The 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election will be held in the U.S. state of
Minnesota on November 5, 2024, to elect members to the
House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota Legislature. Primaries will take place on August 13, 2024.[1]
In the
previous legislature, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) leveraged their existing trifecta to enact significant legislative reforms, including
paid family leave, universal free school meals, a progressive
child tax credit, increased sales and gas taxes for housing and transportation respectively, codified
abortion rights, established a commission to redesign the
state flag, and eliminated public university tuition for families earning under $85,000. The slim majorities held by the DFL were maintained by narrow victories in key battleground districts. They won control of the chamber following the 2018 election and are entering this cycle with a majority of 5 seats. [2]
A primary election will be held in 19 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. 15 Republican nominations and 7 DFL nominations will be contested. Eight incumbents are opposed for their party's nomination.[20]
District 1A is located in the northwest corner of the state and includes all or portions of
Kittson,
Marshall,
Pennington, and
Roseau counties. The incumbent is Republican
John Burkel, who was first elected in 2020. He was re-elected in 2022 with 76.26% of the vote.
District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includes East Grand Forks, Crookston, and Red Lake Falls. The incumbent is Republican
Debra Kiel, who was first elected in 2010. She was re-elected in 2022 with 71.13% of the vote. Kiel announced that she was retiring at the end of the term and would not be seeking re-election.
2A is located in northwestern Minnesota, stretching as far south as Bemidji and as far north as the
Northwest Angle. Incumbent
Matt Grossell (R) won in 2022 with 54.35% of the vote. Grossell is not seeking re-election.[25]
District 2B is in north-central Minnesota, including the towns of
Bagley and
Mahnomen.[28] Incumbent Matt Bliss (R), first elected in 2016, won in 2022 with 63.46% of the vote.[29]
Incumbent Roger Skraba (R) was first elected in 2022, when he won by a 15-vote margin, earning 49.98% of votes.[29] District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of the
Iron Range and the northern
Arrowhead Region. Cities in the district include
International Falls,
Ely,
Silver Bay, and
Grand Marais. It is the largest house district by area.[30]
Incumbent Natalie Zeleznikar (R) was first elected in 2022, winning by 33 votes (50.01%) and ousted longtime DFL Rep.
Mary Murphy.[29] District 3B contains the suburbs and townships around
Duluth including
Two Harbors,
Hermantown and
Rice Lake.[32] Voters in the district opted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election and Walz in 2022.[33]
Mark Munger, a former Proctor city attorney and a retired judge for the Sixth Judicial District, is her DFL opponent. Munger also owns a publishing company, the Cloquet River Press, and has authored 14 books, according to his publishing website.[33] Munger’s years on the bench and past judicial decisions have come under some scrutiny from right-wing organizations.[34]
District 4B is located in northwestern Minnesota, surrounding the city of
Moorhead and including
Glyndon and
Detroit Lakes.[42] Incumbent Jim Joy (R) won 62.88% of the vote in 2022.[29]
District 5A is located in north central Minnesota. The largest city in 5A is
Park Rapids.[44] Incumbent Krista Knudsen (R) was first elected in 2022 with 70.49% of the vote.
The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all of
Todd County plus portions of
Morrison,
Cass, and
Wadena counties. Republican Mike Wiener was first elected in 2022 with 75.36% of the vote.
District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches from
Grand Rapids to
Garrison.[47] Incumbent Ben Davis (R) was first elected in 2022 with 62.30% of the vote.
District 7B is located in the northeastern
Iron Range of
Minnesota, and includes the cities of
Virginia,
Chisholm,
Eveleth, and other rural townships in
St. Louis County. The incumbent is DFLer
Dave Lislegard, who was first elected in 2018. He was re-elected most recently in 2022 with 51.10% of the vote. He decided to not run for re-election.[49] Voters in 7B voted for President Donald Trump in 2020 and for Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen in 2022. This is among the last DFL seats in northeast Minnesota, which has become increasingly Republican in the Trump years, and gives Republicans their best chance of a flip.[33]
DFL candidate Lorrie Janatopoulos, who worked in
Tim Walz’sDepartment of Employment and Economic Development, states on her campaign website that she’s “pro-labor, pro-mining, pro-freedom.”[50] She won a Bush Foundation fellowship in 2016, and the
Bush Foundation states Janatopoulos was an LGBTQ activist on the Iron Range.
