| Election Name: | 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Minnesota House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 68 |
| Image1: | Melissa_Hortman_at_One_Minnesota_Budget_Bill_Signing_(cropped).jpg |
| Image1 Size: | x160px |
| Leader1: | Melissa Hortman |
| Party1: | Democratic (DFL) |
| Colour1: | 0055aa |
| Leader Since1: | January 3, 2017 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 34B–Brooklyn Park |
| Seats Before1: | 70 |
| Image2 Size: | x160px |
| Leader2: | Lisa Demuth |
| Party2: | Republican |
| Colour2: | ff3333 |
| Leader Since2: | January 3, 2023 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 13A–Cold Spring |
| Seats Before2: | 64 |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Melissa Hortman |
| Before Party: | Democratic (DFL) |
| Seats Needed2: | 4 |
The 2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election will be held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 5, 2024, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota Legislature. Primaries will take place on August 13, 2024.[1]
In the previous legislature, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) leveraged their existing trifecta to enact significant legislative reforms, including paid family leave, universal free school meals, a progressive child tax credit, increased sales and gas taxes for housing and transportation respectively, codified abortion rights, established a commission to redesign the state flag, and eliminated public university tuition for families earning under $85,000. The slim majorities held by the DFL were maintained by narrow victories in key battleground districts. They won control of the chamber following the 2018 election and are entering this cycle with a majority of 5 seats. [2]
A primary election will be held in 19 districts to nominate Republican and DFL candidates. 15 Republican nominations and 7 DFL nominations will be contested. Eight incumbents are opposed for their party's nomination.
| District | Party | Candidates | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6B | Republican | Josh Heintzeman (incumbent) | 2,032 | 91.04 | |||
| Matthew Eric Zinda | 200 | 8.96 | |||||
| DFL | Emily LeClaire | 1,062 | 100.0 | ||||
| 7B | Republican | Matt Matasich | 485 | 15.78 | |||
| Cal Warwas | 2,588 | 84.22 | |||||
| DFL | Lorrie Janatopoulos | 2,703 | 100.0 | ||||
| 8 | A | Republican | Mark McGrew | 985 | 100.0 | ||
| DFL | Jordon Johnson | 614 | 17.24 | ||||
| Peter Johnson | 2,947 | 82.76 | |||||
| B | Republican | Timothy L. Meyer | 561 | 38.19 | |||
| Shawn Savela | 908 | 61.81 | |||||
| DFL | Alicia Kozlowski (incumbent) | 3,818 | 100.0 | ||||
| 9A | Republican | Jeff Backer (incumbent) | 3,151 | 65.73 | |||
| Boone Carlson | 1,643 | 34.27 | |||||
| DFL | Michael Ziomko | 1,639 | 100.0 | ||||
| 10A | Republican | Ron Kresha (incumbent) | 2,295 | 50.38 | |||
| Diane Webb-Skillings | 2,260 | 49.62 | |||||
| DFL | Julia Samsal Hipp | 1,320 | 100.0 | ||||
| 17A | Republican | Dawn Gillman (incumbent) | 2,093 | 84.02 | |||
| Wayne Olson | 398 | 15.98 | |||||
| DFL | Chad Tschimperle | 725 | 100.0 | ||||
| 19B | Republican | Michael J. Ditlevson | 875 | 33.47 | |||
| Thomas J. Sexton | 1,739 | 66.53 | |||||
| DFL | Edelgard Fernandez Mejia | 869 | 100.0 | ||||
| 24B | Republican | Jesse O'Driscoll | 631 | 42.84 | |||
| Dan Sepeda | 842 | 57.16 | |||||
| DFL | Tina Liebling (incumbent) | 2,201 | 100.0 | ||||
| 26 | A | Republican | S. James Doerr | 345 | 13.31 | ||
| Aaron Repinski | 2,247 | 86.69 | |||||
| DFL | Sarah Kruger | 2,162 | 51.97 | ||||
| Dwayne Voegeli | 1,998 | 48.03 | |||||
| B | Republican | Gregory M. Davids (incumbent) | 1,733 | 47.27 | |||
| Gary M. Steuart | 1,933 | 52.7318.23 | |||||
| DFL | Eric M. Leitzen | 325 | 18.23 | ||||
| Allie Wolf | 1,458 | 81.77 | |||||
| 28A | Republican | James "Jimmy" Gordon | 2,561 | 65.99 | |||
| Brian Johnson (incumbent) | 1,320 | 34.01 | |||||
| DFL | Tim Dummer | 999 | 100.0 | ||||
| 36B | Republican | Patty Bradway | 1,084 | 100.0 | |||
| DFL | Brion Curran (incumbent) | 1,854 | 62.59 | ||||
| T.J. Malaskee | 1,108 | 37.41 | |||||
| 38 | A | Republican | Yelena S. Kurdyumova | 64 | 10.16 | ||
| Brad Olson | 566 | 89.84 | |||||
| DFL | Huldah Hitsley | 1,005 | 51.28 | ||||
| Wynfred Russell | 955 | 48.72 | |||||
