Captain David J.S. Madgett . USAF JAG Veteran • Minneapolis Attorney
In August, 103,743 Minnesotans voted for a first-time grassroots candidate the party machine wrote off. That wasn't a protest vote. That was an instruction.
Every deadline computed from the election statutes and cited. Absentee voting opens September 18. Registration closes October 13, and missing it costs you nothing.
Vote 2026: The Full GuideIn 2026, Dave was endorsed by Arne Carlson, Minnesota's 37th Governor — the leader who turned a billion-dollar deficit into a surplus, restored the state's AAA bond rating, and has spent three decades demanding accountability from both parties.
“I cannot say enough about Governor Carlson's integrity and focus. He is what public service is supposed to look like — and his fight for accountable government is our fight.” — Dave
Every photograph on this site was taken by Dave, across Minnesota, over the last ten years. No stock images. Nothing generated. This is the place, as it actually looks.
This November we're supporting Keith Ellison for Attorney General. The job in front of Minnesota is bigger than any primary: protect people from corporate greed and insurance-company scammers, and push back when the federal government oversteps.
We believe in states' rights and the founders' system of federalism. The states are where the people's power lives. Minnesota should never outsource its problems — or its principles — to Washington.
And let me be direct about 2026. My difference with Keith was never philosophical. I ran because I believed I could do the same job better. We asked for an independent investigation because Minnesotans deserved that assurance — and we have never alleged any direct evidence that Keith did anything wrong. First the facts. Then the fix.
Governor. U.S. Senate. Attorney General. Secretary of State. State Auditor. Hennepin County Attorney. One rule: objective facts and law — sourced or omitted. The guides make no endorsements; Dave's own positions are published separately and disclosed.
Dave's endorsement: Anders Folk for Hennepin County Attorney →
Read the GuidesDave Madgett has spent nearly two decades in the trenches of consumer law, fighting for Minnesota families against the institutions that take advantage of them. As founder of Madgett Law in Minneapolis, he has handled thousands of cases involving identity theft, predatory lending, fraud, and civil rights.
Before practicing civilian law, Dave served as a Captain in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he served as a base Chief of Justice. He prosecuted criminal cases, advising commanders, and upholding the rule of law.
Read Full BioDedicated Fraud Enforcement Division. Prosecute all fraud regardless of who's connected. The Feeding Our Future failures cannot happen again.
After nearly 20 years helping families fight identity theft, predatory lending, and consumer fraud, Dave knows these cases inside and out. He will bring that experience to the AG's office on day one.
Transparent audits of state spending and real enforcement of open records laws. Accountability that applies to both parties equally. Taxpayer dollars do not belong to any political party.
Using the full authority of the AG's office to go after organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and cold cases that have gone unsolved for too long.
Every Minnesotan deserves to have their constitutional rights defended equally and consistently. No political games. No picking winners and losers.
No more lawsuits filed for headlines. No more using the office to score political points. The AG works for the people of Minnesota and it is time the office started acting like it.
A research series on what is actually happening to Minnesota — built from IRS files, Census data, court records, and state audits. One rule: sourced or omitted. Every source, in one table →
We pulled the IRS's own migration files and did the arithmetic. Minnesota lost $1.47 billion of income to other states in one year — and then the trend reversed. Both halves of the story, with the tax-flight argument fairly stated on both sides.
What's court-proven, what's estimated, and what's invented — plus the documented return on real oversight: $4.64 recovered for every dollar spent.
Junk fees, credit-report errors, and debt collectors chasing debts people don't owe. The federal floor collapsed in 2025 — here's the floor Minnesota built instead.
Double the year before, per FBI data. How the scams actually work, and the protection playbook with proven results.
Housing, childcare, health insurance, utilities, and insurance — the five bills eating the Minnesota paycheck, and the fixes with evidence behind them.
How Minnesota's laws land differently by race, income, age, and geography. First piece: a Black adult is six times as likely as a white adult to be sentenced for a felony, and the judge is not where that happens.
Crime data, property taxes, electric bills and data centers, healthcare consolidation, rural Minnesota, corporate landlords, reading scores, Main Street, and keeping the next generation home.
Four calculators built straight from Minnesota statutes. Type in your numbers; the statute text sits right under the answer.