Cal Warwas, an Iron Range native, works at the
U.S. Steel’s Minntac mine in
Mountain Iron.[51] He serves in local government for
Clinton Township and is the endorsed GOP candidate. In a press release announcing his candidacy, Warwas said one of his top priorities will be mining policy and described himself as a “citizen pro-mining activist.”
District 14A includes about half of
St. Cloud and the cities of
St. Joseph and
St. Augusta. First-term representative Bernie Perryman won the 2022 election over her DFL opponent by 199 votes. Perryman is a small business owner and chair of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce. She was also a regional vice president for
Anheuser-Busch for 20 years.[53]
Abdi Daisane, who lives in St. Cloud, owns a child care center and has a master’s degree in public administration from
St. Cloud State University. The DFL candidate’s priorities include supporting affordable housing, increasing funding for the state’s child care centers and advocating for climate justice.[54]
District 14B represents the other half of St. Cloud as well as part of
Sauk Rapids. The district voted for Biden in 2020 and Walz in 2022.
Dan Wolgamott (DFL) won his 2022 race by 540 votes.[33] The three-term legislator is running for reelection. Last year, Wolgamott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DWI charge after he was suspected of drinking alcohol in the parking lot of a liquor store.[58]
GOP challenger Sue Ek says on her campaign site that her priorities include lower taxes, support for law enforcement and protecting “parents’ rights to school choice, including homeschooling.” Ek ran for a St. Cloud House seat during a special election in 2005, but the state Supreme Court removed her from the ballot after agreeing with a lower court that she didn’t live in St. Cloud long enough to meet the state’s residency requirements.[59]
District 18 includes parts of
Mankato and the cities of
North Mankato and
Kasota. Incumbent representative Jeff Brand (DFL) is running for re-election. Brand was previously a
St. Peter City Council member and board member of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.
Erica Schwartz is the GOP-endorsed candidate. Schwartz lives in
Nicollet, where she works at a local convenience store owned by her husband, according to her campaign site.[63] She states her top issues include ensuring students have access to quality education, combating inflation and bolstering Minnesota’s law enforcement.
District 26A includes
Goodview,
Stockton, and
Winona. Longtime representative
Gene Pelowski (DFL) is not seeking re-election after his 19th term.[5] Pelowski, who chairs the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee. The local DFL party failed to endorse a candidate, and voters will determine whether Sarah Kruger or Dwayne Voegeli will be the DFL candidate in the August primary. Kruger is the chief of staff for the nonprofit
FairVote Minnesota, which advocates for election reforms. Voegeli is a high school social studies teacher and chair of the
Winona County Board of Commissioners.[33]
The Republican-endorsed candidate is Aaron Repinski, who owns and operates the Winona Tour Boat Company. Repinski is also a Winona City Council member, and on his campaign site he states his top issues are improving education, the economy and public safety.[70]
District 32B includes the cities of
Blaine and
Lexington. Freshman representative Matt Norris (DFL) is running for reelection. Norris won his 2022 race by 413 votes.[80] The traditionally white working class district has steadily gained more people of color, which could swing the district more blue. Norris is vice chair of the House Taxes Committee.[33]
Norris’ Republican challenger Alex Moe ran for the state Senate in 2022 in Duluth. Moe worked in the
Anoka County courts system and his campaign site includes many right-wing culture war issues. Moe claimed, for instance, that in the
Anoka-Hennepin School District, “teachers are also being forced to use specific gender pronouns and names for students without parental knowledge.”[81]
District 34A includes
Rogers,
Dayton and
Champlin. Incumbent Danny Nadeau won in 2022 by a significant margin, but a strong performance for Biden could oust him. Nadeau is a contract manager with
Hennepin County, and on his campaign website he states that his small construction company went under in part because of labor unions.[83]
