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November 3, 2026 State General Elections

Candidates for offices elected at the November 3, 2026 State General Elections can be found using this candidate finder.

Candidate names are added during the filing period for federal, state and county offices.
This filing period is Tuesday, May 19 through Tuesday, June 2.
Candidates filing using petitions are added after their petitions are reviewed, which may be after the filing period.

Candidate names are added during the filing period for local offices:
Offices in cities and school districts that hold primaries - Tuesday, May 19 through Tuesday, June 2
Other municipal and school district offices - Tuesday, July 14 through Tuesday, July 28

Contact your local clerk for the correct filing period for your municipality or school district.

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State Senator District 1
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Mark Johnson Republican
6/2/2026
Bjorn Solberg Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.bjornforminnesota.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 2
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Calvin Larson Jr United New Independence
6/2/2026
Steve Green Republican
5/20/2026
Dan R. Rogers Democratic-Farmer-Labor danrogersmn.com
 5/22/2026
 
 
State Senator District 3
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Andrea Zupancich Republican www.andreaformn.com
 5/20/2026
Grant Hauschild Democratic-Farmer-Labor grantformn.com
 5/28/2026
 
 
State Senator District 4
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Austin Peterson Republican www.austin4mn.com
 5/22/2026
Rob Kupec Democratic-Farmer-Labor kupec4mnsenate.com
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 5
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Paul Utke Republican www.paulutke.com
 5/19/2026
Mike Wiener Republican
5/26/2026
Skylar Fynboh Democratic-Farmer-Labor skylarfynboh.com
 5/29/2026
 
 
State Senator District 6
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Keri Heintzeman Republican HeintzemanForSenate.com
 5/19/2026
Denise Slipy Democratic-Farmer-Labor slipy4senate.com
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 7
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Robert Farnsworth Republican www.robfarnsworth.org
 5/22/2026
Kim (Kotonias) McLaughlin Democratic-Farmer-Labor kimforsd7.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 8
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Darrick Law Republican darrickformnsenate.com
 6/2/2026
Jen McEwen Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.votemcewen.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 9
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Jordan Rasmusson Republican www.jordanrasmusson.com
 5/20/2026
Krystyne M. Knutson Democratic-Farmer-Labor Krystyneforsd9.com
 6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 10
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Deb Holthaus Republican holthausformn.com
 6/2/2026
Nathan Wesenberg Republican wesenbergforsenate.com
 5/20/2026
Tara Killen Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 11
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Monique Doward Forward Independence dowardforsenate.com
 6/2/2026
Jason Rarick Republican
5/20/2026
Mary Carlson Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.maryforminnesota.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 12
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Torrey Westrom Republican torreywestrom.com
 5/28/2026
Kari Dorry Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.kari4mnsenate.com
 6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 13
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Aaron Brutger Republican brutgerformnsenate.com
 5/21/2026
Jared J. Gapinski Republican
6/2/2026
Trent C Dilks Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.trentformn13.com
 5/29/2026
 
 
State Senator District 14
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Bernie Perryman Republican bernieperryman.com
 5/21/2026
Aric Putnam Democratic-Farmer-Labor aricformn.com
 6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 15
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Braxton John Seifert Republican seifertforsenate.com
 5/19/2026
Andrea Boettger Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.boettgerformnsenate.com
 5/26/2026
 
 
State Senator District 16
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Andrew R. Lang Republican LangforSenate.com
 5/29/2026
Kathy Jorgenson Democratic-Farmer-Labor
6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 17
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Glenn H Gruenhagen Republican glenngruenhagen.com
 5/20/2026
Julie Kelzer Democratic-Farmer-Labor juliekelzer4mnsenate.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 18
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Jackie Henry Republican
6/2/2026
Nick Frentz Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.frentzformnsenate.com
 6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 19
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Crystal Alan Republican crystalforsenate.com
 5/26/2026
John R. Jasinski Republican www.jasinskiforsenate.com
 5/26/2026
Adama Youhn Doumbouya Democratic-Farmer-Labor
6/2/2026
Sam Powell Democratic-Farmer-Labor
6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 20
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Steven E Jacob Republican steve@jacobforthepeople.com
 5/19/2026
Theodore "Teddy" Kimble Republican https://voteteddy.com
 6/2/2026
Jason Lohmann Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.lohmannformnsenate20.com
 5/29/2026
 
