Minnesota 2026 Primary Elections

★ U.S. Senate Lean D

Incumbent: D Tina Smith Open Seat

Democrat

Angie Craig $13,380,880 raised

Billy Nord

George Kalberer

Kurt M. Anderson

Peggy Flanagan Nominee $10,301,879 raised

Peter J. Murgic

Independent

Marisa Simonetti

Republican

Adam Schwarze $1,502,705 raised

Ahmad R. Hassan

Bob Carney Jr

Cynthia Gail

Joyce Lacey

Michele Tafoya Nominee $9,661,154 raised

Mohamad Muse

Patrick Munro

Royce White $734,725 raised

Tom Weiler $220,904 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Peggy Flanagan ✓	411,911	58.8%
Angie Craig	274,988	39.3%
Kurt Michael Anderson	5,124	0.7%
Billy Nord	3,263	0.5%
George H Kalberer	2,827	0.4%
Peter John Murgic	2,548	0.4%

Republican Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Michele Tafoya ✓	211,906	51.1%
Adam Schwarze	98,512	23.8%
Royce White	45,549	11.0%
Tom Weiler	24,927	6.0%
Joyce Lacey	8,457	2.0%
Patrick Munro	8,124	2.0%
Bob "Again" Carney Jr.	7,265	1.8%
Cynthia Gail	7,109	1.7%
Ahmad R. (Raafat) Hassan	2,966	0.7%

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★ Governor Likely D

Incumbent: D Tim Walz Open Seat

Democrat

Amy Klobuchar Nominee

Bill Gates

Kobey Layne

Mohammad Wazwaz

Ole Savior

Po Vang

Tom Evenstad

Republican

John Krhin

Kendall Qualls

Lisa Demuth Nominee

Loner Blue

Mike Lindell

Raul Estrada

Ross Nova

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Amy Klobuchar ✓	615,166	89.7%
Kobey J Layne	40,425	5.9%
Mohammad Wazwaz	10,596	1.5%
Po Vang	9,429	1.4%
Ole "Viking" Savior	5,844	0.9%
Thomas Evenstad	4,724	0.7%

Republican Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Lisa Demuth ✓	179,759	43.1%
Mike Lindell	134,366	32.2%
Kendall Qualls	88,486	21.2%
John Krhin	5,786	1.4%
Ross Nova	3,786	0.9%
Raul J Estrada	3,058	0.7%
Loner Blue	2,287	0.6%

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★ U.S. House 8 districts

MN-01 District 1 Lean R R Brad Finstad

Brad Finstad (R) Incumbent ✓ Jacob Johnson (D) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Jake Johnson 47,313 81.7% ✓ Alex Eaton 10,629 18.3%

Republican · Aug 11 Brad Finstad 50,618 89.0% ✓ Gregory A. Goetzman 3,363 5.9% Oliver R. Morlan 2,914 5.1%

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MN-02 District 2 Likely D Open

Matt Little (D) ✓ Eric Pratt (R) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Matt Little 41,792 47.2% ✓ Matthew D. Klein 26,898 30.4% Kaela Berg 14,743 16.7% Abdi Abdulle 2,323 2.6% Hugh McTavish 2,292 2.6% Christopher Mosel 444 0.5%

Republican · Aug 11 Eric Pratt — — ✓

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MN-03 District 3 Safe D D Kelly Morrison

Kelly Morrison (D) Incumbent ✓ Tyler Bass (R) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Kelly Morrison — — ✓

Republican · Aug 11 Tyler Bass 22,589 55.4% ✓ Quentin Wittrock 18,165 44.6%

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MN-04 District 4 Safe D D Betty McCollum

Betty McCollum (D) Incumbent ✓ Paul Wikstrom (R) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Betty McCollum 95,812 85.8% ✓ Aswar Rahman 15,869 14.2%

Republican · Aug 11 Paul Wikstrom 20,628 72.6% ✓ Paul Xiong 4,788 16.9% Gene Rechtzigel 2,988 10.5%

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MN-05 District 5 Safe D D Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar (D) Incumbent ✓ John Nagel (R) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Ilhan Omar 122,640 80.7% ✓ Julie Trang Le 10,201 6.7% Latonya T. Reeves 9,131 6.0% Nate Schluter 8,016 5.3% Abena A. McKenzie 1,961 1.3%

Republican · Aug 11 John Nagel 7,777 52.2% ✓ Dalia Al-Aqidi 3,902 26.2% Angie Windhauser 2,315 15.5% Abbey Zieska 915 6.1%

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MN-06 District 6 Safe R R Tom Emmer

Tom Emmer (R) Incumbent ✓ Doug Chapin (D) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Doug Chapin — — ✓

Republican · Aug 11 Tom Emmer 53,088 80.9% ✓ Mike Foley 10,022 15.3% Chris Corey 2,502 3.8%

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MN-07 District 7 Safe R R Michelle Fischbach

Erik Osberg (D) ✓ Michelle Fischbach (R) Incumbent Dave Hughes (R)

Democratic · Aug 11 Erik Osberg 27,760 65.7% ✓ Steve Carlson 14,489 34.3%

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MN-08 District 8 Safe R R Pete Stauber

Pete Stauber (R) Incumbent ✓ Trina Swanson (D) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Trina Swanson 54,443 77.2% ✓ Luke Gulbranson 11,895 16.9% John Munter 4,161 5.9%

Republican · Aug 11 Pete Stauber 58,152 86.4% ✓ Anthony Hamilton 9,138 13.6%

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Governor · Republican primary	KTSP/SurveyUSA	2026-08-04	458 LV	Mike Lindell 34% · Lisa Demuth 28% · Kendall Qualls 17% · Unsure 16%
Senate · Republican primary	KSTP/SurveyUSA 2024 err 3.2	2026-08-04	458 LV	Michele Tafoya 48% · Royce White 13% · Adam Schwarze 5% · Tom Weiler 3% · Unsure 24%
Senate · Republican primary	Deep Root Analytics (R) partisan·R	2026-08-04	652 LV	Michele Tafoya 47% · Adam Schwarze 18% · Royce White 15% · Unsure 15%
Governor · Republican primary	SurveyUSA	2026-07-20	478 LV	Mike Lindell 35% · Lisa Demuth 26% · Kendall Qualls 11% · Unsure 22%
Senate · Republican primary	KSTP/SurveyUSA 2024 err 3.2	2026-07-20	478 LV	Michele Tafoya 41% · Royce White 10% · Tom Weiler 7% · Adam Schwarze 5% · Unsure 28%
Governor · Republican primary	Big Data Poll (R)	2026-06-29	1214 LV	Mike Lindell 25% · Lisa Demuth 20% · Kendall Qualls 10% · Unsure 34%
Governor · Republican primary	Minnesota Private Business Council (R)	2026-06-25	1601 LV	Lisa Demuth 29% · Kendall Qualls 24% · Mike Lindell 20% · Unsure 26%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.