Objective Facts & Law
2026 Minnesota Voter Guides
Every statewide race on the November 3, 2026 ballot — plus Hennepin County Attorney • Updated August 30, 2026
Photo: Dave Madgett • Duluth
These guides cover every statewide race on Minnesota's ballot this November, plus the open-seat race for Hennepin County Attorney. They follow one editorial rule: objective facts and law only. Every factual statement is sourced or omitted. Candidate positions are presented in the candidates' own framing and attributed, never asserted as fact. Every candidate in a race gets the same structure and the same scrutiny. The guides themselves make no endorsements — and where the publisher of this site has a personal stake or position in a race, the guide says so at the top, in plain view.
Where the public record is thin, the guides say so instead of padding. Where sources disagree, the guides say that too. Each guide ends with its sources and an honest list of what could not be verified. Spot an error? Tell us — corrections are part of the standard.
Statewide Race
Klobuchar/Schierer (DFL), Demuth/Wilson (R), and Young/Kirby (Green) — records, platforms, and the office itself.
Statewide Race
An open seat: Flanagan (DFL), Tafoya (R), Whiting (Libertarian), Simonetti (petition).
Statewide Race
Ellison (DFL) v. Schutz (R) — with a full conflict-of-interest disclosure, because this site's publisher ran in this race.
Statewide Race
Simon (DFL), Jude (R), Kuhl-Stennes (Green), Tangen (Libertarian) — and what the office actually does.
Statewide Race
An open seat: Filipovich (DFL), Jensen (R), Reeves (Forward Independence).
County Race
An open seat: Frazier v. Folk for the state's largest prosecutor's office — with a disclosure, because this site's publisher has endorsed in this race.
Election Law
Did you know? Minnesota law sorts parties into legal categories — major, minor, and everyone else — and attaches different deadlines, ballot rules, and public funding to each. Every statute cited.