Who is on the ballot in Minnesota on November 3, 2026?
For the November 3, 2026 general election. From the Minnesota Secretary of State candidate list, checked October 14, 2026.
This page lists every candidate on the Minnesota Secretary of State's list for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide offices, Congress and the legislature: 430 candidates in 221 races. Within each race, candidates are in alphabetical order by last name. Party codes are shown as the list prints them.
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U.S. Senator
- Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
- Marisa Simonetti (IND)
- Michele Tafoya (Republican)
- Rebecca Whiting (LIB)
Statewide offices
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Seat 1
- Sarah Hennesy (NP)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Seat 4
- Paul Thissen (NP)
Attorney General
- Keith Ellison (DFL)
- Ronald J. Schutz (Republican)
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
- Lisa Demuth and Ryan Wilson (Republican)
- Amy Klobuchar and Ben Schierer (DFL)
- Steven Young and Jane Kirby (GP)
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 1
- Elizabeth Bentley (NP)
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 7
- Rachel Bond (NP)
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 13
- Jeanne Cochran (NP)
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 15
- Kevin G. Ross (NP)
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Seat 18
- JaPaul J. Harris (NP)
Secretary of State
- Tad Jude (Republican)
- Seth Kuhl-Stennes (GP)
- Steve Simon (DFL)
- George "Chip" Tangen (LIB)
State Auditor
- Zack Filipovich (DFL)
- Scott Jensen (Republican)
- Jay Reeves (FI)
U.S. House of Representatives
All 8 Minnesota congressional districts elect a representative.
1st Congressional District
- Brad Finstad (Republican)
- Jake Johnson (DFL)
2nd Congressional District
- Matt Little (DFL)
- Eric Pratt (Republican)
3rd Congressional District
- Tyler Bass (Republican)
- Kelly Morrison (DFL)
4th Congressional District
- Betty McCollum (DFL)
- Paul Wikstrom (Republican)
5th Congressional District
- DeVelle L. Jackson (IND)
- John Nagel (Republican)
- Ilhan Omar (DFL)
6th Congressional District
- Doug Chapin (DFL)
- Tom Emmer (Republican)
7th Congressional District
- Michelle Fischbach (Republican)
- Erik Osberg (DFL)
8th Congressional District
- Pete Stauber (Republican)
- Trina Swanson (DFL)
Minnesota State Senate
The list has candidates in 67 State Senate districts. A district that is not shown has no candidate on the list for this election.
State Senator, District 1
- Mark Johnson (Republican)
- Bjorn Solberg (DFL)
State Senator, District 2
- Steve Green (Republican)
- Calvin Larson Jr (UNI)
- Dan R. Rogers (DFL)
State Senator, District 3
- Grant Hauschild (DFL)
- Andrea Zupancich (Republican)
State Senator, District 4
- Rob Kupec (DFL)
- Austin Peterson (Republican)
State Senator, District 5
- Skylar Fynboh (DFL)
- Mike Wiener (Republican)
State Senator, District 6
- Keri Heintzeman (Republican)
- Denise Slipy (DFL)
State Senator, District 7
- Robert Farnsworth (Republican)
- Kim (Kotonias) McLaughlin (DFL)
State Senator, District 8
- Darrick Law (Republican)
- Jen McEwen (DFL)
State Senator, District 9
- Krystyne M. Knutson (DFL)
- Jordan Rasmusson (Republican)
State Senator, District 10
- Tara Killen (DFL)
- Nathan Wesenberg (Republican)
State Senator, District 11
- Mary Carlson (DFL)
- Monique Doward (FI)
- Jason Rarick (Republican)
State Senator, District 12
- Kari Dorry (DFL)
- Torrey Westrom (Republican)
State Senator, District 13
- Trent C Dilks (DFL)
- Jared J. Gapinski (Republican)
State Senator, District 14
- Bernie Perryman (Republican)
- Aric Putnam (DFL)
State Senator, District 15
- Andrea Boettger (DFL)
- Braxton John Seifert (Republican)
State Senator, District 16
- Kathy Jorgenson (DFL)
- Andrew R. Lang (Republican)
State Senator, District 17
- Glenn H Gruenhagen (Republican)
- Julie Kelzer (DFL)
State Senator, District 18
