Minnesota

Minnesota Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot

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Minnesota's 2026 ballot includes governor (Amy Klobuchar (D), Lisa Demuth (R)); U.S. Senate (Peggy Flanagan (DFL), Michele Tafoya (R)); 8 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked Minnesota jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.

State Snapshot

Primary ElectionAug. 11, 2026

General ElectionNov. 3, 2026

StateMinnesota

Places Listed22

Profiles105

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Minnesota's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

2 candidates

Amy Klobuchar (D)
Klobuchar is a sitting U.S. Senator seeking the Minnesota governorship; she previously served as a county prosecutor and is the granddaughter of an iron-ore miner and the daughter of a newspaperman and a second-grade teacher, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Lower costs for Minnesotans, per her campaign priorities page · Make government accountable and root out fraud, per her campaign priorities page · Prepare Minnesota's workforce for the future, per her campaign priorities page
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Lisa Demuth (R)
Lisa 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 is the first Black major-party nominee for Minnesota governor.
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
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U.S. Senate

2 candidates

Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
Flanagan serves as Minnesota's lieutenant governor, a position held since 2019, per the campaign site. Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Nation and holds a degree from the University of Minnesota, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Flanagan's background includes work as a nonprofit executive director, an organizational trainer, and a state legislator, and that Flanagan was elected to the Minneapolis School Board at age 25, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Ending corruption, which her campaign lists first among its priorities · Health care, which it lists second · Affording your life, which it lists third
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Michele Tafoya (R)
Michele Tafoya is a former network sports broadcaster and NFL sideline reporter, and the Republican nominee for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat.
Priorities: Stop the fraud, which her campaign lists first among its four issues · Law and order, which it lists second · Cut costs and taxes for the middle class, which it lists third
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Attorney General

2 candidates

Keith Ellison (DFL)Incumbent
Ellison is the incumbent Minnesota Attorney General running for re-election, per the campaign site. His office has worked on insulin cost reductions, consumer robocall protections and opioid settlement funds for the state, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Protect consumers, workers, and civil rights · Use the attorney general's office for public-safety and accountability cases · Defend reproductive rights and state legal authority
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Ron Schutz (R)
Ron Schutz is a trial lawyer who was a partner in a national litigation firm and served as its chairman from 2019 to 2024, per his campaign site, and the Republican nominee for Minnesota attorney general. He was the sole Republican filer and drew 100 percent of the August 11 Republican primary vote.
Priorities: Fighting fraud, per his campaign priorities page · Consumer protection, per his campaign priorities page · Tackling crime and supporting law enforcement, per his campaign priorities page
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Secretary Of State

4 candidates

Steve Simon (DFL)Incumbent
Steve Simon is Minnesota's incumbent secretary of state, in office since 2015, and the DFL nominee for another term, unopposed in the August 11 primary. His office oversees elections, business filings, public records, voter information, and civic participation across Minnesota.
Priorities: Defend democracy and strengthen the freedom to vote, per his campaign site · Push back against election disinformation, per his campaign site · Support small businesses and enhance protections for the most vulnerable, per his campaign site
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Tad Jude (R)
Tad Jude is a former district court judge in the 10th Judicial District and a former member of the Minnesota House, Minnesota Senate and Hennepin County Board, and the Republican nominee for secretary of state.
Priorities: Require photo identification to vote, per his campaign plan · Clean up the voter rolls and verify citizenship, per his campaign plan · Prevent fraud in public programs, per his campaign plan
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George "Chip" Tangen (Libertarian)
George "Chip" Tangen is a Libertarian candidate for Minnesota secretary of state who qualified for the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot by nominating petition. An attorney raised in Eden Prairie, he previously served as legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad in Washington.
Priorities: Nonpartisan administration of Minnesota elections · Ballot access for independent and minor-party candidates · Maximizing both voter participation and election security
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Seth Kuhl-Stennes (Green)
Kuhl-Stennes is a Baudette, Minnesota native who has spent 20 years working across cooperatives, for-profit businesses and nonprofits, including seven years in union roles with UFCW Local 663 and OPEIU Local 12, per the campaign site. He holds a political science degree from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Expand voting access and ballot access · Increase election transparency · Support civic participation and community accountability
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Auditor

