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Lisa Demuth
R · Minnesota · 2026Lisa Demuth is speaker of the Minnesota House, a fourth-term state representative from Cold Spring, a former small-business owner and an eleven-year ROCORI school board member, and the Republican nominee for governor. She won a seven-ticket August 11 primary with 43.44 percent over Mike Lindell (32.47) and convention-endorsed Kendall Qualls (21.37), running with Ryan Wilson for lieutenant governor. She is the first Black major-party nominee for Minnesota governor. Results are unofficial until the August 18 state canvass.
Priorities
- Taxes and affordability, which her campaign names as her top priority
- Eliminating fraud in state programs, per her campaign priorities page
- Public safety, per her campaign priorities page
On the ballot
Governor · Minnesota · 2026
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