- Nick Frentz (DFL)
- Jackie Henry (Republican)
State Senator, District 19
- John R. Jasinski (Republican)
- Sam Powell (DFL)
State Senator, District 20
- Steven E Jacob (Republican)
- Jason Lohmann (DFL)
State Senator, District 21
- Chris Knoll (Republican)
- Caitlyn Sanow-Minett (DFL)
State Senator, District 22
- Jeremy Munson (Republican)
- Marisa Ulmen (DFL)
State Senator, District 23
- Gene Dornink (Republican)
- Angie Hanson (DFL)
State Senator, District 24
- Simon Glaser (DFL)
- Nels T. Pierson (Republican)
State Senator, District 25
- Liz Boldon (DFL)
- John Howie (Republican)
State Senator, District 26
- Jack Hedin (DFL)
- Cherie Johnson (Republican)
State Senator, District 27
- Brandon Van Dover (DFL)
- Andrew Mathews (Republican)
State Senator, District 28
- Max Glenna (DFL)
- Mark Koran (Republican)
State Senator, District 29
- Michael Holmstrom Jr (Republican)
- Louis McNutt (DFL)
State Senator, District 30
- Eric Lucero (Republican)
- Leah Temple (DFL)
State Senator, District 31
- Calvin Bahr (Republican)
- Gadisa Berkessa (DFL)
State Senator, District 32
- Chris Ford (DFL)
- Michael Kreun (Republican)
State Senator, District 33
- Karin Housley (Republican)
- Nat Smith (DFL)
State Senator, District 34
- Karen Attia (Republican)
- John Hoffman (DFL)
State Senator, District 35
- Jim Abeler (Republican)
- Angela Nelson (DFL)
State Senator, District 36
- Heather Gustafson (DFL)
- Heidi Heino (Republican)
State Senator, District 37
- Brady Hoag (Republican)
- Kristy Janigo (DFL)
State Senator, District 38
- Brad Olson (Republican)
- Susan Pha (DFL)
State Senator, District 39
- Mary K Kunesh (DFL)
- Ngone Saliou Niang (GP)
- Pam Wolf (Republican)
State Senator, District 40
- Rachel Japuntich (Republican)
- John Marty (DFL)
State Senator, District 41
- Tom Dippel (Republican)
- Judy Seeberger (DFL)
State Senator, District 42
- Kevin Peterson (Republican)
- Bonnie Westlin (DFL)
State Senator, District 43
- Mike Freiberg (DFL)
State Senator, District 44
- Sam Rosemark (DFL)
- James Tacheny (Republican)
State Senator, District 45
- Shannon Bruce (Republican)
- Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL)
State Senator, District 46
- Ron Latz (DFL)
- Kayla Wright (Republican)
State Senator, District 47
- Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger (DFL)
- Brian Stalboerger (Republican)
State Senator, District 48
- Julia Coleman (Republican)
- Dan Kessler (DFL)
State Senator, District 49
- Kris Babler (IND)
- Dustin R. DuFault (Republican)
- Krish Subrahmanian (DFL)
State Senator, District 50
- Karla Hult (DFL)
- Owen Michaelson (Republican)
State Senator, District 51
- Juline Birgersson (Republican)
- Simon Trautmann Cordova (DFL)
State Senator, District 52
- Brady O'Neil (Republican)
- Liz Reyer (DFL)
State Senator, District 53
- Paul Cumings (DFL)
- Todd Podgorski (Republican)
State Senator, District 54
- Ben Bakeberg (Republican)
- Rick Olson (DFL)
State Senator, District 55
- Van Holston (Republican)
- Lindsey Port (DFL)
State Senator, District 56
- Raymond David Petersen (Republican)
- Erin Maye Quade (DFL)
State Senator, District 57
- Zach Duckworth (Republican)
- Steven Schroer (DFL)
State Senator, District 58
- Mark Legvold (DFL)
- Bill Lieske (Republican)
State Senator, District 59
- Bobby Joe Champion (DFL)
State Senator, District 60
- Doron Clark (DFL)
- Abigail Wolters (Republican)
State Senator, District 61
- Scott Dibble (DFL)
State Senator, District 62
- Omar Fateh (DFL)
State Senator, District 63
- Zaynab Mohamed (DFL)
- Diane Napper (Republican)
State Senator, District 64
- Robert Bushard (Republican)
- Erin Murphy (DFL)
State Senator, District 65
- Robyn Gulley (DFL)
- _ Rocco (Republican)
State Senator, District 66
- Kathleen Bart (Republican)
- Clare Oumou Verbeten (DFL)
State Senator, District 67
- Foung Hawj (DFL)
- Toby Hesselgrave (Republican)
Minnesota House of Representatives
The list has candidates in 134 districts. A district that is not shown has no candidate on the list for this election.