| B | Republican | Chris Chubb | 98 | 26.85 | |||
| Robert Marvin | 267 | 73.15 | |||||
| DFL | Samantha Vang (incumbent) | 1,790 | 100.0 | ||||
| 41A | Republican | Wayne A Johnson | 1,152 | 53.88 | |||
| Grayson McNew | 986 | 46.12 | |||||
| DFL | Lucia Wroblewski | 1,939 | 100.0 | ||||
| 49A | Republican | Stacy L. Bettison | 920 | 100.0 | |||
| DFL | Kissy C Coakley | 798 | 25.13 | ||||
| Alex Falconer | 2,377 | 74.87 | |||||
| 61A | DFL | Katie Jones | 3,956 | 43.15 | |||
| Isabel Rolfes | 1,872 | 20.42 | |||||
| Will Stancil | 3,340 | 36.43 | |||||
| 67B | Republican | Sharon Anderson | 172 | 51.96 | |||
| AJ Plehal | 159 | 48.04 | |||||
| DFL | Jay Xiong (incumbent) | 1,151 | 100.0 | ||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | +/− | +/− | % | ||||||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 133 | ||||||||
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 128 | ||||||||
| Independence–Alliance Party of Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||
| Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||
| Green Party of Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||
| Independent | 2 | ||||||||
| Write-in | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Registered voters/Turnout | |||||||||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State | |||||||||
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District 1A is located in the northwest corner of the state and includes all or portions of Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, and Roseau counties. The incumbent is Republican John Burkel, who was first elected in 2020. He was re-elected in 2022 with 76.26% of the vote.
District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includes East Grand Forks, Crookston, and Red Lake Falls. The incumbent is Republican Debra Kiel, who was first elected in 2010. She was re-elected in 2022 with 71.13% of the vote. Kiel announced that she was retiring at the end of the term and would not be seeking re-election.
2A is located in northwestern Minnesota, stretching as far south as Bemidji and as far north as the Northwest Angle. Incumbent Matt Grossell (R) won in 2022 with 54.35% of the vote. Grossell is not seeking re-election.[25]
District 2B is in north-central Minnesota, including the towns of Bagley and Mahnomen.[28] Incumbent Matt Bliss (R), first elected in 2016, won in 2022 with 63.46% of the vote.
Incumbent Roger Skraba (R) was first elected in 2022, when he won by a 15-vote margin, earning 49.98% of votes. District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of the Iron Range and the northern Arrowhead Region. Cities in the district include International Falls, Ely, Silver Bay, and Grand Marais. It is the largest house district by area.[29]
Incumbent Natalie Zeleznikar (R) was first elected in 2022, winning by 33 votes (50.01%) and ousted longtime DFL Rep. Mary Murphy. District 3B contains the suburbs and townships around Duluth including Two Harbors, Hermantown and Rice Lake.[31] Voters in the district opted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election and Walz in 2022.[32]
Mark Munger, a former Proctor city attorney and a retired judge for the Sixth Judicial District, is her DFL opponent. Munger also owns a publishing company, the Cloquet River Press, and has authored 14 books, according to his publishing website. Munger’s years on the bench and past judicial decisions have come under some scrutiny from right-wing organizations.[33]
District 4A is located in Moorhead.[36] Incumbent Heather Keeler (DFL) was first elected in 2020 and won 58.58% of votes in 2022.
District 4B is located in northwestern Minnesota, surrounding the city of Moorhead and including Glyndon and Detroit Lakes.[37] Incumbent Jim Joy (R) won 62.88% of the vote in 2022.
District 5A is located in north central Minnesota. The largest city in 5A is Park Rapids.[39] Incumbent Krista Knudsen (R) was first elected in 2022 with 70.49% of the vote.
The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all of Todd County plus portions of Morrison, Cass, and Wadena counties. Republican Mike Wiener was first elected in 2022 with 75.36% of the vote.
District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches from Grand Rapids to Garrison.[42] Incumbent Ben Davis (R) was first elected in 2022 with 62.30% of the vote.
