Minnesota elections, 2026

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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Minnesota, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Election dates

Statewide election dates in Minnesota are listed below. For more dates, please see the elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

August 11, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Below is a list of Minnesota elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2026. Click the links to learn more about each type:

Minnesota elections, 2026
Office	Elections?	More information
U.S. Senate	✓	Click here
U.S. House	✓	Click here
Congress special election	—	—
Governor	✓	Click here
Other state executive	✓	Click here
State Senate	✓	Click here
State House	✓	Click here
Special state legislative	✓	Click here
State Supreme Court	✓	Click here
Intermediate appellate courts	✓	Click here
School boards	—	—
Municipal government	—	—
Recalls	—	—
Ballot measures	—	—
Local ballot measures	—	—
All local elections by county

Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope

Noteworthy elections

In 2025, Ballotpedia did not cover any elections in additional detail in this state.

What's on your ballot?

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List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Minnesota. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Please click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Christopher Brooks	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Alycia Gruenhagen	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Raymond Petersen	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Ruoho	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Adam Schwarze	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Tom Weiler	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Royce White	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Angie Craig	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Peggy Flanagan	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Billy Nord	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Marisa Simonetti	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General
Brad Finstad Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jake Johnson	U.S. House Minnesota District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Oliver Morlan	U.S. House Minnesota District 1	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Tyler Kistner	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Pratt	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Kaela Berg	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Matt Klein	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Matt Little	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kelly Morrison Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Betty McCollum Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ilhan Omar Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
John Nagel	U.S. House Minnesota District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Dalia al-Aqidi	U.S. House Minnesota District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Latonya Reeves	U.S. House Minnesota District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Tom Emmer Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Foley	U.S. House Minnesota District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Doug Chapin	U.S. House Minnesota District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Sierra Grandy	U.S. House Minnesota District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Michelle Fischbach Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jared Adams	U.S. House Minnesota District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Heather Keeler	U.S. House Minnesota District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Erik Osberg	U.S. House Minnesota District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Pete Stauber Incumbent	U.S. House Minnesota District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Emanuel Anastos	U.S. House Minnesota District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Cyle Cramer	U.S. House Minnesota District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
John-Paul McBride	U.S. House Minnesota District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General

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State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Tim Walz Incumbent	Governor of Minnesota	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Lisa Demuth	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Thomas Evenstad	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Scott Jensen	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jeff Johnson	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Patrick Knight	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Brad Kohler	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Lindell	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Chris Madel	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Phillip Parrish	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Kendall Qualls	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Kristin Robbins	Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Newcome	Governor of Minnesota	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Ryan Wilson	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Keith Ellison Incumbent	Attorney General of Minnesota	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ron Schutz	Attorney General of Minnesota	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Steve Simon Incumbent	Minnesota Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Tad Jude	Minnesota Secretary of State	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Elliott Engen	Minnesota State Auditor	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Nate George	Minnesota State Auditor	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Zack Filipovich	Minnesota State Auditor	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Dan Wolgamott	Minnesota State Auditor	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Jay Reeves	Minnesota State Auditor	Forward Independence Party	Candidacy Declared General
Rob Kupec Incumbent	Minnesota State Senate District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Denise Slipy	Minnesota State Senate District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Kelly Martini	Minnesota State Senate District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Aric Putnam Incumbent	Minnesota State Senate District 14	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Bernie Perryman	Minnesota State Senate District 14	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Steven Jacob	Minnesota State Senate District 20	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Jeremy Munson	Minnesota State Senate District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Angie Hanson	Minnesota State Senate District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Simon Glaser	Minnesota State Senate District 24	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Liz Boldon Incumbent	Minnesota State Senate District 25	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Eric Lucero Incumbent	Minnesota State Senate District 30	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Kristy Janigo	Minnesota State Senate District 37	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Susan Pha Incumbent	Minnesota State Senate District 38	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Nehemiah Garley	Minnesota State Senate District 38	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Mike Freiberg	Minnesota State Senate District 43	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ben Bakeberg	Minnesota State Senate District 54	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Reed Olson	Minnesota House of Representatives District 2A	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Shelly Carlson	Minnesota House of Representatives District 4A	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Brian Lindquist	Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Bernie Penner	Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Tanja Goering	Minnesota House of Representatives District 13A	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Dawn Loberg	Minnesota House of Representatives District 13B	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Sue Ek	Minnesota House of Representatives District 14B	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Zach Dorholt	Minnesota House of Representatives District 14B	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Brandon King	Minnesota House of Representatives District 20A	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Duane Quam Incumbent	Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Heather Holmes	Minnesota House of Representatives District 24A	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Aaron Repinski Incumbent	Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Daniel Wilson	Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Lyna Nyamwaya	Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Sam Sant	Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Ryan Winkler	Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
David Azcona	Minnesota House of Representatives District 47A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Shelley Buck	Minnesota House of Representatives District 47A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Juli Servatius	Minnesota House of Representatives District 47A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Elijah Bush	Minnesota House of Representatives District 49B	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Brian Cohn	Minnesota House of Representatives District 57B	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Dan Walsh	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot Primary
Beth Fraser	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Matt Hill	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Meg Luger-Nikolai	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Dan McGrath	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
Lois Quam	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary
John Zwier	Minnesota House of Representatives District 64A (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot Primary

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