Minnesota 2026 Primary Elections

★ U.S. Senate Lean D

Incumbent: D Tina Smith Open Seat

Democrat

Angie Craig $12,746,618 raised

Billy Nord

George Kalberer

Kurt M. Anderson

Peggy Flanagan Nominee $6,516,273 raised

Peter J. Murgic

Independent

Marisa Simonetti

Republican

Adam Schwarze $1,439,561 raised

Ahmad R. Hassan

Bob Carney Jr

Cynthia Gail

Joyce Lacey

Michele Tafoya Nominee $5,292,553 raised

Mohamad Muse

Patrick Munro

Royce White $661,620 raised

Tom Weiler $220,514 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 ✓	411,797	58.8%
Angie Craig	274,891	39.3%
Kurt Michael Anderson	5,121	0.7%
Peter John Murgic	—	—

99% reporting

Republican Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Michele Tafoya ✓	211,848	51.1%
Adam Schwarze	98,472	23.8%
Royce White	45,539	11.0%
Ahmad R. (Raafat) Hassan	—	—
Cynthia Gail	—	—
Bob "Again" Carney Jr.	—	—

99% reporting

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★ Governor Lean D

Incumbent: D Tim Walz

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 ✓	614,956	89.1%
Kobey J Layne	40,421	5.9%
Mohammad Wazwaz	10,595	1.5%
Thomas Evenstad	5	0.9%
Po Vang	1	0.3%
Bill E Gates J.R.	—	—

99% reporting

Republican Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Lisa Demuth ✓	179,714	43.1%
Mike Lindell	134,326	32.2%
Kendall Qualls	88,440	21.2%
Loner Blue	—	—
Raul J Estrada	—	—

99% reporting

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★ U.S. House 8 districts

MN-01 District 1 Likely R R Brad Finstad

Alex Eaton (D) Jacob Johnson (D) ✓ Brad Finstad (R) ^* ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Jake Johnson 47,165 81.7% ✓ Alex Eaton 10,597 18.4%

99% reporting

Republican · Aug 11 Brad Finstad 50,524 89.0% ✓ Gregory A. Goetzman 3,358 5.9% Oliver R. Morlan 2,911 5.1%

99% reporting

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MN-02 District 2 Lean D D Angie Craig

Angela Dawn Craig (D) ^* Hugh McTavish (D) Kaela Jo Berg (D) Matt Little (D) ✓ Matthew David Klein (D) Eric Pratt (R) Jeremy Westby (R) Tyler Kistner (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 — —

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MN-03 District 3 Likely D D Kelly Morrison

Kelly Louise Morrison (D) ^* Quentin Wittrock (R)

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) ^* ✓ Paul Wikstrom (R) ✓ Paul Xiong (R)

Democratic · Aug 11 Betty McCollum 95,802 85.8% ✓ Aswar Rahman 15,867 14.2%

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Republican · Aug 11 Paul Wikstrom 20,624 72.6% ✓ Paul Xiong 4,787 16.9% Gene Rechtzigel 2,988 10.5%

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MN-05 District 5 Safe D D Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar (D) ^* ✓ Latonya T Reeves (D) Dalia Al-Aqidi (R) 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 662 8.6% Abena A. McKenzie — —

99% reporting

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

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MN-06 District 6 Safe R R Tom Emmer

Doug Chapin (D) Thomas Earl Emmer Jr (R) ^* ✓ Michael Foley (R)

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) ✓ Heather Keeler (D) Michelle Fischbach (R) ^* Dave Hughes (R)

Democratic · Aug 11 Erik Osberg 27,755 65.7% ✓ Steve Carlson 14,489 34.3%

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MN-08 District 8 Safe R R Pete Stauber

Chad McKenna (D) Emanuel Anastos (D) Luke Gulbranson (D) Trina Swanson (D) Peter Allen Stauber (R) ^* ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Luke Gulbranson — — John Munter — — Trina Swanson — —

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 ±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)	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 ±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%
Governor · Republican primary	SurveyUSA	2026-06-16	450 LV	Mike Lindell 27% · Lisa Demuth 22% · Kendall Qualls 17% · Unsure 24%
Senate · Republican primary	KSTP/SurveyUSA ±3.2	2026-06-16	450 LV	Michele Tafoya 36% · Royce White 15% · Adam Schwarze 7% · Tom Weiler 7% · Unsure 8%
Governor · Republican primary	Big Data Poll (R)	2026-05-20	512 LV	Mike Lindell 21% · Lisa Demuth 19% · Kendall Qualls 9% · Unsure 39%
Senate · Republican primary	Quantus Insights (R) partisan·R	2026-05-09	663 LV	Michele Tafoya 52% · Royce White 9% · Adam Schwarze 4% · Tom Weiler 2% · Unsure 27%

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