2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election explained

Election Name:	2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election
Country:	Minnesota
Flag Year:	1983
Type:	presidential
Previous Election:	2018 Minnesota Secretary of State election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Election:	2026 Minnesota Secretary of State election
Next Year:	2026
Election Date:	November 8, 2022
Image1:	Steve Simon 2022 (cropped 2).jpg
Nominee1:	Steve Simon
Party1:	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Popular Vote1:	1,345,685
Percentage1:	54.53%
Nominee2:	Kim Crockett
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	1,119,949
Percentage2:	45.38%
Secretary of State
Before Election:	Steve Simon
Before Party:	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
After Election:	Steve Simon
After Party:	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

The 2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Incumbent DFLer Steve Simon won re-election to a third term.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Steve Simon, incumbent secretary of state

Eliminated in primary

• Steve Carlson, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Kim Crockett, former vice president of the Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank^{[1] [2]}

Eliminated in primary

• Erik van Mechelen

Dropped out at convention

• Kelly Jahner-Byrne, candidate in the 2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election for seat 53B^[3]

Withdrew before convention

• Phillip Parrish, former U.S. naval intelligence officer^[4]

Results

General election

Debate

A debate was held on October 2 by WCCO.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[5]		November 3, 2022
Elections Daily^[6]		November 7, 2022

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Simon (DFL)	Kim Crockett (R)	Undecided
SurveyUSA	Oct. 26 – 30, 2022	836 (LV)	± 3.9%		47%	41%	12%
St. Cloud State University	Oct. 10 – 30, 2022	212 (A)	± 8%		52%	37%	11%
Trafalgar Group (R)	Oct. 17 – 19, 2022	1,091 (LV)	± 2.9%		46.6%	44.6%	8.9%
Embold Research	Oct. 10 – 14, 2022	1,585 (LV)	± 2.6%		47.9%	40.8%	11.3%
SurveyUSA	Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, 2022	604 (LV)	± 4.4%		42%	40%	18%
Trafalgar Group (R)	Sep. 14, 2022	1,079 (LV)	± 2.9%		46.2%	45.2%	8.5%
Mason-Dixon	Sep. 12 – 14, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%		47.6%	40.0%	12.4%
SurveyUSA	Aug. 30 – Sep. 4, 2022	562 (LV)	± 4.9%		42%	38%	20%