State Representative, District 1A
- John Burkel (Republican)
- Leanna Sandahl (DFL)
State Representative, District 1B
- Jennifer Compeau (DFL)
- Steve Gander (Republican)
State Representative, District 2A
- Bidal Duran Jr (Republican)
- Reed J. Olson (DFL)
State Representative, District 2B
- Matt Bliss (Republican)
- Emily Thabes (DFL)
State Representative, District 3A
- Aaron Kania (DFL)
- Roger J. Skraba (Republican)
State Representative, District 3B
- Aaron Schweiger (DFL)
- Natalie Zeleznikar (Republican)
State Representative, District 4A
- Andrew Rockhold (Republican)
- Erika Yoney (DFL)
State Representative, District 4B
- Jim Joy (Republican)
- Thaddeus Laugisch (DFL)
State Representative, District 5A
- Krista Knudsen (Republican)
- Dan S. Mitchell (DFL)
State Representative, District 5B
- Jonathan Claussen (Republican)
- Maggie Evers (DFL)
State Representative, District 6A
- Ben Davis (Republican)
- Samuel Grigsby (DFL)
State Representative, District 6B
- Nicky Hardy (DFL)
- Josh Heintzeman (Republican)
State Representative, District 7A
- Spencer Igo (Republican)
- Erin McCabe Ningen (DFL)
State Representative, District 7B
- Dan Horoshak (DFL)
- Cal Warwas (Republican)
State Representative, District 8A
- Peter Johnson (DFL)
- Allan Kehr II (Republican)
State Representative, District 8B
- Liish Kozlowski (DFL)
- Shawn Savela (Republican)
State Representative, District 9A
- Jeff Backer (Republican)
- Nicholas Hanson (DFL)
State Representative, District 9B
- Tom Murphy (Republican)
- Owen Werner (DFL)
State Representative, District 10A
- Melissa Maertens (DFL)
- Mark Striemer (Republican)
State Representative, District 10B
- Jeff Larson (DFL)
- Isaac Schultz (Republican)
State Representative, District 11A
- Jeff Dotseth (Republican)
- Chris Swanson (DFL)
State Representative, District 11B
- Jack L'Heureux (DFL)
- Nathan Nelson (Republican)
State Representative, District 12A
- Paul H. Anderson (Republican)
- Talitha Anderson (DFL)
State Representative, District 12B
- Mary Franson (Republican)
- Michael Gardner (DFL)
State Representative, District 13A
- Tanja Goering (Republican)
- Arlis Sayler (DFL)
State Representative, District 13B
- Justin Doyle (DFL)
- Dawn Loberg (Republican)
State Representative, District 14A
- Mike Conway (Republican)
- Abdi Daisane (DFL)
State Representative, District 14B
- Zachary "Zach" Dorholt (DFL)
- Sue Ek (Republican)
State Representative, District 15A
- Bradley L Hennen (Republican)
- Nathan Schmig (DFL)
State Representative, District 15B
- Keith R. Klawitter (DFL)
- Geri Theis (Republican)
State Representative, District 16A
- Scott Van Binsbergen (Republican)
- David J Torgelson (DFL)
State Representative, District 16B
- Dave Baker (Republican)
- Julie Henslin (DFL)
State Representative, District 17A
- Mali Anderson (DFL)
- Dawn Gillman (Republican)
State Representative, District 17B
- Bobbie Harder (Republican)
- Ben Wieman (DFL)
State Representative, District 18A
- Leah Hanson (DFL)
- Erica Schwartz (Republican)
State Representative, District 18B
- Luke Frederick (DFL)
State Representative, District 19A
- Keith Allen (Republican)
- Martha Brown (DFL)
State Representative, District 19B
- Zack Meyman (DFL)
- Thomas J. Sexton (Republican)
State Representative, District 20A
- Pam Altendorf (Republican)
- Heather Arndt (DFL)
State Representative, District 20B
- Sara Bertschinger (Republican)
- Steve Holm (DFL)
State Representative, District 21A
- LS Rusty Nelson (DFL)
- Krist Wollum (Republican)
State Representative, District 21B
- Marj J Fogelman (Republican)
- Jon Wilson (DFL)
State Representative, District 22A
- Sonja L. Denn (DFL)
- Bjorn Olson (Republican)
State Representative, District 22B
- Mary Nesgoda (DFL)
- Terry Matthew Stier (Republican)
State Representative, District 23A
- Nick Ronnenberg (Republican)
- Joe Staloch (DFL)
State Representative, District 23B
- Christoph Dundas (DFL)
- Patricia Mueller (Republican)
State Representative, District 24A
- Heather Holmes (DFL)
- Duane Quam (Republican)
State Representative, District 24B
- John Michael Ajouri (Republican)