Nadeau’s DFL challenger is again Brian Raines, who lost to Nadeau by about seven percentage points in 2022. Raines works for the state’s carpenters union. On his campaign site he says he wants to suspend the state’s gas tax, invest more in affordable health care and expand the state’s pre-kindergarten programs.[84]
District 35A includes
Anoka and
Coon Rapids. Incumbent Zack Stephenson (DFL) is running for reelection after winning his 2022 race by about five percentage points. Stephenson, who chairs the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, is a prosecutor for Hennepin County.[33]
Josh Jungling is the Republican challenger. Jungling is the charitable gambling manager for the Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association, and he states on his campaign site that his top issues include lowering taxes, supporting law enforcement and protecting senior citizens.[85]
District 35B is in the northwest metro and includes
Coon Rapids and
Andover. Incumbent Jerry Newton (DFL) is retiring.[4] DFL candidate Kari Rehrauer is a member of the Coon Rapids City Council and a teacher.[33]
The Republican candidate is Steve Pape, who is the president and CEO of an engineering consulting firm. Pape is a Navy veteran.[86]
District 36A is in the north metro and includes
North Oaks,
Lino Lakes and
Circle Pines. Incumbent Elliott Engen (R), who is running for reelection, works for a nonprofit environmental organization and he’s one of the state’s youngest legislators.[33]
His DFL challenger is Janelle Calhoun, previously an executive director for a cancer research nonprofit.[33]
District 41A includes
Afton,
Lake Elmo and
Cottage Grove. Incumbent Mark Wiens (R) is not seeking reelection.[18] In 2022, Wiens only narrowly carried the district, while Tim Walz won by nearly five percentage points.[33]
Lucia Wroblewski, a retired St. Paul police officer, is the DFL candidate. On her campaign site, Wroblewski said she was a
use-of-force expert for 24 years and a field training officer for 22 years. She is also an Afton City Council member.[91]
The Republican-endorsed candidate for the seat is Grayson McNew, also backed by the Action 4 Liberty PAC.[92][93] He’s a former legislative aide to
Erik Mortensen. On his campaign site, McNew says he will push to enact
school vouchers. McNew is facing a primary election against a more moderate Republican candidate Wayne Johnson.
Candidates
Lucia Wroblewski (DFL), former St. Paul police officer[94]
Jen Fox is the DFL candidate. Fox is a Hastings City Council member and acting mayor of the city.[33] The Republican candidate is Tom Dippel, who ran for the state Senate two years ago. Dippel is another Action 4 Liberty-endorsed candidate and founded the Minnesota Dental Lab in
Newport.[92]
District 45A is located in the west metro and includes
Minnetonka,
Excelsior and
Orono. Incumbent Andrew Myers (R) is running for reelection. Myers is an attorney and small business owner. Tracey Breazeale (DFL) is a Minnetonka Beach City Council member and former business executive who worked at Boston Consulting Group and Sleep Number.[33]
District 48B includes
Chaska,
Chanhassen and
Shorewood. Incumbent Lucy Rehm (DFL) is running for reelection. Rehm is a former teacher and Chanhassen City Council member. In 2022, she won the election by 417 votes.[33] Caleb Steffenhagen, an officer in the
Minnesota Army National Guard and a teacher, is the GOP candidate. He also owns a local milling company.[99]
District 54A is in the south metro and encompasses
Shakopee. Incumbent Brad Tabke (DFL) won his seat back by eight percentage points over the right-wing provocateur Republican
Erik Mortensen.[104] Mortensen had defeated him narrowly in 2020.
Rep. Brad Tabke, DFL-Shakopee, is running for a third term in this Biden/Walz south metro district that encompasses Shakopee. Tabke in 2022 won his race by eight percentage points over Erik Mortensen, the right-wing troll. Despite Tabke’s comfortable 2022 victory, Republicans hope a non-Mortensen, more traditional Republican candidate could perform better this year.
Republican Aaron Paul, a police officer and former school resource officer, will face off against Tabke. Paul says on his campaign site that he’s running to lower taxes, strengthen public safety and improve the state’s education outcomes.
