Republican Party of Minnesota

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Republican Party of Minnesota
Basic facts
Location:	Minneapolis, Minn.
Type:	Political party
Affiliation:	Republican
Top official:	Alex Plechash
Year founded:	1855
Website:	Official website

The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota political party affiliate of the national Republican Party. The group is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Party chair

Alex Plechash was elected chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party in December 2024.

Party leadership

As of February 2025, the following individuals held leadership positions with the Republican Party of Minnesota:

• Alex Plechash, Chair
• Donna Bergstrom, Deputy chair
• Joy Orvis, Secretary
• Ak Kamara, National committeeman
• Emily Novotny Chance, National committeewoman

Party platform

For complete information on the Republican Party of Minnesota's platform, please click here.

Party rules and bylaws

For complete information on the Republican Party of Minnesota's bylaws, please click here.

Current elected officials

Office	State	Name	Party	Date assumed office	Date term ends
U.S. House Minnesota District 1	MN	Brad Finstad	Republican	August 12, 2022	January 3, 2027
U.S. House Minnesota District 6	MN	Tom Emmer	Republican	January 3, 2015	January 3, 2027
U.S. House Minnesota District 7	MN	Michelle Fischbach	Republican	January 3, 2021	January 3, 2027
U.S. House Minnesota District 8	MN	Pete Stauber	Republican	January 3, 2019	January 3, 2027

Party candidates

Note: The following table lists candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. This may also include candidates who filed to run with more than one political party. The list may not be comprehensive if the state's official filing deadline has not passed. This list may not populate if no candidates have filed to run with this political party. The table lists non-presidential candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. For more information on presidential candidates and elections, please click here.

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Minnesota

2025 Minnesota GOP Candidates

candidate	office	party	status	Election Date
Bob Sullentrop	Minneapolis City Council Ward 8	Republican	On the Ballot Round 1	Nov 4, 2025

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Noteworthy events

2021

On April 10, 2021, Jennifer Carnahan won a third term as chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota, defeating state Senator Mark Koran (R). Approximately 340 party members from around the state met in a virtual convention to vote in the election. These party members were selected at 121 local conventions, also known as basic political operating units (BPOUs), 60 of which were directly managed by Carnahan and state party staffers. Koran alleged that this constituted a conflict of interest: "It's a massive conflict of interest. Free, fair, open and transparent elections have to be the basic foundation of what we do. If you have distrust in the process, it's difficult to get people to accept the results of those conventions." Carnahan denied the allegation: "There was no impropriety. ... The real conflict of interest here is [Koran] trying to serve in the state Legislature and trying to run the party at the same time."

Joe Witthuhn, a party member and Carnahan supporter who helped conduct some BPOUs, said, "If I thought she rigged even one individual vote, I would not support her anymore." Nathan Raddatz, a party member and Koran supporter said, "The best thing would have been to pull the party out of this and let the individual districts hire somebody, to alleviate accusations of a party and the current chair rigging the election."

The Star Tribune described the race for chair as a crucial event in shaping the party's prospects heading into 2022: "Whoever wins the party leadership race in April will have to immediately focus on 2022, when the governor's office will be on the ballot, along with all 201 legislative seats. DFL Gov. Tim Walz is expected to run for a second term, but no front runner has emerged on the GOP side."

See also

• List of political parties in the United States
• Political parties in Minnesota
• Republican Party
• Minnesota

External links

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• Minnesota Republican Party Website
• Minnesota Republican Party on Facebook
• Minnesota Republican Party on Twitter