 
State Senator District 21
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Chris Knoll Republican knollformnsenate.com
 5/19/2026
Caitlyn Sanow-Minett Democratic-Farmer-Labor sanowminett.com
 5/29/2026
 
 
State Senator District 22
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Jeremy Munson Republican www.jeremymunson.com
 5/19/2026
Marisa Ulmen Democratic-Farmer-Labor ulmenforsenate.org
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 23
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Gene Dornink Republican
5/28/2026
Angie Hanson Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.angiehansonmnsenate.com
 5/19/2026
Jennifer Ney Democratic-Farmer-Labor
6/2/2026
 
 
State Senator District 24
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Nels T. Pierson Republican www.nels.com
 5/22/2026
Simon Glaser Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.Simonglaser.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 25
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
John Howie Republican
6/2/2026
Liz Boldon Democratic-Farmer-Labor LizBoldon.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 26
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Cherie Johnson Republican www.cheriejohnsonforsenate.com
 5/19/2026
Jack Hedin Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 27
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Andrew Mathews Republican andrewmathews.com
 5/19/2026
Brandon Van Dover Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/26/2026
 
 
State Senator District 28
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Mark Koran Republican www.markkoranmn.com
 5/27/2026
Max Glenna Democratic-Farmer-Labor maxforminnesota.com
 5/29/2026
 
 
State Senator District 29
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Michael Holmstrom Jr Republican mike4mnsenate.com
 5/22/2026
Dan Fiskum Democratic-Farmer-Labor https://www.FiskumForSenate.com
 5/19/2026
Louis McNutt Democratic-Farmer-Labor louismcnuttformnsenate.com
 6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 30
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Eric Lucero Republican www.ericlucero.com
 5/22/2026
Leah Temple Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.leahtemple.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 31
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Calvin Bahr Republican
5/26/2026
Gadisa Berkessa Democratic-Farmer-Labor
6/1/2026
 
 
State Senator District 32
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Michael Kreun Republican MichaelForMNSenate.com
 5/22/2026
Chris Ford Democratic-Farmer-Labor Chrisfordformn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 33
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Karin Housley Republican housleyforsenate.com
 5/20/2026
Nat Smith Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.natsmithformn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 34
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Karen Attia Republican attiaforsenate.org
 6/2/2026
John Hoffman Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.johnhoffmanmn.com
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 35
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Jim Abeler Republican jimabeler.com
 5/19/2026
Angela Nelson Democratic-Farmer-Labor nelsonformn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 36
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Heidi Heino Republican www.heidiheino.com
 5/22/2026
Heather Gustafson Democratic-Farmer-Labor voteheathergustafson.com
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 37
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Brady Hoag Republican bradyhoag.com
 5/21/2026
Austin Chanen Democratic-Farmer-Labor chanenformn.com
 6/2/2026
Kristy Janigo Democratic-Farmer-Labor kristyjanigoformn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 38
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Brad Olson Republican
5/21/2026
Nehemiah Garley Democratic-Farmer-Labor nehemiahgarleySD38.org
 5/29/2026
Susan Pha Democratic-Farmer-Labor susanphaforsenate.com
 5/21/2026
 
 
State Senator District 39
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Ngone Saliou Niang Green https://niangforsenate.nationbuilder.com
 6/1/2026
Pam Wolf Republican
5/27/2026
Mary K Kunesh Democratic-Farmer-Labor marykunesh@gmail.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 40
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Rachel Japuntich Republican Rachel4MN.com
 5/22/2026
John Marty Democratic-Farmer-Labor johnmarty.org
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 41
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Tom Dippel Republican www.DippelforMN.com
 5/27/2026
Judy Seeberger Democratic-Farmer-Labor judyforsenate.com
 5/27/2026
 