3 candidates

Zack Filipovich (DFL)
Zack Filipovich is a certified management accountant and nonprofit finance manager and a former Duluth city councilor and council president, and the DFL nominee for state auditor, unopposed in the August 11 primary. The seat is open because Julie Blaha announced in September 2025 that she would not seek re-election. His campaign emphasizes local-government oversight, financial accountability, transparency, and support for communities managing public dollars.
Priorities: Transparency and accountability, per his campaign issues page · Strengthening our communities, per his campaign issues page · Communicating and building trust, per his campaign issues page
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Scott Jensen (R)
Jensen is a candidate for Minnesota State Auditor and a family medicine physician with 40 years of practice in Carver County; he previously served in the Minnesota Senate and has served on a bank's board of directors as Audit Committee Chair and on his local school district board, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Stop fraud, per his campaign priorities page · Accountability and internal controls, per his campaign priorities page · Compliance and ongoing audits, per his campaign priorities page
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Jay Reeves (Forward-Independence)
Jay Reeves is a Forward-Independence Party candidate for Minnesota state auditor and an Army veteran. His campaign emphasizes independent oversight, public accountability, and non-major-party representation in statewide fiscal review.
Priorities: Offer independent oversight of public finances · Strengthen accountability and transparency · Bring military service experience to statewide office
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U.S. House - MN-1

2 candidates

Brad Finstad (Republican)Incumbent
Finstad is a fourth-generation farmer and lifelong southern Minnesota resident who continues to help operate his family farm, per the campaign site. He is a husband and father of seven, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Wants federal farm policy written by farmers, for farmers, without burdensome obstacles, per the campaign site · Wants to keep more money in workers' paychecks and give small businesses certainty to grow, per the campaign site · Supports keeping the border secure, resuming border wall construction and CBP staffing, per the campaign site
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Jake Johnson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
Johnson is a high school math teacher in Rochester with 20 years of classroom experience, per the campaign site. He grew up in Stewartville as one of eleven children and has served as a Government Relations Coordinator and board member of the Minnesota Jump$tart Coalition, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Bringing down costs, per his campaign site · Taking on corruption, per his campaign site · Investing in our small towns, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MN-2

2 candidates

Eric Pratt (Republican)
Four-term Republican state senator from Prior Lake and minority lead on the Senate Finance Committee, per the Star Tribune and Minnesota Reformer. He spent more than 30 years in banking and finance leading risk-management and fraud-prevention teams and served four terms on the Prior Lake-Savage school board, per his campaign site. He is seeking the open seat being vacated by Rep. Angie Craig.
Priorities: Restore economic stability and opportunity, per his campaign site · Protect communities and keep families safe, per his campaign site · Make government work for the people it serves, per his campaign site
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Matt Little (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
Attorney who runs his own firm representing seniors and people with disabilities, and a former Lakeville mayor and state senator, per his Sun Thisweek questionnaire; he is the DFL-endorsed candidate in the race.
Priorities: Affordability, per his Sun Thisweek questionnaire · Medicare for All, per the same questionnaire · Anti-corruption and dark-money reform, per the same questionnaire
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U.S. House - MN-3

2 candidates

Kelly Morrison (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)Incumbent
Morrison is a sitting member of Congress representing Minnesota's 3rd District and worked for more than 20 years as an OB-GYN before her election, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Took on pharmaceutical companies and passed legislation to lower prescription drug costs, per the campaign site · As an OB-GYN, has worked to protect a woman's right to make her own health care decisions, per the campaign site · Has worked on gun violence prevention, the opioid crisis, school mental health support and climate, per the campaign site
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Tyler Bass (Republican)
Bass describes himself on the campaign site as a business owner and job creator who started with a $250 paycheck, built multiple companies, and has worked in roofing, siding, factory jobs, and as a licensed life and health insurance agent in Minnesota, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Second Amendment rights, per his campaign site · Jobs and H-1B visa reform, per his campaign site · Property taxes, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MN-4

2 candidates

Betty McCollum (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)Incumbent
Longtime incumbent representing St. Paul, per MinnPost.
Priorities: Co-introduced a bill requiring gluten-containing grains to be labeled as a major food allergen, per the campaign site · Has criticized tariffs on Canada, saying trade partners should be treated as allies, not adversaries, per the campaign site
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Paul Wikstrom (Republican)
Wikstrom is an engineer with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota who has spent 35 years in engineering and management roles at Minnesota medtech and aerospace companies, and has also worked in seismic exploration, road construction, and farming, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Stop fraud and restore integrity in government, per his campaign site · Affordability, per his campaign site · Jobs and an economy that works for families, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MN-5

