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This page provides information on the 2025 elections in Minnesota, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

Statewide election dates in Minnesota are listed below. For more dates, please see theelections calendar.

Statewide election dates

There are no regular statewide elections in Minnesota this year.See the Ballotpedia calendar page for more election dates.

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)
• Rock Ridge Public Schools, Minnesota, elections (2025)

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Minnesota. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Keri Heintzeman	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Won General
Jennifer Carnahan	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Steve Cotariu	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Josh Gazelka	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
John Howe	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Doug Kern	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Angela Zierden	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Matthew Zinda	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Denise Slipy	Minnesota State Senate District 6 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost General
Michael Holmstrom Jr.	Minnesota State Senate District 29 (Special election)	Republican	Won General
Rachel Davis	Minnesota State Senate District 29 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Bradley Kurtz	Minnesota State Senate District 29 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Louis McNutt	Minnesota State Senate District 29 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost General
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger	Minnesota State Senate District 47 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Dwight Dorau	Minnesota State Senate District 47 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Ethan Cha	Minnesota State Senate District 47 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Doron Clark	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Abigail Wolters	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Christopher Robin Zimmerman	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Iris Altamirano	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Amal Karim	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Monica Meyer	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Joshua Preston	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Emilio Rodríguez	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Peter Wagenius	Minnesota State Senate District 60 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Xp Lee	Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Ruth Bittner	Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Christian Eriksen	Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Erickson Saye	Minnesota House of Representatives District 34B (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
David Gottfried	Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Paul Wikstrom	Minnesota House of Representatives District 40B (Special election)	Republican	Lost General

