Minnesota GOP U.S. Senate nominee Michele Tafoya criticizes Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s handling of the state’s alleged massive fraud scandal on ‘Saturday in America.’

Close races east of the Metro in Cottage Grove and south of the Metro in Shakopee are among the key suburban seats up for grabs.

Republicans and Democrats have poured millions of dollars into the race for southern Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District in the closing weeks of the campaign, a spending spree that some say indicates an increasingly tight contest. Since mid-October, Democrat Jake Johnson has benefited from more than $3 million in outside spending, including a $2.2 million investment this week in TV ads from ...

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• Minnesota has four living former governors. With voters preparing to elect the state’s next governor on Tuesday, we invited each of them to offer public advice to the candidates seeking the job they once held. What are the hard-earned lessons of governing that only ...

MS NOW’s Jonathan Capehart talks to Jake Johnson, the Democratic nominee for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, on his campaign to flip a seat that Trump won by 12 points and the Republican incumbent won by 17 points in 2024.

Eight black candidates in the home stretch of their gubernatorial campaigns in states across the country are vying for a win that would be historic, given there have been just five black governors, and only three elected, since the United States was established. Three of the 2026 candidates are Republican, mounting campaigns in Florida, Minnesota, […]

As of Friday, nearly 729,000 Minnesotans had voted early in person or by mail, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State. Early voting for the Nov. 3 election started on Sept. 18.

See live 2026 Minnesota U.S. House Minnesota District 5 results as votes are counted. Follow key races across the state with county-by-county results and maps.

A Minnesota voter outreach director's appearance on Somali TV explaining same-day voter registration sparked fierce election integrity concerns online.