Candidate Filings

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.

Candidates that withdraw are removed from this site.

The Secretary of State's website has information about how to Become a Candidate
as well as more general Elections & Voting information.

 
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State Offices
Governor & Lt Governor
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Loner Blue and Andrew Maass Republican
5/29/2026
Lisa Demuth and Ryan Wilson Republican LisaforMN.com
LisaforMN.com 		6/2/2026
Raul J Estrada and Joe Kincaid Republican Raul2026-crushcommunism.com
Raul2026-crushcommunism.com 		5/19/2026
John Krhin and Dennis Conn Republican krhin4gov.com
krhin4gov.com 		6/2/2026
Mike Lindell and Phillip C Parrish Republican mikelindellgov.com
 6/1/2026
Ross Nova and Kerry Busby Republican rossnovaforgovernor.com
 5/28/2026
Kendall Qualls and Brian Nicholson Republican kqformn.com
 6/2/2026
Thomas Evenstad and Jason Haarsager Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.evenstadforgovernor.com
 6/2/2026
Bill E Gates J.R. and Leah Harris Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.votebillgates.net
www.votebillgates.net 		5/20/2026
Amy Klobuchar and Ben Schierer Democratic-Farmer-Labor https://www.amyklobuchar.com
https://www.amyklobuchar.com 		6/2/2026
Kobey J Layne and Paul Ference Democratic-Farmer-Labor KOBEY4GOVERNOR.COM
 6/2/2026
Ole "Viking" Savior and Ashley "Skol" Johnson Democratic-Farmer-Labor
5/21/2026
Po Vang and Mark Frascone Democratic-Farmer-Labor povang4governor.com
 5/26/2026
Mohammad Wazwaz and Murad Alshlool Democratic-Farmer-Labor
6/1/2026
Steven Young and Jane Kirby Green steveformngov.info
 6/2/2026
 
 
Secretary of State
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Tad Jude Republican tadjude.com
 6/1/2026
Wendy Phillips Republican wendyforsos.com
 6/2/2026
Steve Simon Democratic-Farmer-Labor stevesimonmn.com
 6/1/2026
Seth Kuhl-Stennes Green seth4mnsos.org
 6/2/2026
George "Chip" Tangen Libertarian chipforsos.com
 6/2/2026
 
 
State Auditor
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Will Finn Republican linktr.ee/willfinn26
 6/2/2026
Nate George Republican www.nategeorgeformnstateauditor.com
 6/1/2026
Scott Jensen Republican https://www.drscottjensen.com/
 5/27/2026
Zack Filipovich Democratic-Farmer-Labor WWW.ZACKFORMN.COM
 6/1/2026
Jay Reeves Forward Independence JayReevesforMN.com
 6/2/2026
 
 
Attorney General
Candidate Name Party Website File Date
Ronald J. Schutz Republican www.ronformnag.com
 5/29/2026
Keith Ellison Democratic-Farmer-Labor keithellison.org
 6/1/2026
David J.S. Madgett Democratic-Farmer-Labor www.madgettformn.com
 5/19/2026