Local Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Garrison McMurtrey	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Joshua Bau	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Jacob Frey Incumbent	Mayor of Minneapolis	Nonpartisan	Won Round 2
Omar Fateh	Mayor of Minneapolis	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Andrea Revel	Mayor of Minneapolis	For the People Party	Lost Round 2
Troy Peterson	Mayor of Minneapolis	Momunist Party	Lost Round 2
Kevin Ward	Mayor of Minneapolis	Nobody's Party	Lost Round 2
DeWayne Davis	Mayor of Minneapolis	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 2
Jazz Hampton	Mayor of Minneapolis	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 2
Brenda Short	Mayor of Minneapolis	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Xavier Pauke	Mayor of Minneapolis	Protecting Tomorrow's Dreams	Lost Round 2
Adam Terzich	Mayor of Minneapolis	Renaissance Party	Lost Round 1
Kevin A. Dwire	Mayor of Minneapolis	Socialist Workers Party	Lost Round 1
Charlie McCloud	Mayor of Minneapolis	Unaffiliated	Lost Round 1
Alejandro Richardson	Mayor of Minneapolis	Unaffiliated	Lost Round 2
Laverne Turner	Mayor of Minneapolis	Unaffiliated	Lost Round 2
Jeffrey Wagner	Mayor of Minneapolis	Why Not Wagner	Lost Round 1
Kaohly Her	Mayor of St. Paul	Nonpartisan	Won Round 2
Melvin Carter III Incumbent	Mayor of St. Paul	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Yan Chen	Mayor of St. Paul	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 2
Adam Dullinger	Mayor of St. Paul	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Mike Hilborn	Mayor of St. Paul	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Elliott Payne Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 1	Democratic	Won Round 1
Brian Strahan	Minneapolis City Council Ward 1	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Edwin Fruit	Minneapolis City Council Ward 1	Socialist Workers Party	Lost Round 1
Robin Wonsley Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 2	Democratic Socialists of America	Won Round 1
Michael Baskins	Minneapolis City Council Ward 2	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Shelley Madore	Minneapolis City Council Ward 2	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Max Theroux	Minneapolis City Council Ward 2	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Michael Rainville Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 3	Democratic	Won Round 1
Marcus Mills	Minneapolis City Council Ward 3	Progressive Unity Independent	Lost Round 1
LaTrisha Vetaw Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 4	Democratic	Won Round 1
Marvina Haynes	Minneapolis City Council Ward 4	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Leslie Davis	Minneapolis City Council Ward 4	Tell the Truth Party	Lost Round 1
Pearll Warren	Minneapolis City Council Ward 5	Democratic	Won Round 3
Ethrophic Burnett	Minneapolis City Council Ward 5	Democratic	Advanced Round 1
Miles Wilson	Minneapolis City Council Ward 5	Democratic	Advanced Round 1
Anndrea Young	Minneapolis City Council Ward 5	Democratic	Advanced Round 1
Jovan Northington	Minneapolis City Council Ward 5	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Maurice Ward	Minneapolis City Council Ward 5	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Jamal Osman Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 6	Democratic	Won Round 1
Mohamoud Hassan	Minneapolis City Council Ward 6	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Elizabeth Shaffer	Minneapolis City Council Ward 7	Democratic	Won Round 1
Katie Cashman Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 7	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Corey Vest	Minneapolis City Council Ward 7	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Soren Stevenson	Minneapolis City Council Ward 8	Democratic	Won Round 1
Bob Sullentrop	Minneapolis City Council Ward 8	Republican	Lost Round 1
Josh Bassais	Minneapolis City Council Ward 8	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Philip Galberth	Minneapolis City Council Ward 8	Unaffiliated	Lost Round 1
Jason Chavez Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 9	Democratic	Won Round 1
Daniel Orban	Minneapolis City Council Ward 9	Unaffiliated	Lost Round 1
Aisha Chughtai Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 10	Democratic	Won Round 1
DeShanneon Grimes	Minneapolis City Council Ward 10	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Lydia Millard	Minneapolis City Council Ward 10	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Jamison Whiting	Minneapolis City Council Ward 11	Democratic	Won Round 1
Jim Meyer	Minneapolis City Council Ward 11	Budgetary Economic Stability	Lost Round 1
Mariam DeMello	Minneapolis City Council Ward 11	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Aurin Chowdhury Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 12	Democratic	Won Round 1
Edward Bear Stops	Minneapolis City Council Ward 12	Community Over Politics	Lost Round 1
Becka Thompson	Minneapolis City Council Ward 12	Democratic	Lost Round 1
Linea Palmisano Incumbent	Minneapolis City Council Ward 13	Democratic	Won Round 1
Bob Carney Jr.	Minneapolis City Council Ward 13	Climate Revolution Elephant	Lost Round 1
Dan Engelhart	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Dan Miller	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Charles Rucker Incumbent	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 2	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Kedar Deshpande	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 3	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Jason García	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 4	Nonpartisan	Won Round 2
Jeanette Colby	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 4	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Andrew Gebo	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 4	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Kay Carvajal Moran	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 5	Nonpartisan	Won Round 2
Colton Baldus	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 5	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Justin Cermak	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 5	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Steffanie Musich Incumbent	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 5	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Cathy Abene Incumbent	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 6	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Ira Jourdain	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 6	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Molly Coleman	St. Paul City Council Ward 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Chauntyll Allen	St. Paul City Council Ward 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Cole Hanson	St. Paul City Council Ward 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Carolyn Will	St. Paul City Council Ward 4 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Kacy Deschene Incumbent	Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Lorraine Coan	Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Matt Audette Incumbent	Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 4	Nonpartisan	Won General
Abbey Payeur	Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 4	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Jeff Simon Incumbent	Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Tiffany Strabala	Anoka-Hennepin Board of Education District 6	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Steve Brandt Incumbent	Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Eric Harris Bernstein	Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won Round 1
Bob Fine	Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost Round 1
Meg Forney Incumbent	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won Round 4
Amber Frederick	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won Round 5
Tom Olsen Incumbent	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won Round 5
Matthew Dowgwillo	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Mary McKelvey	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 3
Adam Schneider	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 2
Averi Turner	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1
Michael Wilson	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Advanced Round 1

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