Results

By county

County	Steve Simon DFL		Kim Crockett GOP		Write-in		Margin		Total votes
	data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		%
	Aitkin	38.87%	3,164	61.08%	4,971	0.05%	4		-22.20%		-1,807	8,139
	Anoka	49.80%	76,983	50.11%	77,463	0.09%	142		-0.31%		-480	154,588
	Becker	33.67%	4,896	66.26%	9,636	0.07%	10		-32.60%		-4,740	14,542
	Beltrami	48.15%	8,622	51.78%	9,272	0.08%	14		-3.63%		-650	17,908
	Benton	35.83%	5,797	64.10%	10,372	0.07%	12		-28.27%		-4,575	16,181
	Big Stone	39.65%	952	60.27%	1,447	0.08%	2		-20.62%		-495	2,401
	Blue Earth	53.03%	13,824	46.90%	12,227	0.07%	18		6.13%		1,597	26,069
	Brown	35.70%	4,091	64.26%	7,364	0.04%	5		-28.56%		-3,273	11,460
	Carlton	51.96%	8,166	47.98%	7,541	0.06%	10		3.98%		625	15,717
	Carver	47.65%	25,398	52.28%	27,863	0.07%	38		-4.62%		-2,465	53,299
	Cass	36.21%	5,450	63.76%	9,596	0.03%	5		-27.55%		-4,146	15,051
	Chippewa	38.24%	1,878	61.74%	3,032	0.02%	1		-23.50%		-1,154	4,911
	Chisago	38.30%	9,752	61.65%	15,698	0.05%	13		-23.35%		-5,946	25,463
	Clay	51.60%	11,256	48.28%	10,532	0.13%	28		3.32%		724	21,816
	Clearwater	26.43%	929	73.54%	2,585	0.03%	1		-47.11%		-1,656	3,515
	Cook	68.18%	2,192	31.76%	1,021	0.06%	2		36.42%		1,171	3,215
	Cottonwood	32.90%	1,506	66.90%	3,062	0.20%	9		-34.00%		-1,556	4,577
	Crow Wing	37.95%	11,919	62.00%	19,470	0.05%	16		-24.04%		-7,551	31,405
	Dakota	57.75%	111,687	42.10%	81,422	0.15%	286		15.65%		30,265	193,395
	Dodge	35.33%	3,267	64.61%	5,975	0.06%	6		-29.28%		-2,708	9,248
	Douglas	35.94%	7,013	63.97%	12,484	0.09%	18		-28.03%		-5,471	19,515
	Faribault	34.92%	2,079	65.02%	3,871	0.07%	4		-30.10%		-1,792	5,954
	Fillmore	40.33%	3,759	59.58%	5,553	0.10%	9		-19.25%		-1,794	9,321
	Freeborn	41.84%	5,386	58.11%	7,480	0.05%	7		-16.27%		-2,094	12,873
	Goodhue	45.91%	10,475	53.99%	12,318	0.10%	22		-8.08%		-1,843	22,815
	Grant	39.53%	1,154	60.26%	1,759	0.21%	6		-20.73%		-605	2,919
	Hennepin	72.42%	411,144	27.49%	156,073	0.08%	480		44.93%		255,071	567,697
	Houston	42.31%	3,659	57.64%	4,985	0.05%	4		-15.33%		-1,326	8,648
	Hubbard	37.60%	3,977	62.36%	6,596	0.05%	5		-24.76%		-2,619	10,578
	Isanti	33.74%	6,278	66.20%	12,320	0.06%	11		-32.47%		-6,042	18,609
	Itasca	44.65%	9,415	55.30%	11,660	0.05%	10		-10.65%		-2,245	21,085
	Jackson	33.95%	1,533	65.99%	2,980	0.07%	3		-32.04%		-1,447	4,516
	Kanabec	35.06%	2,468	64.91%	4,569	0.03%	2		-29.85%		-2,101	7,039
	Kandiyohi	39.11%	7,013	60.86%	10,913	0.03%	5		-21.75%		-3,900	17,931
	Kittson	39.28%	738	60.72%	1,141	0.00%	0		-21.45%		-403	1,879
	Koochiching	40.98%	2,132	58.98%	3,068	0.04%	2		-17.99%		-936	5,202
	Lac qui Parle	40.51%	1,263	59.43%	1,853	0.06%	2		-18.92%		-590	3,118
	Lake	53.53%	3,009	46.34%	2,605	0.12%	7		7.19%		404	5,621
	Lake of the Woods	26.01%	464	73.82%	1,317	0.17%	3		-47.81%		-853	1,784
	Le Sueur	37.79%	4,919	62.15%	8,090	0.06%	8		-24.36%		-3,171	13,017
	Lincoln	32.43%	781	67.52%	1,626	0.04%	1		-35.09%		-845	2,408
	Lyon	37.52%	3,622	62.43%	6,026	0.05%	5		-24.90%		-2,404	9,653
	Mahnomen	43.21%	690	56.73%	906	0.06%	1		-13.53%		-216	1,597
	Marshall	26.51%	1,055	73.41%	2,921	0.08%	3		-46.90%		-1,866	3,979
	Martin	32.16%	2,656	67.83%	5,602	0.01%	1		-35.67%		-2,946	8,259
	McLeod	34.75%	5,644	65.18%	10,586	0.07%	11		-30.43%		-4,942	16,241
	Meeker	33.33%	3,573	66.58%	7,137	0.08%	9		-33.25%		-3,564	10,719
	Mille Lacs	33.88%	3,718	66.02%	7,246	0.10%	11		-32.15%		-3,528	10,975
	Morrison	26.03%	3,954	73.90%	11,226	0.07%	10		-47.87%		-7,272	15,190
	Mower	47.87%	6,657	52.07%	7,241	0.06%	8		-4.20%		-584	13,906
	Murray	30.77%	1,182	69.17%	2,657	0.05%	2		-38.40%		-1,475	3,841
	Nicollet	52.78%	7,947	47.11%	7,093	0.11%	16		5.67%		854	15,056
	Nobles	32.89%	1,956	67.05%	3,988	0.07%	4		-34.16%		-2,032	5,948
	Norman	41.79%	1,023	58.09%	1,422	0.12%	3		-16.30%		-399	2,448
	Olmsted	55.02%	36,930	44.94%	30,165	0.04%	24		10.08%		6,765	67,119
	Otter Tail	32.82%	9,219	67.10%	18,846	0.08%	22		-34.28%		-9,627	28,087
	Pennington	35.58%	1,921	64.33%	3,473	0.09%	5		-28.75%		-1,552	5,399
	Pine	37.52%	4,603	62.40%	7,655	0.08%	10		-24.88%		-3,052	12,268
	Pipestone	24.94%	935	75.01%	2,812	0.05%	2		-50.07%		-1,877	3,749
	Polk	32.87%	3,522	67.08%	7,188	0.05%	5		-34.21%		-3,666	10,715
	Pope	39.16%	2,190	60.68%	3,394	0.16%	9		-21.53%		-1,204	5,593
	Ramsey	74.15%	158,893	25.73%	55,129	0.13%	276		48.42%		103,764	214,298
	Red Lake	34.31%	537	65.50%	1,025	0.19%	3		-31.18%		-488	1,565
	Redwood	30.12%	1,921	69.81%	4,452	0.06%	4		-39.69%		-2,531	6,377
	Renville	35.20%	2,197	64.74%	4,041	0.06%	4		-29.54%		-1,844	6,242
	Rice	53.50%	14,953	46.44%	12,980	0.07%	19		7.06%		1,973	27,952
	Rock	29.41%	1,193	70.56%	2,862	0.02%	1		-41.15%		-1,669	4,056
	Roseau	25.11%	1,615	74.86%	4,814	0.03%	2		-49.74%		-3,199	6,431
	Scott	46.83%	30,679	53.09%	34,784	0.08%	50		-6.27%		-4,105	65,513
	Sherburne	35.37%	14,192	64.58%	25,911	0.05%	21		-29.21%		-11,719	40,124
	Sibley	32.55%	2,125	67.36%	4,397	0.09%	6		-34.80%		-2,272	6,528
	St. Louis	60.13%	55,261	39.78%	36,555	0.09%	81		20.36%		18,706	91,897
	Stearns	40.28%	25,998	59.63%	38,485	0.09%	55		-19.35%		-12,487	64,538
	Steele	42.43%	6,923	57.52%	9,385	0.06%	9		-15.09%		-2,462	16,317
	Stevens	39.66%	1,585	60.29%	2,409	0.05%	2		-20.62%		-824	3,996
	Swift	39.87%	1,551	60.10%	2,338	0.03%	1		-20.23%		-787	3,890
	Todd	29.04%	3,126	70.85%	7,626	0.10%	11		-41.81%		-4,500	10,763
	Traverse	37.25%	570	62.68%	959	0.07%	1		-25.42%		-389	1,530
	Wabasha	40.08%	4,242	59.85%	6,335	0.08%	8		-19.77%		-2,093	10,585
	Wadena	28.34%	1,668	71.66%	4,218	0.00%	0		-43.32%		-2,550	5,886
	Waseca	36.68%	3,027	63.24%	5,219	0.08%	7		-26.56%		-2,192	8,253
	Washington	55.79%	71,895	44.15%	56,897	0.06%	74		11.64%		14,998	128,866
	Watonwan	39.64%	1,508	60.28%	2,293	0.08%	3		-20.64%		-785	3,804
	Wilkin	29.51%	753	70.38%	1,796	0.12%	3		-40.87%		-1,043	2,552
	Winona	49.63%	10,012	50.29%	10,145	0.09%	18		-0.66%		-133	20,175
	Wright	37.45%	24,372	62.48%	40,666	0.07%	44		-25.04%		-16,294	65,082
	Yellow Medicine	34.67%	1,504	65.33%	2,834	0.00%	0		-30.66%		-1,330	4,338
Totals	54.53%	1,345,685	45.38%	1,119,949	0.08%	2,095	9.15%	225,736	2,467,729