2 candidates

Ilhan Omar (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)Incumbent
Incumbent since 2019, the first African refugee elected to Congress, and co-chair of the Medicare for All Caucus, per MyNortheaster; she carries the DFL's endorsement.
Priorities: Medicare for All, per MyNortheaster · Transit and infrastructure investment, per MyNortheaster · Affordability, per MyNortheaster
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John Nagel (Republican)
Nagel is a retired Minnesota State Patrol officer with a 30-year law-enforcement career who held the rank of Field Lieutenant and worked as a safety consultant for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; since retiring in 2011 he has taught defensive driving and college courses, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Repairing existing infrastructure first, per his Sun Post questionnaire · Lower taxes on working families, per the same questionnaire · Public safety, per the same questionnaire
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U.S. House - MN-6

2 candidates

Tom Emmer (Republican)Incumbent
Emmer is a sitting member of the U.S. House representing Minnesota's Sixth District and serves as House Majority Whip; he was first elected to Congress in 2014, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Wants to fight the affordability crisis, restore energy independence and lower family costs, per the campaign site · Supports border security legislation aimed at stopping fentanyl, gangs and related threats, per the campaign site · Supports returning education decisions to parents through school choice policies, per the campaign site
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Doug Chapin (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
Nationally recognized election administration expert, attorney, and college professor who has worked in Congress, the executive branch, the courtroom, and the classroom, per his campaign site. He campaigns on an economy that works for everyone and health care that puts patients before insurance companies, per his campaign site.
Priorities: The role of Congress, per his campaign site · Taxes, per his campaign site · Health care, Medicare and Medicaid, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MN-7

2 candidates

Michelle Fischbach (Republican)Incumbent
Fischbach is a sitting member of the U.S. House representing Minnesota's Seventh District who previously served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota and as the first woman President of the Minnesota Senate; she holds a B.A. from St. Cloud State University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Says the unborn have a fundamental right to life and supports defending the sanctity of life, per the campaign site · Says the right to keep and bear arms must be vigilantly defended, per the campaign site · Backs zero based budgeting, building the federal budget up from zero rather than prior spending, per the campaign site
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Erik Osberg (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
Rural Rebound Initiative Coordinator for Otter Tail County for the past nine years and a first-time candidate from Wadena, per Valley News Live; he won the DFL endorsement with 65 percent on the first ballot.
Priorities: Defend the Constitution, per his campaign site · Get corporate money out of politics, per his campaign site · Health care for all, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MN-8

2 candidates

Pete Stauber (Republican)Incumbent
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.
Priorities: Supports funding for road and bridge replacement to serve the region's rural communities, per the campaign site · Supports funding the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to protect Lake Superior water quality, per the campaign site · Voted to reduce red tape, lower housing costs and limit investor purchases of single family homes, per the campaign site
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Trina Swanson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
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.
Priorities: Universal healthcare, per her KAXE responses · Federal funding for childcare, schools, and hospitals, per the same responses · Attracting good-paying industries, per the same responses
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Statewide Ballot Measures

1 statewide measure is on Minnesota's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

Alter Management and Investment Policies for Permanent School Fund Amendment
Change the administrative policies for investing and distributing the Minnesota Permanent School Fund. This constitutional amendment appears on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot — it is NOT on the August 11 primary ballot..
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
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Places We’re Tracking

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Aitkin County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Anoka County

55 candidates

55 tracked candidate profiles
29 races covered

Becker County

23 candidates

23 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Beltrami County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Benton County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Big Stone County

11 candidates

11 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Bloomington city

1 candidates

1 tracked candidate profile
1 office type represented

Blue Earth County

25 candidates

25 tracked candidate profiles
16 races covered

Brown County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Carlton County

16 candidates

16 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Carver County

21 candidates

21 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Cass County

26 candidates

26 tracked candidate profiles
14 races covered

Chippewa County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Chisago County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Clay County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Clearwater County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Cook County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Coon Rapids city

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
2 office types represented

Cottonwood County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Crow Wing County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Dakota County

60 candidates

60 tracked candidate profiles
32 races covered

Dodge County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Douglas County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Duluth city

6 candidates

6 tracked candidate profiles
3 office types represented

Eagan city

1 candidates

1 tracked candidate profile
1 office type represented

Faribault County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Fillmore County

11 candidates

11 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Freeborn County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Goodhue County

23 candidates

23 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Grant County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Hennepin County

101 candidates

101 tracked candidate profiles
56 races covered

Houston County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Hubbard County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Isanti County

26 candidates

26 tracked candidate profiles
16 races covered

Itasca County

31 candidates

31 tracked candidate profiles
18 races covered

Jackson County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Kanabec County

