Minnesota State Legislature

2026 Election Forecast

Updated 2026-10-26
Walz: +4 (open seat)
Safe D
Likely D
Lean D
Tilt D
Tossup
Tilt R
Lean R
Likely R
Safe R

House of Representatives

70 Expected D
1 Tossup
64 Expected R
38 25 7 1 6 21 36
District Candidates Margin Win Prob Rating Inc
1A Leanna Sandahl vs John Burkel R+26.5 99% R Safe R R
1B Jennifer Compeau vs Steve Gander R+15.4 89% R Likely R R
2A Reed Olson vs Bidal Duran R+0.7 53% R Tossup R
2B Emily Thabes vs Matt Bliss R+14.2 90% R Likely R R
3A Aaron Kania vs Roger Skraba R+7.8 74% R Lean R R
3B Aaron Schweiger vs Natalie Zeleznikar D+3.9 64% D Lean D R
4A Shelly Carlson vs Andrew Rockhold D+14.1 94% D Likely D D
4B Thaddeus Laugisch vs Jim Joy R+13.2 86% R Likely R R
5A Dan Mitchell vs Krista Knudsen R+22.7 98% R Safe R R
5B Maggie Evers vs Jonathan Claussen R+25.8 99% R Safe R R
6A Samuel Patrick Grigsby vs Ben Davis R+18.1 94% R Likely R R
6B Nicky Hardy vs Josh Heintzeman R+16.8 91% R Likely R R
7A Erin Ningen vs Spencer Igo R+10.6 80% R Likely R R
7B Dan Horoshak vs Cal Warwas R+5.4 67% R Lean R R
8A Pete Johnson vs Allan Kehr II D+23.0 99% D Safe D D
8B Alicia Kozlowski vs Shawn Savela D+21.8 99% D Safe D D
9A Nicholas Hanson vs Jeff Backer R+21.0 98% R Safe R R
9B Owen Werner vs Tom Murphy R+23.3 99% R Safe R R
10A Melissa Maertens vs Brian Lindquist R+21.3 96% R Safe R R
10B Jeff Larson vs Isaac Schultz R+29.0 99% R Safe R R
11A Chris Swanson vs Jeff Dotseth D+3.6 61% D Lean D R
11B Jack L'Heureux vs Nathan Nelson R+18.4 94% R Likely R R
12A Talitha Anderson vs Paul Anderson R+24.9 98% R Safe R R
12B Michael Gardner vs Mary Franson R+32.8 99% R Safe R R
13A Arlis Sayler vs Tanja Goering R+26.5 99% R Safe R R
13B Justin Doyle vs Dawn Loberg R+22.2 99% R Safe R R
14A Abdi Daisane vs Michael Conway R+10.5 90% R Likely R R
14B Zach Dorholt vs Sue Ek D+9.9 87% D Likely D D
15A Nathan Schmig vs Brad Hennen R+22.5 98% R Safe R R
15B Keith Klawitter vs Geri Theis R+24.1 99% R Safe R R
16A David Torgelson vs Scott Van Binsbergen R+22.1 96% R Safe R R
16B Julie Vossen-Henslin vs Dave Baker R+26.3 98% R Safe R R
17A Mali Anderson vs Dawn Gillman R+25.5 98% R Safe R R
17B Ben Wieman vs Bobbie Harder R+22.3 99% R Safe R R
18A Leah Hanson vs Erica Schwartz R+3.6 67% R Lean R R
18B Luke Frederick (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
19A Martha Brown vs Keith Allen R+15.6 93% R Likely R R
19B Zack Meyman vs Tom Sexton R+15.1 91% R Likely R R
20A Heather Arndt vs Pam Altendorf R+10.8 91% R Likely R R
20B Steve Holm vs Sara Bertschinger R+18.6 98% R Safe R R
21A Rusty Nelson vs Krist Wollum R+24.8 99% R Safe R R
21B Jon Wilson vs Marj Fogelman R+18.0 98% R Safe R R
22A Sonja Denn vs Bjorn Olson R+21.9 99% R Safe R R
22B Mary Nesgoda vs Terry Stier R+20.1 98% R Safe R R
23A Colin Minehart vs Nick Ronnenberg R+18.9 97% R Safe R R
23B Christoph Dundas vs Patricia Mueller R+8.4 76% R Lean R R
24A Heather Holmes vs Duane Quam R+16.8 91% R Likely R R
24B Tina Liebling vs John Michael Ajouri D+10.8 82% D Likely D D