District 58B is located in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metro. It includes portions of
Dakota County. The district covers the cities of
Farmington and portions of
Lakeville. Incumbent
Pat Garofalo (R) is retiring.[19]
District 59A covers
Camden and parts of
Near North in north
Minneapolis.[109] Incumbent Fue Lee (DFL) is running
unopposed. He was first elected in 2016 and ran unopposed in 2022.[29]
District 59B is located in
Near North,
Central, and parts of the
East Bank neighborhood in
Minneapolis .[111] Incumbent Esther Agbaje was first elected in 2020 and ran unopposed in 2022.[29]
District 60A is located in
Northeast Minneapolis.[112] Incumbent Sydney Jordan (DFL), who was first elected in a
2020 special election, is running for re-election. In 2022, Jordan was elected with 86.85% of the vote.[29]
District 62B is located in South
Minneapolis, comprising much of
Phillips and
Powderhorn.[125] Incumbent
Hodan Hassan (DFL), first elected in 2018, is retiring.[10] In 2022, Hassan was re-elected with 90.28% of the vote.[29]
District 63B is located in south
Minneapolis, mostly in the
Nokomis area.[145] Incumbent
Emma Greenman (DFL) was first elected in 2020 and ran unopposed in 2022.
District 64A is located in western
Saint Paul, mostly in
Union Park and
Mac-Groveland.[147] Incumbent Kaohly Vang Her (DFL) was first elected in 2018 and won with 85.11% of the vote against Dan Walsh (R) in 2022.[29]
District 64B is located in southwestern
Saint Paul, mostly in
Highland Park.[148] Incumbent Dave Pinto (DFL) was first elected in 2014 and won with 82.59% of the vote in 2022.[29]
District 66B is located in north central
Saint Paul.[154] Incumbent
Athena Hollins (DFL), first elected in 2020, received 78.42% of the vote in 2022.[29]
District 67B is located in the easternmost part of
Saint Paul.[158] Incumbent
Jay Xiong (DFL), first elected in 2018, received 75.17% of votes in 2022.[29]
The 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election will be held in the U.S. state of
Minnesota on November 5, 2024, to elect members to the
House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota Legislature. Primaries will take place on August 13, 2024.[1]
In the
previous legislature, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) leveraged their existing trifecta to enact significant legislative reforms, including
paid family leave, universal free school meals, a progressive
child tax credit, increased sales and gas taxes for housing and transportation respectively, codified
abortion rights, established a commission to redesign the
state flag, and eliminated public university tuition for families earning under $85,000. The slim majorities held by the DFL were maintained by narrow victories in key battleground districts. They won control of the chamber following the 2018 election and are entering this cycle with a majority of 5 seats. [2]
A primary election will be held in 19 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. 15 Republican nominations and 7 DFL nominations will be contested. Eight incumbents are opposed for their party's nomination.[20]
District 1A is located in the northwest corner of the state and includes all or portions of
Kittson,
Marshall,
Pennington, and
Roseau counties. The incumbent is Republican
John Burkel, who was first elected in 2020. He was re-elected in 2022 with 76.26% of the vote.
District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includes East Grand Forks, Crookston, and Red Lake Falls. The incumbent is Republican
Debra Kiel, who was first elected in 2010. She was re-elected in 2022 with 71.13% of the vote. Kiel announced that she was retiring at the end of the term and would not be seeking re-election.
2A is located in northwestern Minnesota, stretching as far south as Bemidji and as far north as the
Northwest Angle. Incumbent
Matt Grossell (R) won in 2022 with 54.35% of the vote. Grossell is not seeking re-election.[25]
District 2B is in north-central Minnesota, including the towns of
Bagley and
Mahnomen.[28] Incumbent Matt Bliss (R), first elected in 2016, won in 2022 with 63.46% of the vote.[29]
Incumbent Roger Skraba (R) was first elected in 2022, when he won by a 15-vote margin, earning 49.98% of votes.[29] District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of the
Iron Range and the northern
Arrowhead Region. Cities in the district include
International Falls,
Ely,
Silver Bay, and
Grand Marais. It is the largest house district by area.[30]
Incumbent Natalie Zeleznikar (R) was first elected in 2022, winning by 33 votes (50.01%) and ousted longtime DFL Rep.