23 candidates

23 tracked candidate profiles
14 races covered

Kandiyohi County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Kittson County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Koochiching County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Lac Qui Parle County

11 candidates

11 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Lake County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Lake Of The Woods County

11 candidates

11 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Lakeville city

1 candidates

1 tracked candidate profile
1 office type represented

Le Sueur County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Lincoln County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Lyon County

10 candidates

10 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Mahnomen County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Maple Grove city

1 candidates

1 tracked candidate profile
1 office type represented

Marshall County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Martin County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Mcleod County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Meeker County

18 candidates

18 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Mille Lacs County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Morrison County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Mower County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Murray County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Nicollet County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Nobles County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Norman County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Olmsted County

30 candidates

30 tracked candidate profiles
16 races covered

Otter Tail County

18 candidates

18 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Pennington County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Pine County

21 candidates

21 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Pipestone County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Polk County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Pope County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Ramsey County

55 candidates

55 tracked candidate profiles
32 races covered

Red Lake County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Redwood County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Renville County

11 candidates

11 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Rice County

29 candidates

29 tracked candidate profiles
25 office types represented

Rochester city

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 office type represented

Rock County

16 candidates

16 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Roseau County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Scott County

33 candidates

33 tracked candidate profiles
19 races covered

Sherburne County

26 candidates

26 tracked candidate profiles
16 races covered

Sibley County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

St. Louis County

36 candidates

36 tracked candidate profiles
22 races covered

St. Paul city

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
2 office types represented

Stearns County

29 candidates

29 tracked candidate profiles
18 races covered

Steele County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Stevens County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Swift County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Todd County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Traverse County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Wabasha County

16 candidates

16 tracked candidate profiles
10 races covered

Wadena County

17 candidates

17 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Waseca County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Washington County

42 candidates

42 tracked candidate profiles
24 races covered

Watonwan County

16 candidates

16 tracked candidate profiles
12 races covered

Wilkin County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
8 races covered

Winona County

21 candidates

21 tracked candidate profiles
13 races covered

Wright County

28 candidates

28 tracked candidate profiles
15 races covered

Yellow Medicine County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Every county in Minnesota

All 87 counties, A to Z. Each page shows the statewide races on every ballot in that county; the 87 marked in bold also carry hand-verified local races.

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How to vote in Minnesota in November 2026

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the Minnesota election office as of 2026-09-06; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.

Voter registration deadline: online by Tuesday, October 13, 2026; by mail Tuesday, October 13, 2026; in person by Tuesday, November 3, 2026; same-day registration is available
Early voting: Friday, September 18, 2026 through Monday, November 2, 2026
Mail ballot: return: Absentee ballots are accepted by mail or in person September 18 through November 2, per the elections calendar;; no excuse needed
Where to vote: Find your polling place with the Minnesota election office's official lookup.
ID at the polls: Election Day registration requires one proof of residence (a Minnesota ID with current address, or a photo ID plus a document with your current address); already-registered voters do not need ID to vote.

Minnesota 2026 Election Questions

Who is running for governor of Minnesota in 2026?

The tracked 2026 candidates for governor of Minnesota are Amy Klobuchar (D), Lisa Demuth (R). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

Who is running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2026?

The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in Minnesota are Peggy Flanagan (DFL), Michele Tafoya (R). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

When is the Minnesota 2026 primary election?

Minnesota's 2026 state primary was held on August 11, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.

When is the voter registration deadline in Minnesota for the November 2026 election?

To vote in Minnesota's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Tuesday, October 13, 2026; by mail Tuesday, October 13, 2026; in person by Tuesday, November 3, 2026; same-day registration is available, per the state election office.

When does early voting start in Minnesota for the November 2026 election?

Early in-person voting in Minnesota runs Friday, September 18, 2026 through Monday, November 2, 2026, per the state election office.

What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Minnesota for November 2026?

Minnesota mail ballots: return: Absentee ballots are accepted by mail or in person September 18 through November 2, per the elections calendar;; no excuse needed, per the state election office.

Where do I vote in Minnesota in November 2026?

Polling places are assigned by address. Use the Minnesota election office's official lookup at https://pollfinder.sos.mn.gov/ to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.

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Voting Resources

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Election Calendar

Track major 2026 dates and upcoming election milestones.

Note: State hubs summarize tracked places; exact ballot results depend on address and district boundaries.Profiles: Candidate data updates as official filings and campaign materials publish.