25A Kim Hicks vs Brad Trahan D+9.4 78% D Lean D D
25B Andy Smith vs Wes Lund D+11.3 82% D Likely D D
26A Daniel Wilson vs Aaron Repinski D+10.7 80% D Likely D D
26B Allie Wolf vs Greg Davids R+13.7 92% R Likely R R
27A Vanessa Davenport vs Shane Mekeland R+23.9 99% R Safe R R
27B Charles McConaughay vs Bryan Lawrence R+26.4 99% R Safe R R
28A Tim Dummer vs James Gordon R+19.7 97% R Safe R R
28B Daniel Colten Schmidt vs Max Rymer R+17.4 96% R Safe R R
29A Emily Dahlgren vs Joe McDonald R+23.2 99% R Safe R R
29B Marcus Claxton vs Marion Rarick R+20.1 98% R Safe R R
30A Joey Smyth vs Walter Hudson R+17.8 97% R Safe R R
30B Keenan Gentry vs Chad Westberg R+20.2 99% R Safe R R
31A Brian Walker vs Harry Niska R+15.9 97% R Safe R R
31B Jen Bloomquist vs Peggy Scott R+23.5 99% R Safe R R
32A Amanda Matchett vs Nolan West R+11.8 94% R Likely R R
32B Matt Norris vs Leslie Larson D+9.9 89% D Likely D D
33A Angela Thompson vs Stacey Stout R+12.9 94% R Likely R R
33B Josiah Hill vs Jessica L. Johnson D+9.2 85% D Likely D D
34A Jason Heaser vs Danny Nadeau R+10.4 80% R Likely R R
34B Xp Lee vs Ruth Bittner D+17.0 96% D Safe D D
35A Zack Stephenson vs Josh Jungling D+10.0 87% D Likely D D
35B Kari Rehrauer vs Steve Pape D+9.8 87% D Likely D D
36A Jim DeMay vs Sebastian Stoss R+9.8 85% R Likely R R
36B Brion Curran vs Patty Bradway D+10.1 88% D Likely D D
37A Darci Smith vs Tom McKee R+13.4 91% R Likely R R
37B Kristin Bahner vs Luke Doerer D+10.1 79% D Lean D D
38A Huldah Hiltsley vs Charlie Kistler D+20.6 95% D Safe D D
38B Samantha Vang vs Robert Marvin D+28.3 99% D Safe D D
39A Aaron Klemz vs Andy Macko D+18.7 99% D Safe D D
39B Amáda Márquez Simula vs Kt Jacobs D+24.4 99% D Safe D D
40A Aisha Elmquist vs Luis Withrow D+12.7 90% D Likely D D
40B David Gottfried vs Allen Shen D+16.7 95% D Safe D D
41A Cole Birkeland vs Wayne Johnson R+5.0 70% R Lean R R
41B Jen Fox vs William Beck R+3.5 66% R Lean R R
42A Ned Carroll vs Kathy Burkett D+11.3 85% D Likely D D
42B Ginny Klevorn (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
43A Kyrstin Schuette vs Todd Hesemann D+19.7 98% D Safe D D
43B Jess Lewis (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
44A Peter Fischer vs Justin Middaugh D+16.5 96% D Safe D D
44B Leon Lillie (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
45A Tracey Breazeale vs Andrew Myers R+10.3 86% R Likely R R
45B Patty Acomb vs Thomas Bergerson D+13.4 89% D Likely D D
46A Larry Kraft vs Karl Olson D+29.1 99% D Safe D D
46B Cheryl Youakim vs Kim Rich D+14.6 88% D Likely D D
47A Shelley Buck (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
47B Ethan Cha (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
48A Joe Brothers vs Jim Nash R+17.4 95% R Safe R R
48B Lucille Rehm vs Caleb Steffenhagen D+6.6 70% D Lean D D
49A Alex Falconer vs Jeff Houdek D+12.3 88% D Likely D D
49B Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn vs Wendy Cregg D+10.6 80% D Lean D D
50A Julie Greene vs Chris Wedum D+16.0 90% D Likely D D
50B Steve Elkins (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
