Minnesota 2021 General Election

The Green Papers: Minnesota 2021 General Election

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Minnesota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2020 Census:	5,709,752	(1.84% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
2010 Census:	5,314,879	(1.72% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
Capital:	St. Paul

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Minnesota State and Local Government

Primaries are held for the Republican, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Legal Marijuana Now, and Grassroots-Legalize Marijuana Parties.

Write-in votes are not allowed in a primary election but are allowed in the General Election [Minn. Stat. 204B.36, subd. 2].



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 117^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Amy J. Klobuchar • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Senator Amy J. Klobuchar* • FEC S6MN00267
	9 September 2021: Senator Amy Klobuchar (Democratic) announced that she was treated for stage 1 breast cancer and believes "that my chances of developing cancer again are no greater than the average person."

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Tina Flint Smith • Appointed: 13 December 2017 [re: resignation of Senator Al Franken (Democratic)]; first elected in a Special Election: 2018, 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (6)

		Republican		state Senator Michelle R. Benson
		Republican		state Senator Paul E. Gazelka
		Republican		former state Senator Scott Jensen
		Republican		Lexington Mayor Mike Murphy
		Republican		Neil Shah

		Independent		James McCaskel

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan • First elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

117^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (4 Undetermined); 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Member of Congress James "Jim" Hagedorn • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • 7 July 2021: Member of Congress Hagedorn announced that his kidney cancer had returned.
	Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress James "Jim" Hagedorn* • FEC H0MN01045; 30 Sep 21; Tot $728,775; Dsb $294,864
		Republican		Michael Mark Ereth Hastings • FEC H2MN01140

		Independent		Ronald "Logan" Wajer • FEC H2MN01157

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Member of Congress Angela Dawn "Angie" Craig • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Member of Congress Angela Dawn "Angie" Craig* • FEC H6MN02131; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,758,839; Dsb $511,891

		Republican		Tyler Kistner • FEC H0MN02134; 30 Sep 21; Tot $766,447; Dsb $563,421

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Member of Congress Dean Phillips • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Lily Joy Erickson • FEC H2MN03096

		*Democratic*		*Member of Congress Dean Phillips* • FEC H8MN03143; 30 Sep 21; Tot $871,827; Dsb $494,528

		Republican		Adam Noel Schwarze • FEC H2MN03112
		Republican		Tom Weiler • FEC H2MN03104

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4		Democratic	Member of Congress Betty McCollum • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Amane Badhasso • FEC H2MN04169
		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Member of Congress Betty McCollum* • FEC H0MN04049; 30 Sep 21; Tot $596,779; Dsb $399,004

		Democratic		Fasil Moghul • FEC H8MN04083

		Republican		Mikki M. Murray • FEC H2MN04151; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,455; Dsb $823

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Member of Congress Ilhan Omar • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (6) - 118th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Sherlock Khanh "Khanh" Tran • FEC H2MN05158

		*Democratic*		*Member of Congress Ilhan Omar* • FEC H8MN05239; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,175,907; Dsb $1,070,597

		Republican		Shukri Abdullahi Abdirahman • FEC H2MN05174
		Republican		John Berman • FEC H2MN05182
		Republican		Cicely Davis • FEC H2MN05166; 30 Sep 21; Tot $323,701; Dsb $278,238
		Republican		Lacy Johnson • FEC H0MN05178

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Member of Congress Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr. • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Jeanne Hendricks • FEC H2MN06214

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr.* • FEC H4MN06087; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,152,395; Dsb $662,425

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 7		Republican	Member of Congress Michelle Fischbach • First elected: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Mark J. Lindquist • Independent? • FEC H2MN07121; 30 Sep 21; Tot $64,179; Dsb $47,968
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Beltrami County Commissioner Reed Jerrold Olson • FEC H2MN07139; 30 Sep 21; Tot $35,127; Dsb $2,809
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Ernest Joseph "Joey" Oppegaard-Peltier, III • FEC H2MN07105; 30 Sep 21; Tot $8,180; Dsb $3,902

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Michelle Fischbach* • FEC H0MN07091; 30 Sep 21; Tot $724,276; Dsb $487,641

		Libertarian		Travis E. "Bull" Johnson • FEC H2MN07113; 30 Sep 21; Tot $16,135; Dsb $13,588

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Member of Congress Peter Allen "Pete" Stauber • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Theresa E. Lastovich • FEC H2MN08145

		*Republican*		*Member of Congress Peter Allen "Pete" Stauber* • FEC H8MN08043; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,096,558; Dsb $359,968

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	Secretary of State Steve Simon • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (1)

		Republican		Kelly Jahner-Byrne

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	Attorney General Keith Maurice Ellison • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 21 October 2021: Announced he will not run for reelection.
	Candidate list (4)

		Republican		Jim Schultz
		Republican		former state Representative Dennis Smith
		Republican		Lynne Torgerson
		Republican		former state Representative Doug Wardlow

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic-Farmer Labor	Auditor Julie Blaha • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor (affiliate of Democratic): 3 incumbents, 10 candidates
	• Republican: 4 incumbents, 23 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• Legal Marijuana Now
Independents
	• Independent: 2 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.