
Key Minnesota races to watch in the 2026 midterm elections
With less than three months to go until the Nov. 3 midterm elections, here are the Minnesota races to keep a close eye on.

With less than three months to go until the Nov. 3 midterm elections, here are the Minnesota races to keep a close eye on.
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic primary election for US Senate in Minnesota. Her supporters cheered loudly as they found out the results live at her election night party.
There's only 83 days until the midterm elections! Learn about who's facing off in MN and how they did in the primary.
It’s voting day in Minnesota for the primary election and Minnesotans are coming out to help choose their candidates for the midterm elections in November. We spoke with some voters at a Minneapolis polling place about why they’re voting and who they’re voting for today.
The polls close at 8 p.m.
Angie Craig will no longer be in Minnesota's 2nd district, so who will? Enter DFL-endorsed candidate Matt Little, who is for Medicare for All and the complete replacement, not reform, of ICE.
Candidates from the DFL and GOP parties spoke at Minnesota Farm Fest about what agriculture, farming, and trade policies they would make if elected for their respective office in the midterm election–and it seems like the tide may be shifting in Greater Minnesota.
This week's roundup of Minnesota events, protests, rallies, vigils, community meetings, and ways to take action statewide.
I asked Royce White, Minnesota GOP US Senate candidate, about why he brought up transgender people or trans issues during almost every question he faced about agriculture policy at the state's annual agriculture convention, Farm Fest.
You can hear my questions and his answers throughout this, shaky camera work due to the noise and having to lean in to ask questions.
Mike Lindell, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate for Minnesota governor, called the conduct of the state’s GOP party and its chairman Alex Plechash “disgusting.”
This was Lindell’s response to reporter Ashley Walker’s question about the MN DFL’s questioning of his voting eligibility in the state, and the MN GOP’s attempts to get him off the ballot.
Trump has spewed vitriol about Somalis, specifically Minnesota Somalis, in recent months, sent ICE officers to the state to deport them, and is actively trying to take away their Temporary Protected Status.
Here's the harm it would cause and how Minnesota's chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) says Somalis can prepare and fight back.
Want to get involved with the community, no matter where you are in Minnesota? Here's over 150 protests, rallies, vigils, community meetings, and other ways to take action waiting for you!
Elon Musk is suing Minnesota over a law that bans AI deepfake nudification. And one has to wonder, why is he really doing this?
In state Senator Erin May Quade's words, "When the richest man in the world is suing you because you want to protect kids, you have to wonder, why doesn’t he want them protected?”
The Minnesota House race for seat 3B—representing a district covering Duluth, Hermantown, Proctor, Rice Lake, and Two Harbors—is one that has been decided by razor-thin margins in recent years.
Aaron Schweiger, the DFL-endorsed candidate for the seat, plans to push for affordable and accessible healthcare.
Thoughts about the endorsement? Still no word from Governor Tim Walz on whether he’ll endorse Craig or his Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan.
It's that time!
A weekly roundup of Minnesota events including protests, rallies, vigils, community meetings, and ways to take action statewide.
The man who shot and killed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their dog Gilbert, and shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette (and tried to injure their daughter Hope), was sentenced to two life terms and another 40 years in prison on Thursday, July 23.
Dan Wilson is gunning to be the DFL-endorsed Minnesota House Representative for Winona County (District 26A), aiming to improve the affordability of housing and childcare, and putting Winona’s issues over the party.
US Senator Bernie Sanders says billionaires can spend countless amounts of money on winning political races, but they can’t mobilize people.
And that’s what he says Minnesotans need to do to have the DFL-endorsed candidate, Lt. Gov. Pegy Flanagan, win the US Senate race.
Sanders spoke at the “Many Over the Money” rally at First Ave on Monday, July 20 in support of Flanagan.
Trump is delivering a speech to the nation on Thursday, in which he’s expected to spread more false claims about election fraud tied to the 2020 election.
In Minnesota, Simon says the truth is that our elections have time and time again been deemed “fair, accurate, honest, and secure.”
A weekly roundup of Minnesota protests, rallies, vigils, community meetings, and ways to take action statewide.