Mary Murphy.[29] District 3B contains the suburbs and townships around
Duluth including
Two Harbors,
Hermantown and
Rice Lake.[32] Voters in the district opted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election and Walz in 2022.[33]
Mark Munger, a former Proctor city attorney and a retired judge for the Sixth Judicial District, is her DFL opponent. Munger also owns a publishing company, the Cloquet River Press, and has authored 14 books, according to his publishing website.[33] Munger’s years on the bench and past judicial decisions have come under some scrutiny from right-wing organizations.[34]
District 4B is located in northwestern Minnesota, surrounding the city of
Moorhead and including
Glyndon and
Detroit Lakes.[42] Incumbent Jim Joy (R) won 62.88% of the vote in 2022.[29]
District 5A is located in north central Minnesota. The largest city in 5A is
Park Rapids.[44] Incumbent Krista Knudsen (R) was first elected in 2022 with 70.49% of the vote.
The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all of
Todd County plus portions of
Morrison,
Cass, and
Wadena counties. Republican Mike Wiener was first elected in 2022 with 75.36% of the vote.
District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches from
Grand Rapids to
Garrison.[47] Incumbent Ben Davis (R) was first elected in 2022 with 62.30% of the vote.
District 7B is located in the northeastern
Iron Range of
Minnesota, and includes the cities of
Virginia,
Chisholm,
Eveleth, and other rural townships in
St. Louis County. The incumbent is DFLer
Dave Lislegard, who was first elected in 2018. He was re-elected most recently in 2022 with 51.10% of the vote. He decided to not run for re-election.[49] Voters in 7B voted for President Donald Trump in 2020 and for Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen in 2022. This is among the last DFL seats in northeast Minnesota, which has become increasingly Republican in the Trump years, and gives Republicans their best chance of a flip.[33]
DFL candidate Lorrie Janatopoulos, who worked in
Tim Walz’sDepartment of Employment and Economic Development, states on her campaign website that she’s “pro-labor, pro-mining, pro-freedom.”[50] She won a Bush Foundation fellowship in 2016, and the
Bush Foundation states Janatopoulos was an LGBTQ activist on the Iron Range.
Cal Warwas, an Iron Range native, works at the
U.S. Steel’s Minntac mine in
Mountain Iron.[51] He serves in local government for
Clinton Township and is the endorsed GOP candidate. In a press release announcing his candidacy, Warwas said one of his top priorities will be mining policy and described himself as a “citizen pro-mining activist.”
District 14A includes about half of
St. Cloud and the cities of
St. Joseph and
St. Augusta. First-term representative Bernie Perryman won the 2022 election over her DFL opponent by 199 votes. Perryman is a small business owner and chair of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce. She was also a regional vice president for
Anheuser-Busch for 20 years.[53]
Abdi Daisane, who lives in St. Cloud, owns a child care center and has a master’s degree in public administration from
St. Cloud State University. The DFL candidate’s priorities include supporting affordable housing, increasing funding for the state’s child care centers and advocating for climate justice.[54]
District 14B represents the other half of St. Cloud as well as part of
Sauk Rapids. The district voted for Biden in 2020 and Walz in 2022.
Dan Wolgamott (DFL) won his 2022 race by 540 votes.[33] The three-term legislator is running for reelection. Last year, Wolgamott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DWI charge after he was suspected of drinking alcohol in the parking lot of a liquor store.[58]
GOP challenger Sue Ek says on her campaign site that her priorities include lower taxes, support for law enforcement and protecting “parents’ rights to school choice, including homeschooling.” Ek ran for a St. Cloud House seat during a special election in 2005, but the state Supreme Court removed her from the ballot after agreeing with a lower court that she didn’t live in St. Cloud long enough to meet the state’s residency requirements.[59]
District 18 includes parts of
Mankato and the cities of
North Mankato and
Kasota. Incumbent representative Jeff Brand (DFL) is running for re-election. Brand was previously a
St. Peter City Council member and board member of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.
