Minnesota's 7th Congressional District
Minnesota's 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Michelle Fischbach (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Minnesota representatives represented an average of 713,719 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 664,360 residents.
Elections
See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R), Jared Adams (D), Heather Keeler (D), and Erik Osberg (D) are running in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Michelle Fischbach (R) | |
| Jared Adams (D) | ||
 | Heather Keeler (D) | |
 | Erik Osberg (D) | |
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See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R) defeated A. John Peters (D) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach (R) | 70.4 | 275,098 |
 | A. John Peters (D) | 29.4 | 114,979 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 433 | ||
| Total votes: 390,510 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Teresa Muckala (Independent)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
A. John Peters (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | A. John Peters | 100.0 | 16,828 |
| Total votes: 16,828 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R) defeated Steve Boyd (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach | 64.7 | 30,458 |
 | Steve Boyd | 35.3 | 16,645 | |
| Total votes: 47,103 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Annette Watson (R)
See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R) defeated Jill Abahsain (D) and Travis Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach (R) | 66.9 | 204,766 |
 | Jill Abahsain (D) | 27.6 | 84,455 | |
 | Travis Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 5.4 | 16,421 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 224 | ||
| Total votes: 305,866 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Jill Abahsain (D) defeated Alycia Gruenhagen (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jill Abahsain | 59.0 | 14,352 |
 | Alycia Gruenhagen | 41.0 | 9,972 | |
| Total votes: 24,324 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Lindquist (D)
- Reed Olson (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach | 100.0 | 59,429 |
| Total votes: 59,429 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Annette Watson (R)
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary
Legal Marijuana Now primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Travis Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Travis Johnson | 100.0 | 509 |
| Total votes: 509 | |||
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See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Michelle Fischbach (R) defeated incumbent Collin Peterson (D), Slater Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party), and Rae Hart Anderson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach (R) | 53.4 | 194,066 |
 | Collin Peterson (D) | 39.8 | 144,840 | |
| Slater Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 4.9 | 17,710 | ||
| Rae Hart Anderson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) | 1.8 | 6,499 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 362 | ||
| Total votes: 363,477 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Collin Peterson (D) defeated Alycia Gruenhagen (D) and Stephen Emery (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Collin Peterson | 75.6 | 26,925 |
| | Alycia Gruenhagen | 16.7 | 5,956 | |
 | Stephen Emery | 7.7 | 2,734 | |
| Total votes: 35,615 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Michelle Fischbach (R) defeated Dave Hughes (R), Noel Collis (R), William Louwagie (R), and Jayesun Sherman (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach | 58.8 | 26,359 |
 | Dave Hughes | 22.2 | 9,948 | |
| Noel Collis | 15.1 | 6,747 | ||
| William Louwagie | 2.2 | 989 | ||
 | Jayesun Sherman | 1.7 | 757 | |
| Total votes: 44,800 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joel Novak (R)
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Rae Hart Anderson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) defeated Kevin Shores (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rae Hart Anderson | 67.4 | 215 | |
| Kevin Shores | 32.6 | 104 | ||
| Total votes: 319 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary
Legal Marijuana Now primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Slater Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Slater Johnson | 100.0 | 592 | |
| Total votes: 592 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Collin Peterson (D) defeated Dave Hughes (R) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Collin Peterson (D) | 52.1 | 146,672 |
| | Dave Hughes (R) | 47.8 | 134,668 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 169 | ||
| Total votes: 281,509 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Collin Peterson (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Collin Peterson | 100.0 | 39,990 |
| Total votes: 39,9900 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Dave Hughes (R) defeated Matt Prosch (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Hughes | 72.6 | 30,783 |
| Matt Prosch | 27.4 | 11,616 | ||
| Total votes: 42,3990 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tim Miller (R)
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Minnesota enacted new congressional district boundaries on February 15, 2022, when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. In its unanimous order, the panel wrote, "To afford counties and municipalities time to complete local redistricting, the statutory deadline for completing congressional and legislative redistricting is '25 weeks before the state primary election in the year ending in two.' In this decennium, that date is February 15, 2022. That date has arrived, and the legislature has not yet enacted a congressional redistricting plan. To avoid delaying the electoral process, the panel must now act."[14]
After the panel issued their order, Dave Orrick of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press wrote, "The impacts of the new maps weren’t immediately clear...Since Minnesota averted losing a congressional seat, the state’s eight districts for U.S. House members don’t appear jarringly different from current maps."[15] Briana Bierschbach and Hunter Woodall wrote in the Star Tribune, “Under the new maps, the eighth Congressional district grew larger geographically to accommodate population declines in many rural counties.”[16]Kyle Brown of Saint Paul television station KSTP wrote, “The state’s current balance of four Republican and four Democratic representatives in the U.S. House could be thrown for a loop with a radical shift in geography for the 2nd Congressional District, which by far had the most competitive race in 2020.”[17]
How does redistricting in Minnesota work? In Minnesota, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Minnesota State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[18]
The Minnesota Constitution requires "that state Senate districts be contiguous, and that Representative districts be nested within Senate districts." State statutes apply contiguity requirements to all congressional and state legislative districts. Furthermore, state statutes stipulate that political subdivisions should not be divided "more than necessary."[18]
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Minnesota State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Minnesota's 7th the 44th most Republican district nationally.[19]
2024
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.[20]
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%.[21]
2022
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+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.[22]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 32.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 65.7%.[23]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Minnesota's 7th Congressional District the 112th most Republican nationally.[24]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.19. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.19 points toward that party.[25]
See also
- Redistricting in Minnesota
- Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
- Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
- Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Democrat Collin Peterson to run again in Minnesota," accessed March 17, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "Republican Will Challenge Peterson in Minnesota," accessed December 5, 2013
- ↑ The Hill, "NRCC, promising to 'stay on offense,' targets seven Dems," accessed January 16, 2013
- ↑ FairVote, "NRCC Targets Foreshadow Power of Partisanship in 2014 Elections," accessed January 18, 2013
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel, "Wattson v. Simon," February 15, 2022
- ↑ TwinCities.com, "MN redistricting: Judicial panel releases new maps," February 15, 2022
- ↑ StarTribune, "Minnesota courts release state's new redistricting plans." February 15, 2022
- ↑ KSTP.com, "Panel releases Minnesota’s new redistricting plans," February 15, 2022
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 All About Redistricting, "Minnesota," accessed May 4, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