 
State Senator District 42
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Kevin Peterson Republican www.kpformn.com
 5/26/2026
Bonnie Westlin Democratic-Farmer-Labor backbonnie.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 43
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Mike Freiberg Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.mikefreiberg.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 44
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
James Tacheny Republican
6/2/2026
Teresa Miller Democratic-Farmer-Labor miller4senate44.com
 6/2/2026
Sam Rosemark Democratic-Farmer-Labor samrosemark.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 45
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Shannon Bruce Republican www.ShannonForMNStateSenate.com
 6/2/2026
Ann Johnson Stewart Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.annjohnsonstewart.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 46
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Kayla Wright Republican
6/2/2026
Lynette Lungay Dumalag Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.lynetteformn.com
 5/19/2026
Ron Latz Democratic-Farmer-Labor ronlatz.org
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 47
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Brian Stalboerger Republican www.brianformn.com
 6/1/2026
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.amandaformn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 48
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Julia Coleman Republican colemanforsenate.com
 5/27/2026
Dan Kessler Democratic-Farmer-Labor kesslerforsenate.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 49
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Kris Babler Independent krisbabler.com
 6/2/2026
Dustin R. DuFault Republican www.DuFaultForMN.com
 5/28/2026
Krish Subrahmanian Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.krishforsenate.com
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 50
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Owen Michaelson Republican www.Owen4Senate.com
 6/2/2026
Karla Hult Democratic-Farmer-Labor karlahultforsenate.com
 5/19/2026
Amal Ibrahim Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.amalformn.com
 6/2/2026
Nelly Korman Democratic-Farmer-Labor kormanforminnesota.com
 5/19/2026
John McClellan Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.McClellanforsd50.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 51
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Juline Birgersson Republican
5/19/2026
Simon Trautmann Cordova Democratic-Farmer-Labor simonfor51.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 52
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Brady O'Neil Republican bradyoneil.com
 5/21/2026
Liz Reyer Democratic-Farmer-Labor lizreyer.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 53
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Todd Podgorski Republican ToddPodgorski.com
 5/21/2026
Paul Cumings Democratic-Farmer-Labor paulcumings.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 54
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Ben Bakeberg Republican www.BenBakebergMN.com
 5/20/2026
Rick Olson Democratic-Farmer-Labor https://rickformn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 55
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Van Holston Republican
5/22/2026
Lindsey Port Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.lindseyportmn.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 56
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Julida Alter Republican www.JulidaforMN.com
 5/22/2026
Raymond David Petersen Republican rayforsenate.com
 5/20/2026
Erin Maye Quade Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 57
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Zach Duckworth Republican voteduckworth.com
 5/19/2026
Steven Schroer Democratic-Farmer-Labor https://stevenschroermn.org
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 58
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Bill Lieske Republican lieske4senate.com
 5/21/2026
Mark Legvold Democratic-Farmer-Labor legvold4mnsenate58.com
 5/20/2026
 
 
State Senator District 59
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Bobby Joe Champion Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 60
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Abigail Wolters Republican abigailwolters.com
 6/2/2026
Doron Clark Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.DoronForSenate.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 61
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Scott Dibble Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.scottdibble.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 62
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Jeanelle Austin Democratic-Farmer-Labor jeanelleforthepeople.com
 6/2/2026
Omar Fateh Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/21/2026
Brenda Short Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.brendashort4mpls.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 63
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Diane Napper Republican dianenapper.com
 6/2/2026
Zaynab Mohamed Democratic-Farmer-Labor zaynabmohamed.org
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 64
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Robert Bushard Republican
6/1/2026
Erin Murphy Democratic-Farmer-Labor murphyfor64.com
 5/28/2026
 
 
State Senator District 65
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
_ Rocco Republican
6/2/2026
Natasha Bennett Democratic-Farmer-Labor https://natashabennettforsd65.com/
 6/2/2026
Robyn Gulley Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.robyngulley.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 66
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Kathleen Bart Republican
5/22/2026
Clare Oumou Verbeten Democratic-Farmer-Labor clareoumou.com
 5/19/2026
 
 
State Senator District 67
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Toby Hesselgrave Republican
6/2/2026
Foung Hawj Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.founghawj.com
 5/19/2026