51A Michael Howard vs Frank Pafko D+27.5 99% D Safe D D
51B Nathan Coulter vs Jim Lund D+19.0 98% D Safe D D
52A Christos Jensen vs George Gilmour D+14.0 93% D Likely D D
52B Bianca Ward Virnig vs Tom Lopac D+12.4 90% D Likely D D
53A Mary Frances Clardy vs AJ Gubash D+12.3 90% D Likely D D
53B Rick Hansen vs Patti Mikulski D+14.7 95% D Likely D D
54A Brad Tabke vs Aaron Paul D+8.2 79% D Lean D D
54B Christopher Kartschoke vs Natalie Barnes R+16.8 97% R Safe R R
55A Jessica Hanson vs Pam Myhra D+10.3 85% D Likely D D
55B Hunter Cantrell vs Todd Buchwald D+12.4 91% D Likely D D
56A Robert Bierman vs A.J. Prospect D+13.6 88% D Likely D D
56B John Huot vs Andrew Hattaway D+10.9 85% D Likely D D
57A JD Delgado vs Jon Koznick R+16.7 98% R Safe R R
57B Brian Cohn vs Jeff Witte R+8.2 82% R Likely R R
58A Kristi Pursell vs Steven Cherney D+10.5 91% D Likely D D
58B Ed Fellows vs Drew Roach R+12.4 93% R Likely R R
59A Fue Lee (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
59B Esther Agbaje vs Kenneth Smoron D+36.3 99% D Safe D D
60A Sydney Jordan vs John Holmberg D+38.2 99% D Safe D D
60B Mohamud Noor (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
61A Katie Jones (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
61B Jamie Long (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
62A Aisha Gomez (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
62B Anquam Mahamoud vs Bob Sullentrop D+41.6 99% D Safe D D
63A Samantha Sencer-Mura vs Kyle Bragg D+37.7 99% D Safe D D
63B Emma Greenman vs Nicholas Peters D+39.3 99% D Safe D D
64A Meg Luger-Nikolai (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
64B Dave Pinto (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
65A Samakab Hussein (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
65B Sebastian Ellefson (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
66A Leigh Finke vs Mark Born D+34.6 99% D Safe D D
66B Athena Hollins vs Mary O'Neal D+32.2 99% D Safe D D
67A Liz Lee vs Jennifer McPherson D+30.8 99% D Safe D D
67B Jay Xiong (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D

State Senate

36 Expected D
2 Tossup
31 Expected R
17 17 2 5 14 12
District Candidates Margin Win Prob Rating Inc
1 Bjorn Solberg vs Mark Johnson R+16.4 91% R Likely R R
2 Dan Rogers vs Steve Green R+10.2 81% R Likely R R
3 Grant Hauschild vs Andrea Zupancich D+10.9 83% D Likely D D
4 Rob Kupec vs Austin Peterson D+10.7 92% D Likely D D
5 Skylar Fynboh vs Paul Utke R+23.3 97% R Safe R R
6 Denise Slipy vs Keri Heintzeman R+14.7 91% R Likely R R
7 Kim McLaughlin vs Robert Farnsworth D+0.0 50% D Tossup R
8 Jen McEwen vs Darrick Law D+26.0 99% D Safe D D
9 Krystyne Knutson vs Jordan Rasmusson R+19.9 95% R Safe R R
10 Tara Killen vs Nathan Wesenberg R+22.7 97% R Safe R R
11 Mary Carlson vs Jason Rarick R+9.5 78% R Lean R R
12 Kari Dorry vs Torrey Westrom R+21.7 97% R Safe R R
13 Trent Dilks vs Aaron Brutger R+22.7 99% R Safe R R
14 Aric Putnam vs Bernie Perryman D+10.3 89% D Likely D D
15 Andrea Boettger vs Braxton Seifert R+22.6 97% R Safe R R