Erica Schwartz is the GOP-endorsed candidate. Schwartz lives in
Nicollet, where she works at a local convenience store owned by her husband, according to her campaign site.[63] She states her top issues include ensuring students have access to quality education, combating inflation and bolstering Minnesota’s law enforcement.
District 26A includes
Goodview,
Stockton, and
Winona. Longtime representative
Gene Pelowski (DFL) is not seeking re-election after his 19th term.[5] Pelowski, who chairs the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee. The local DFL party failed to endorse a candidate, and voters will determine whether Sarah Kruger or Dwayne Voegeli will be the DFL candidate in the August primary. Kruger is the chief of staff for the nonprofit
FairVote Minnesota, which advocates for election reforms. Voegeli is a high school social studies teacher and chair of the
Winona County Board of Commissioners.[33]
The Republican-endorsed candidate is Aaron Repinski, who owns and operates the Winona Tour Boat Company. Repinski is also a Winona City Council member, and on his campaign site he states his top issues are improving education, the economy and public safety.[70]
District 32B includes the cities of
Blaine and
Lexington. Freshman representative Matt Norris (DFL) is running for reelection. Norris won his 2022 race by 413 votes.[80] The traditionally white working class district has steadily gained more people of color, which could swing the district more blue. Norris is vice chair of the House Taxes Committee.[33]
Norris’ Republican challenger Alex Moe ran for the state Senate in 2022 in Duluth. Moe worked in the
Anoka County courts system and his campaign site includes many right-wing culture war issues. Moe claimed, for instance, that in the
Anoka-Hennepin School District, “teachers are also being forced to use specific gender pronouns and names for students without parental knowledge.”[81]
District 34A includes
Rogers,
Dayton and
Champlin. Incumbent Danny Nadeau won in 2022 by a significant margin, but a strong performance for Biden could oust him. Nadeau is a contract manager with
Hennepin County, and on his campaign website he states that his small construction company went under in part because of labor unions.[83]
Nadeau’s DFL challenger is again Brian Raines, who lost to Nadeau by about seven percentage points in 2022. Raines works for the state’s carpenters union. On his campaign site he says he wants to suspend the state’s gas tax, invest more in affordable health care and expand the state’s pre-kindergarten programs.[84]
District 35A includes
Anoka and
Coon Rapids. Incumbent Zack Stephenson (DFL) is running for reelection after winning his 2022 race by about five percentage points. Stephenson, who chairs the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, is a prosecutor for Hennepin County.[33]
Josh Jungling is the Republican challenger. Jungling is the charitable gambling manager for the Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association, and he states on his campaign site that his top issues include lowering taxes, supporting law enforcement and protecting senior citizens.[85]
District 35B is in the northwest metro and includes
Coon Rapids and
Andover. Incumbent Jerry Newton (DFL) is retiring.[4] DFL candidate Kari Rehrauer is a member of the Coon Rapids City Council and a teacher.[33]
The Republican candidate is Steve Pape, who is the president and CEO of an engineering consulting firm. Pape is a Navy veteran.[86]
District 36A is in the north metro and includes
North Oaks,
Lino Lakes and
Circle Pines. Incumbent Elliott Engen (R), who is running for reelection, works for a nonprofit environmental organization and he’s one of the state’s youngest legislators.[33]
His DFL challenger is Janelle Calhoun, previously an executive director for a cancer research nonprofit.[33]
District 41A includes
Afton,
Lake Elmo and
Cottage Grove. Incumbent Mark Wiens (R) is not seeking reelection.[18] In 2022, Wiens only narrowly carried the district, while Tim Walz won by nearly five percentage points.[33]
Lucia Wroblewski, a retired St. Paul police officer, is the DFL candidate. On her campaign site, Wroblewski said she was a
use-of-force expert for 24 years and a field training officer for 22 years. She is also an Afton City Council member.[91]
The Republican-endorsed candidate for the seat is Grayson McNew, also backed by the Action 4 Liberty PAC.[92][93] He’s a former legislative aide to
Erik Mortensen. On his campaign site, McNew says he will push to enact
school vouchers. McNew is facing a primary election against a more moderate Republican candidate Wayne Johnson.