District 6B is in Crow Wing County and includes Brainerd and some smaller towns near it. Incumbent Josh Heintzeman (R) won the Republican primary.
District 7B is located in the northeastern Iron Range of Minnesota, and includes the cities of Virginia, Chisholm, Eveleth, and other rural townships in St. Louis County. The incumbent is DFLer Dave Lislegard, who was first elected in 2018. He was re-elected most recently in 2022 with 51.10% of the vote. He decided to not run for re-election.[44] Voters in 7B voted for President Donald Trump in 2020 and for Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen in 2022. This is among the last DFL seats in northeast Minnesota, which has become increasingly Republican in the Trump years, and gives Republicans their best chance of a flip.
DFL candidate Lorrie Janatopoulos, who worked in Tim Walz’s Department of Employment and Economic Development, states on her campaign website that she’s “pro-labor, pro-mining, pro-freedom.”[45] She won a Bush Foundation fellowship in 2016, and the Bush Foundation states Janatopoulos was an LGBTQ activist on the Iron Range.
Republican candidate Cal Warwas, an Iron Range native, works at the U.S. Steel’s Minntac mine in Mountain Iron.[46] He serves in local government for Clinton Township and was the endorsed GOP candidate against Matt Matasich (R). In a press release announcing his candidacy, Warwas said one of his top priorities will be mining policy.
District 8A covers southern Duluth. Incumbent Liz Olson (DFL) is not seeking re-election.[4] DFL-endorsed Peter Johnson won the DFL primary against Jordon Johnson.
District 8B covers the southwestern portion of Duluth. Incumbent Alicia Kozlowski (DFL) was first elected in 2022 with 70% of the vote. She will face Republican Shawn Savela in the general election.
District 14A includes about half of St. Cloud and the cities of St. Joseph and St. Augusta. First-term representative Bernie Perryman won the 2022 election over her DFL opponent by 199 votes. Perryman is a small business owner and chair of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce. She was also a regional vice president for Anheuser-Busch for 20 years.[49]
Abdi Daisane, who lives in St. Cloud, owns a child care center and has a master’s degree in public administration from St. Cloud State University. The DFL candidate’s priorities include supporting affordable housing, increasing funding for the state’s child care centers and advocating for climate justice.[50]
District 14B represents the other half of St. Cloud as well as part of Sauk Rapids. The district voted for Biden in 2020 and Walz in 2022. Dan Wolgamott (DFL) won his 2022 race by 540 votes. The three-term legislator is running for reelection. Last year, Wolgamott pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor DWI charge after he was suspected of drinking alcohol in the parking lot of a liquor store.[54]
GOP challenger Sue Ek says on her campaign site that her priorities include lower taxes, support for law enforcement and protecting “parents’ rights to school choice, including homeschooling.” Ek ran for a St. Cloud House seat during a special election in 2005, but the state Supreme Court removed her from the ballot after agreeing with a lower court that she didn’t live in St. Cloud long enough to meet the state’s residency requirements.[55]
Incumbent Dean Urdahl (R) is not running for re-election.[57]
District 18 includes parts of Mankato and the cities of North Mankato and Kasota. Incumbent representative Jeff Brand (DFL) is running for re-election. Brand was previously a St. Peter City Council member and board member of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.
Erica Schwartz is the GOP-endorsed candidate. Schwartz lives in Nicollet, where she works at a local convenience store owned by her husband, according to her campaign site.[60] She states her top issues include ensuring students have access to quality education, combating inflation and bolstering Minnesota’s law enforcement.
Incumbent Brian Daniels is not seeking re-election.[13]
Incumbent John Petersburg (R) is not seeking re-election.[14]
Incumbent Brian Pfarr (R) is not seeking re-election.[15]
District 26A includes the liberal-leaning college town of Winona, and more right-leaning towns like Goodview, Stockton, and surrounding townships. The district is seen as a potential flip for Republicans.[67] Longtime representative Gene Pelowski (DFL) is not seeking re-election after his 19th term.[5] The local DFL party did not endorse a candidate. Sarah Kruger, the chief of staff for FairVote Minnesota, defeated Dwayne Voegeli, a high school social studies teacher and chair of the Winona County Board of Commissioners. Both DFL candidates support abortion access, unlike Pelowski, one of the last anti-abortion DFL elected officials.