16 Kathy Jorgenson vs Andrew Lang R+18.7 94% R Likely R R
17 Julie Kelzer vs Glenn Gruenhagen R+22.5 99% R Safe R R
18 Nick Frentz vs Jackie Henry D+12.5 95% D Likely D D
19 Adama Doumbouya vs John Jasinski R+15.7 90% R Likely R R
20 Jason Lohmann vs Steven Jacob R+13.0 89% R Likely R R
21 Caitlyn Sanow-Minett vs Chris Knoll R+27.2 99% R Safe R R
22 Marisa Ulmen vs Jeremy Munson R+37.3 99% R Safe R R
23 Angie Hanson vs Gene Dornink R+9.7 78% R Lean R R
24 Simon Glaser vs Nels Pierson R+12.2 90% R Likely R R
25 Liz Boldon vs John Howie D+11.7 82% D Likely D D
26 Jack Hedin vs Cherie Johnson R+14.0 95% R Likely R R
27 Brandon Van Dover vs Andrew Mathews R+24.0 99% R Safe R R
28 Max Glenna vs Mark Koran R+17.3 94% R Likely R R
29 Dan Fiskum vs Michael Holmstrom Jr. R+20.2 98% R Safe R R
30 Leah Temple vs Eric Lucero R+19.2 98% R Safe R R
31 Gadisa Berkessa vs Calvin Bahr R+16.8 95% R Likely R R
32 Chris Ford vs Michael Kreun R+6.0 78% R Lean R R
33 Nat Smith vs Karin Housley R+7.2 78% R Lean R R
34 John Hoffman vs Karen Attia D+10.8 88% D Likely D D
35 Angela Nelson vs Jim Abeler R+1.6 58% R Tossup R
36 Heather Gustafson vs Heidi Heino D+10.2 87% D Likely D D
37 Austin Chanen vs Brady Hoag R+10.7 87% R Likely R R
38 Susan Pha vs Brad Olson D+22.7 99% D Safe D D
39 Mary Kunesh-Podein vs Pam Wolf D+19.5 99% D Safe D D
40 John Marty vs Rachel Japuntich D+17.2 96% D Safe D D
41 Judy Seeberger vs Tom Dippel D+9.8 84% D Likely D D
42 Bonnie Westlin vs Kevin Peterson D+11.6 89% D Likely D D
43 Mike Freiberg (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
44 Teresa Miller vs James Tacheny D+14.4 97% D Safe D D
45 Ann Johnson Stewart vs Shannon Bruce D+10.7 86% D Likely D D
46 Ron Latz vs Kayla Wright D+21.6 96% D Safe D D
47 Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger vs Brian Stalboerger D+12.1 90% D Likely D D
48 Dan Kessler vs Julia Coleman R+10.8 85% R Likely R R
49 Krish Subrahmanian vs Dustin DuFault D+13.8 89% D Likely D D
50 Karla Hult vs Owen Michaelson D+15.2 93% D Likely D D
51 Simon Trautmann Cordova vs Juline Birgersson D+22.8 99% D Safe D D
52 Liz Reyer vs Brady O'Neil D+15.2 93% D Likely D D
53 Paul Cumings vs Todd Podgorski D+13.1 93% D Likely D D
54 Rick Olson vs Ben Bakeberg R+11.3 85% R Likely R R
55 Lindsey Port vs Van Holston D+10.7 86% D Likely D D
56 Erin Maye Quade vs Julida Alter D+11.6 93% D Likely D D
57 Steven Schroer vs Zach Duckworth R+12.2 92% R Likely R R
58 Mark Legvold vs Bill Lieske R+3.2 65% R Lean R R
59 Bobby Joe Champion (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
60 Doron Clark vs Abigail Wolters D+39.6 99% D Safe D D
61 Scott Dibble (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
62 Omar Fateh (Uncontested) D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
63 Zaynab Mohamed vs Diane Napper D+40.1 99% D Safe D D
64 Erin Murphy vs Robert Bushard D+36.5 99% D Safe D D
65 Natasha Bennett vs Rocco D+34.2 99% D Safe D D
66 Clare Oumou Verbeten vs Kathleen Bart D+34.9 99% D Safe D D
67 Foung Hawj vs Toby Hesselgrave D+28.1 99% D Safe D D