Candidates
Lucia Wroblewski (DFL), former St. Paul police officer[94]
Jen Fox is the DFL candidate. Fox is a Hastings City Council member and acting mayor of the city.[33] The Republican candidate is Tom Dippel, who ran for the state Senate two years ago. Dippel is another Action 4 Liberty-endorsed candidate and founded the Minnesota Dental Lab in
Newport.[92]
District 45A is located in the west metro and includes
Minnetonka,
Excelsior and
Orono. Incumbent Andrew Myers (R) is running for reelection. Myers is an attorney and small business owner. Tracey Breazeale (DFL) is a Minnetonka Beach City Council member and former business executive who worked at Boston Consulting Group and Sleep Number.[33]
District 48B includes
Chaska,
Chanhassen and
Shorewood. Incumbent Lucy Rehm (DFL) is running for reelection. Rehm is a former teacher and Chanhassen City Council member. In 2022, she won the election by 417 votes.[33] Caleb Steffenhagen, an officer in the
Minnesota Army National Guard and a teacher, is the GOP candidate. He also owns a local milling company.[99]
District 54A is in the south metro and encompasses
Shakopee. Incumbent Brad Tabke (DFL) won his seat back by eight percentage points over the right-wing provocateur Republican
Erik Mortensen.[104] Mortensen had defeated him narrowly in 2020.
Rep. Brad Tabke, DFL-Shakopee, is running for a third term in this Biden/Walz south metro district that encompasses Shakopee. Tabke in 2022 won his race by eight percentage points over Erik Mortensen, the right-wing troll. Despite Tabke’s comfortable 2022 victory, Republicans hope a non-Mortensen, more traditional Republican candidate could perform better this year.
Republican Aaron Paul, a police officer and former school resource officer, will face off against Tabke. Paul says on his campaign site that he’s running to lower taxes, strengthen public safety and improve the state’s education outcomes.
District 58B is located in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metro. It includes portions of
Dakota County. The district covers the cities of
Farmington and portions of
Lakeville. Incumbent
Pat Garofalo (R) is retiring.[19]
District 59A covers
Camden and parts of
Near North in north
Minneapolis.[109] Incumbent Fue Lee (DFL) is running
unopposed. He was first elected in 2016 and ran unopposed in 2022.[29]
District 59B is located in
Near North,
Central, and parts of the
East Bank neighborhood in
Minneapolis .[111] Incumbent Esther Agbaje was first elected in 2020 and ran unopposed in 2022.[29]
District 60A is located in
Northeast Minneapolis.[112] Incumbent Sydney Jordan (DFL), who was first elected in a
2020 special election, is running for re-election. In 2022, Jordan was elected with 86.85% of the vote.[29]
District 62B is located in South
Minneapolis, comprising much of
Phillips and
Powderhorn.[125] Incumbent
Hodan Hassan (DFL), first elected in 2018, is retiring.[10] In 2022, Hassan was re-elected with 90.28% of the vote.[29]
District 63B is located in south
Minneapolis, mostly in the
Nokomis area.[145] Incumbent
Emma Greenman (DFL) was first elected in 2020 and ran unopposed in 2022.
District 64A is located in western
Saint Paul, mostly in
Union Park and
Mac-Groveland.[147] Incumbent Kaohly Vang Her (DFL) was first elected in 2018 and won with 85.11% of the vote against Dan Walsh (R) in 2022.[29]
District 64B is located in southwestern
Saint Paul, mostly in
Highland Park.[148] Incumbent Dave Pinto (DFL) was first elected in 2014 and won with 82.59% of the vote in 2022.[29]
District 66B is located in north central
Saint Paul.[154] Incumbent
Athena Hollins (DFL), first elected in 2020, received 78.42% of the vote in 2022.[29]
District 67B is located in the easternmost part of
Saint Paul.[158] Incumbent
Jay Xiong (DFL), first elected in 2018, received 75.17% of votes in 2022.[29]