- Tina Liebling (DFL)
State Representative, District 25A
- Kim Hicks (DFL)
- Brad Trahan (Republican)
State Representative, District 25B
- Wes Lund (Republican)
- Andy Smith (DFL)
State Representative, District 26A
- Aaron Repinski (Republican)
- Dan Wilson (DFL)
State Representative, District 26B
- Gregory M. Davids (Republican)
- Allie Wolf (DFL)
State Representative, District 27A
- Vanessa Davenport (DFL)
- Shane Mekeland (Republican)
State Representative, District 27B
- Bryan Lawrence (Republican)
- Charles A. McConaughay (DFL)
State Representative, District 28A
- Tim Dummer (DFL)
- James "Jimmy" Gordon (Republican)
State Representative, District 28B
- Max Rymer (Republican)
- Daniel Colten Schmidt (DFL)
State Representative, District 29A
- Emily Dahlgren (DFL)
- Joe McDonald (Republican)
State Representative, District 29B
- Colton Kratky (DFL)
- Marion (O'Neill) Rarick (Republican)
State Representative, District 30A
- Walter Hudson (Republican)
- Joey Smyth (DFL)
State Representative, District 30B
- Keenan Gentry (DFL)
- Chad Westberg (Republican)
State Representative, District 31A
- Harry Niska (Republican)
- Brian Walker (DFL)
State Representative, District 31B
- Jen Bloomquist (DFL)
- Peggy Scott (Republican)
State Representative, District 32A
- Amanda Matchett (DFL)
- Nolan West (Republican)
State Representative, District 32B
- Leslie Larson (Republican)
- Matt Norris (DFL)
State Representative, District 33A
- Stacey Stout (Republican)
- Angela Thompson (DFL)
State Representative, District 33B
- Josiah Hill (DFL)
- Jessica L. Johnson (Republican)
State Representative, District 34A
- Jason Heaser (DFL)
- Danny Nadeau (Republican)
State Representative, District 34B
- Ruth Bittner (Republican)
- Xp Lee (DFL)
State Representative, District 35A
- Josh Jungling (Republican)
- Zack Stephenson (DFL)
State Representative, District 35B
- Steve Pape (Republican)
- Kari Rehrauer (DFL)
State Representative, District 36A
- Jim DeMay (DFL)
- Sebastian Stoss (Republican)
State Representative, District 36B
- Patty Bradway (Republican)
- Brion Curran (DFL)
State Representative, District 37A
- Tom McKee (Republican)
- Darci Smith (DFL)
State Representative, District 37B
- Kristin Bahner (DFL)
- Luke Doerer (Republican)
State Representative, District 38A
- Charlie Kistler (Republican)
- Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley (DFL)
State Representative, District 38B
- Robert Marvin (Republican)
- Samantha Vang (DFL)
State Representative, District 39A
- Aaron Klemz (DFL)
- Andy Macko (Republican)
State Representative, District 39B
- KT Jacobs (Republican)
- Am�da M�rquez Simula (DFL)
State Representative, District 40A
- Aisha Elmquist (DFL)
- Luis Withrow (Republican)
State Representative, District 40B
- David Gottfried (DFL)
- Allen Shen (Republican)
State Representative, District 41A
- Cole Birkeland (DFL)
- Wayne A Johnson (Republican)
State Representative, District 41B
- William Beck (Republican)
- Jen Fox (DFL)
State Representative, District 42A
- Kathy Burkett (Republican)
- Ned Carroll (DFL)
State Representative, District 42B
- Ginny Klevorn (DFL)
State Representative, District 43A
- Todd Hesemann (Republican)
- Kyrstin Schuette (DFL)
State Representative, District 43B
- Jess Lewis (DFL)
State Representative, District 44A
- Peter M Fischer (DFL)
- Justin Middaugh (Republican)
State Representative, District 44B
- TJ Hawthorne (IND)
- Leon M. Lillie (DFL)
State Representative, District 45A
- Tracey Breazeale (DFL)
- Andrew Myers (Republican)
State Representative, District 45B
- Patty Acomb (DFL)
- Thomas Bergerson (Republican)
State Representative, District 46A
- Larry Kraft (DFL)
- Karl Olson (Republican)
State Representative, District 46B
- Kim Rich (Republican)
- Cheryl Youakim (DFL)
State Representative, District 47A
- Shelley Buck (DFL)
State Representative, District 47B
- Ethan Cha (DFL)
- Kim Wilson (IND)
State Representative, District 48A
- Joe Brothers (DFL)
- Jim Nash (Republican)
State Representative, District 48B
- Lucille "Lucy" Rehm (DFL)
- Caleb Steffenhagen (Republican)
State Representative, District 49A
