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2026 candidates we're tracking in MN-8
Pete Stauber
Top priorities
- Supports funding for road and bridge replacement to serve the region's rural communities
- Supports funding the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to protect Lake Superior water quality
- Voted to reduce red tape, lower housing costs and limit investor purchases of single family homes
Per the campaign site.
About Pete Stauber
Stauber is a sitting member of the U.S. House and a former professional hockey player and retired police officer with 23 years of service, including as an Area Commander with the Duluth Police Department and President of the Law Enforcement Labor Services Union, Local 363, per the campaign site.
Trina Swanson
Top priorities
- Universal healthcare
- Federal funding for childcare, schools, and hospitals
- Attracting good-paying industries
Per her KAXE responses.
About Trina Swanson
Attorney and founding partner of JET Global Solutions from Hermantown who spent almost 20 years at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, per her KAXE guide responses; she won the DFL endorsement on the first ballot with over 70 percent of delegates.
About this race
Minnesota's 8th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Minnesota primary is Tuesday, August 11, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.