By congressional district

Simon won 4 of 8 congressional districts with the remaining 4 going to Crockett.^[7]

District	Simon	Crockett	Representative
		46%	54%		Brad Finstad
		55%	45%		Angie Craig
		61%	39%		Dean Phillips
		70%	30%		Betty McCollum
		83%	17%		Ilhan Omar
		42%	57%		Tom Emmer
		34%	65%		Michelle Fischbach
		46%	53%		Pete Stauber

See also

• 2022 Minnesota elections

External links

• Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State

Official campaign websites

• Kim Crockett (R) for Secretary of State
• Steve Simon (DFL) for Secretary of State

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lopez . Ricardo . Kim Crockett running for Minnesota secretary of state to focus on 'election integrity' . 10 January 2022 . 6 December 2021.
2. Web site: 2022 MNGOP State Convention Endorses Kim Crockett for Secretary of State . 13 May 2022 . . 17 July 2022.
3. Web site: Montemayor . Stephen . New Minnesota GOP candidate for secretary of state announces campaign . www.startribune.com . . 10 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20220110203732/https://www.startribune.com/new-minnesota-gop-candidate-for-secretary-of-state-announces-campaign/600105610/?refresh=true . 10 January 2022 . 11 October 2021 . live .
4. Web site: Montemayor . Stephen . Phillip Parrish, GOP secretary of state candidate, exits race . www.startribune.com . . 10 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20220110203959/https://www.startribune.com/phillip-parrish-gop-secretary-of-state-candidate-exits-race/600109137/?refresh=true . 10 January 2022 . 22 October 2021 . live .
5. Web site: Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests . Sabato's Crystal Ball . November 3, 2022 . November 3, 2022.
6. Web site: Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings . Solomon . Zack . Elections Daily . November 7, 2022 . November 29, 2022.
7. Web site: Home - Election Results. electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. 15 April 2023.