The Green Papers: Minnesota 2025 General Election
 
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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(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 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 Cannabis 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. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Amy J. Klobuchar
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2030

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
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Senator  Tina Flint Smith
FEC S8MN00578
  Candidate Republican     Mike Ruoho
  Candidate Republican     Royce White
FEC S4MN00502; 25 Nov 24; Tot $1,509,278; Dsb $1,403,420

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

6 August 2024: Vice President Kamala D. Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz to be her Vice Presidential running mate.
5 November 2024: Vice President Kamala D. Harris and Minnesota Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz lost the Presidential election.


Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (4 Undetermined);
4 Democratic (4 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress  Brad Finstad
First elected in a Special Election: 9 August 2022 [re: passing of Member of Congress James "Jim" Hagedorn (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress  Angela Dawn "Angie" Craig
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Kelly Louise Morrison
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress  Betty McCollum
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress  Ilhan Omar
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress  Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr.
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress  Michelle Fischbach
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 8 Republican Member of Congress  Peter Allen "Pete" Stauber
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic-Farmer Labor Secretary of State  Steve Simon
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018, 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic-Farmer Labor Attorney General  Keith Maurice Ellison
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic-Farmer Labor Auditor  Julie Blaha
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

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
  Democratic-Farmer Labor (affiliate of Democratic): 3 incumbents, 1 candidate
  Republican: 4 incumbents, 2 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
Other Third Parties
  Independence (affiliates)
  Justice Party
  Legal Marijuana Now
  Right to Life
  Unity
 
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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/mncon/preamble.htm
Election Authority
  Minnesota Campaign Finance Board
  Minnesota Secretary of State Elections and Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Minnesota House of Representatives
  Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus
  Minnesota State Legislature
  MN Senate GOP - Twitter
Democratic
  Minnesota Democratic-Farmer Labor Party
  Minnesota Senate - DFL Caucus
Republican
  Minnesota House of Representatives - Republican Caucus
  Republican Party of Minnesota
Third Party
  Independence Party of Minnesota
4 May 2019: The Minnesota Independence Party voted to affiliate with the Alliance Party.
  Justice Party of Minnesota
  Legalize Marijuana Now Party
  Libertarian Party of Minnesota
  Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life
  The Unity Party of Minnesota
Media & others
  Austin Daily Herald
  Brainerd Dispatch
  Cannon Falls Beacon
  Duluth News Tribune- Duluth
  Echo Press - Alexandria
  KSTP TV - ABC - Saint Paul
  Minnesota Lawyer - Minneapolis
  Minnesota Public Radio
  MinnPost - Minneapolis
  Morrison County Record - Little Falls
  Pioneer Press - Minneapolis - St. Paul
  Politics1.com - Minnesota
  The Austin Daily Herald
  The West Central Tribune - Willmar
  Winona Daily News

 


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