This district just south of the Twin Cities includes suburbs, small towns, and vast areas of farms. If the DFL can flip this seat it may widen the party’s control of the state senate.
Republican Rep. Bidal Duran and DFL challenger Reed Olson meet again Nov. 3 in a district Duran won by 851 votes in 2024, with control of a closely divided Minnesota House at stake.
A new attack ad blames Minnesota state Rep. Matt Norris for "$9 billion stolen" in recent state fraud scandals. Campaign records and legislative filings show a very different story: Norris actually chief-sponsored the state’s marquee anti-fraud oversight bill.
A Renew Minnesota ad ties DFL candidate Jason Heaser to a pardon and the Feeding Our Future fraud. We checked each claim against his record and the timeline.
Northern Minnesota provides 80% of the iron ore used in automotive steel, leaving the Iron Range directly exposed to Canada’s retaliatory tariffs. In a tight rematch for Minnesota Senate District 3, Grant Hauschild and Andrea Zupancich clashed over state fraud, data centers and the cross-border trade war.
Sen. Michael Kreun and DFL challenger Chris Ford split on taxes, mobile home rent caps and fraud in Minnesota Senate District 32. Here is where each one stands.
This year’s race is a rematch of 2022 when Republican Myers defeated Democrat Breazeale with 55% of the vote to her 45%. The DFL hopes to flip the seat blue and, with it, regain a majority in the Minnesota House.
Control of the Minnesota House could hinge on District 3B, where GOP Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar won her last race by just 159 votes. DFL challenger Aaron Schweiger says investments in child care and local infrastructure are what the district needs, while Zeleznikar warns against returning to one-party state control.
Republicans handily won this race four years ago. But the current seat holder is retiring and now it’s seen as a tossup.
Minnesota Senate District 48 DFL candidate Dan Kessler says health care is the one cost Minnesota can actually bring down. He made his case at a forum his opponent, Sen. Julia Coleman, didn’t attend.