- Alex Falconer (DFL)
- Jeff Houdek (Republican)
State Representative, District 49B
- Wendy Cregg (Republican)
- Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (DFL)
State Representative, District 50A
- Julie Greene (DFL)
- Chris Wedum (Republican)
State Representative, District 50B
- Steve Elkins (DFL)
State Representative, District 51A
- Michael Howard (DFL)
- Frank Pafko (Republican)
State Representative, District 51B
- Nathan Coulter (DFL)
- Jim Lund (Republican)
State Representative, District 52A
- George Gilmour (Republican)
- Christos Roy Jensen (DFL)
State Representative, District 52B
- Tom Lopac (Republican)
- Bianca Virnig (DFL)
State Representative, District 53A
- Mary Frances Clardy (DFL)
- AJ Gubash (Republican)
State Representative, District 53B
- Rick Hansen (DFL)
- Patti Mikulski (Republican)
State Representative, District 54A
- Aaron Paul (Republican)
- Brad Tabke (DFL)
State Representative, District 54B
- Natalie Barnes (Republican)
- Christopher Kartschoke (DFL)
State Representative, District 55A
- Jessica Hanson (DFL)
- Pam Myhra (Republican)
State Representative, District 55B
- Todd Buchwald (Republican)
- Hunter Cantrell (DFL)
State Representative, District 56A
- Robert Bierman (DFL)
- A.J. Prospect (Republican)
State Representative, District 56B
- Andrew Hattaway (Republican)
- John Huot (DFL)
State Representative, District 57A
- JD Delgado (DFL)
- Jon Koznick (Republican)
State Representative, District 57B
- Brian Cohn (DFL)
- Jeff Witte (Republican)
State Representative, District 58A
- Steven E. Cherney (Republican)
- Kristi Pursell (DFL)
State Representative, District 58B
- Ed Fellows (DFL)
- Drew Roach (Republican)
State Representative, District 59A
- Fue Lee (DFL)
State Representative, District 59B
- Esther Agbaje (DFL)
- Kenneth Smoron (Republican)
State Representative, District 60A
- John Holmberg (Republican)
- Sydney Jordan (DFL)
State Representative, District 60B
- Mohamud Noor (DFL)
State Representative, District 61A
- Katie Jones (DFL)
State Representative, District 61B
- Jamie Long (DFL)
State Representative, District 62A
- Aisha Gomez (DFL)
State Representative, District 62B
- Anquam Mahamoud (DFL)
- Bob Sullentrop (Republican)
State Representative, District 63A
- Kyle Bragg (Republican)
- Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL)
State Representative, District 63B
- Emma Greenman (DFL)
- Nicholas Peters (Republican)
State Representative, District 64A
- Meg Luger-Nikolai (DFL)
State Representative, District 64B
- Dave Pinto (DFL)
State Representative, District 65A
- Samakab Hussein (DFL)
State Representative, District 65B
- Sebastian Ellefson (DFL)
State Representative, District 66A
- Mark Born (Republican)
- Leigh Finke (DFL)
State Representative, District 66B
- Athena Hollins (DFL)
- Mary O'Neal (Republican)
State Representative, District 67A
- Liz Lee (DFL)
- Jennifer McPherson (Republican)
State Representative, District 67B
- Jay Xiong (DFL)
Judges, county offices and local questions
These are not listed on this page: judges, county and local offices, and ballot questions. The Minnesota Secretary of State's full candidate list has every office it covers. Your full sample ballot, with every contest and question you will see, comes from your county or local election office: find yours.
How this list is made
- The source is "Election Results media files, State General Election November 3, 2026 (ussenate.txt, ushouse.txt, Governor.txt, attorneygen.txt, auditor.txt, secofstate.txt, stsenate.txt, LegislativeByDistrict.txt, judicial.txt)", the list of the Minnesota Secretary of State for the November 3, 2026 general election, read on October 14, 2026.
- Only candidates on the November ballot are shown.
- Names and parties are the list's own, and party codes are shown as the list prints them. Every candidate is shown the same way: a name and a party, with no photos, endorsements or ratings.
- The list can change if a candidate withdraws or is replaced. The Minnesota Secretary of State's own list is the final word.
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