesota, 2022 (August 9 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Minnesota, 2022 (August 9 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 25, 2023
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State,"PRIMARY ELECTION," accessed April 25, 2023
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
- ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Progressive Party