2026 State and Local Primary Election Results

Published On: August 12th, 20263.9 min readCategories: Latest Headlines, Local News, News

Local Results in Blue Earth County

Special Election for County Commissioner District 3

Nonpartisan Candidate Totals Percent
Ross E. Arneson 422 28.44%
Jack Considine 438 29.51%
Dave Karge 624 42.05%
Mayor (Mankato)

Nonpartisan Candidate Totals Percent
Julia Hamann 2,267 39.83%
Toby Leonard 1,046 18.38%
Najwa Massad 2,378 41.79%

 

U.S. Representative District 1

Republican Candidate Totals Percent
Gregory A. Goetzman 2,910 5.19%
Oliver R. Morlan 2,628 4.69%
Brad Finstad 50,524 90.12%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate Totals Percent
Jake Johnson 47,164 81.65%
Alex Eaton 10,597 18.35%

All Statewide Results

U.S. Senator    

Republican Candidate Totals Percent
Adam Schwarze 97,410 23.96%
Bob “Again” Carney Jr. 5,675 1.40%
Ahmad R. (Raafat) Hassan 1,742 0.43%
Patrick Munro 7,093 1.74%
Joyce Lacey 7,472 1.84%
Tom Weiler 24,235 5.96%
Cynthia Gail 5,928 1.46%
Michele Tafoya 211,631 52.06%
Royce White 45,351 11.16%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate Totals Percent
Peggy Flanagan 411,456 59.02%
Peter John Murgic 1,660 0.24%
George H Kalberer 2,075 0.30%
Kurt Michael Anderson 4,514 0.65%
Angie Craig 274,582 39.38%
Billy Nord 2,896 0.42%

 

Governor & Lt Governor

Republican Candidate Totals Percent
John Krhin and Dennis Conn 4,661 1.13%
Ross Nova and Kerry Busby 2,763 0.67%
Loner Blue and Andrew Maass 1,392 0.34%
Mike Lindell and Phillip C Parrish 134,198 32.47%
Raul J Estrada and Joe Kincaid 2,406 0.58%
Lisa Demuth and Ryan Wilson 179,546 43.44%
Kendall Qualls and Brian Nicholson 88,329 21.37%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate Totals Percent
Kobey J Layne and Paul Ference 39,508 5.77%
Mohammad Wazwaz and Murad Alshlool 9,627 1.41%
Thomas Evenstad and Jason Haarsager 3,839 0.56%
Amy Klobuchar and Ben Schierer 614,354 89.68%
Po Vang and Mark Frascone 8,832 1.29%
Bill E Gates J.R. and Leah Harris 3,377 0.49%
Ole “Viking” Savior and Ashley “Skol” Johnson 5,489 0.80%

 

Secretary of State

Republican Candidate Totals Percent
Wendy Phillips 151,507 39.75%
Tad Jude 229,634 60.25%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate Totals Percent
Steve Simon 614,485 100.00%

 

State Auditor    

Republican Candidate Totals Percent
Nate George 101,449 26.18%
Scott Jensen 258,568 66.74%
Will Finn 27,432 7.08%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate Totals Percent
Zack Filipovich 592,130 100.00%

 

Attorney General   

Republican Candidate Totals Percent
Ronald J. Schutz 369,116 100.00%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate Totals Percent
Keith Ellison 572,590 84.67%
David J.S. Madgett 103,631 15.33%

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