Minnesota US Senate 2026
Election day is November 3, 2026. A statewide contest in Minnesota.
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What the Minnesota US Senate election decides
The Senate confirms federal judges and cabinet officers, ratifies treaties, and can stop legislation the House passes. With a six-year term and a hundred-member chamber, a single seat is a larger share of the institution than any House district, which is why Senate races draw national money into state contests.
Each state sends two senators regardless of population, so this seat carries the same weight as California's or Wyoming's. Minnesota voters fill it alongside all 8 of the state's House seats and the governorship, and a Senate term runs six years, spanning two future Congresses and, in this case, the next presidential election.
How Minnesota votes
Minnesota combines the Twin Cities' diversified economy with the Iron Range and a large agricultural south. It carries the nation's longest Democratic presidential streak, yet its statewide margins have often been closer than that streak implies. That backdrop is the ground any Minnesota campaign fights on, and it is what the Electorate HQ simulation reads first when it weighs a ticket's platform against this contest.
About this race
The 2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Minnesota. Democratic lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan defeated the Republican nominee, former journalist Michele Tafoya by a margin of 10% of the votes. Democratic incumbent Tina Smith did not seek reelection.
After Smith announced her retirement, Flanagan and Representative Angie Craig sought the Democratic nomination, which Flanagan won on August 11 with 59% of the vote. Tafoya won the Republican nomination with 52.1% of the vote over Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze and former basketball player Royce White.
Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
Latest coverage of the Minnesota US Senate race
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Every Minnesota House district, the counties inside each one, and an address lookup that resolves your exact districts are on the Minnesota state page.
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Analysis covering Minnesota
Twenty-six states elect a senator and a governor on the same day in 2026
The overlap between the Senate class and the gubernatorial cohort is a coincidence of two unrelated calendars, and it decides where money goes.
The 2026 Senate map covers 62% of the country and 70% of the states
Thirty-five of fifty states vote for Senate this year. Weighted by people rather than states the share drops, and that gap is the design of the chamber.