The Republican candidate is Aaron Repinski, who owns and operates the Winona Tour Boat Company. Repinski is also a Winona City Council member, and on his campaign site he states his top issues are improving education, the economy and public safety.[68]
District 26B is located in the southeast corner of the state and includes the cities of La Crescent, Chatfield, Caledonia, Spring Valley and Rushford. Long-time incumbent representative Greg Davids (R) is running for re-election; he narrowly won his primary after having lost the Republican Party's endorsement to newcomer Gary Steuart.
District 27B covers parts of Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, and Mille Lacs counties. It includes the cities of Princeton, Zimmerman, St. Francis, and Bethel.
District 28A includes parts of North Branch, Cambridge, and Isanti. Incumbent representative Brian Johnson (R) lost the Republican primary to Isanti mayor Jimmy Gordon, who won the GOP endorsement.
District 28B covers most of Chisago County and includes Wyoming, Lindström, Center City, Chisago City, Taylors Falls, Shafer, Stacy, and eastern North Branch. It also covers the townships of Sunrise, Chisago Lake, Shafer, Amador, and Franconia. It is represented by Republican Anne Neu Brindley who was first elected in a 2017 special election.[73] She announced she is not running for re-election in 2024.
District 30A is located in the northwestern metro and includes the cities of St. Michael, Otsego, and Albertville, and parts of Hennepin and Wright counties.[75] [76] Incumbent Walter Hudson (R) is running for re-election.
District 30B is located in east central Minnesota and includes the cities of Elk River and Otsego and parts of Anoka, Sherburne, and Wright counties.[77] [78] Incumbent Paul Novotny (R) is running for re-election.
District 31A is in the north metro and includes the cities of Ramsey and Andover in Anoka County, Minnesota.[80] [81] Incumbent Harry Niska (R) is running for re-election.
District 31B is in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Andover and East Bethel and parts of Anoka and Isanti counties. Incumbent Peggy Scott (R) is running for re-election.
District 32A is in the northern metro, which includes the city of Blaine and parts of Anoka County.[82] [83] Incumbent Nolan West (R) is running for re-election.
District 32B includes the cities of Blaine and Lexington. Freshman representative Matt Norris (DFL) is running for reelection. Norris won his 2022 race by 413 votes. The traditionally white working class district has steadily gained more people of color, which could swing the district more blue. Norris is vice chair of the House Taxes Committee.
Norris’ Republican challenger Alex Moe ran for the state Senate in 2022 in Duluth. Moe worked in the Anoka County courts system and his campaign site includes many right-wing culture war issues. Moe claimed, for instance, that in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, “teachers are also being forced to use specific gender pronouns and names for students without parental knowledge.”[84]
District 34A includes Rogers, Dayton and Champlin. Incumbent Danny Nadeau won in 2022 by a significant margin, but a strong performance for Biden could oust him. Nadeau is a contract manager with Hennepin County, and on his campaign website he states that his small construction company went under in part because of labor unions.[87]
Nadeau’s DFL challenger is again Brian Raines, who lost to Nadeau by about seven percentage points in 2022. Raines works for the state’s carpenters union. On his campaign site he says he wants to suspend the state’s gas tax, invest more in affordable health care and expand the state’s pre-kindergarten programs.[88]
District 35A includes Anoka and Coon Rapids. Incumbent Zack Stephenson (DFL) is running for reelection after winning his 2022 race by about five percentage points. Stephenson, who chairs the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, is a prosecutor for Hennepin County.
Josh Jungling is the Republican challenger. Jungling is the charitable gambling manager for the Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association, and he states on his campaign site that his top issues include lowering taxes, supporting law enforcement and protecting senior citizens.[89]
District 35B is in the northwest metro and includes Coon Rapids and Andover. Incumbent Jerry Newton (DFL) is retiring. DFL candidate Kari Rehrauer is a member of the Coon Rapids City Council and a teacher.
The Republican candidate is Steve Pape, who is the president and CEO of an engineering consulting firm. Pape is a Navy veteran.[90]
District 36A is in the north metro and includes North Oaks, Lino Lakes and Circle Pines. Incumbent Elliott Engen (R), who is running for reelection, works for a nonprofit environmental organization and he’s one of the state’s youngest legislators.
His DFL challenger is Janelle Calhoun, previously an executive director for a cancer research nonprofit.
District 38A is located in the northeast metro area and includes the cities of Brooklyn Park and Osseo. The district is characterized by a diverse demographic breakdown: 38% White, 33% Black, 18% Asian, and 9% Hispanic. 27% of the population is foreign-born, predominantly from Africa. Kenyan American Huldah Hiltsley and Liberian American Wynfred Russell competed in the DFL primary to succeed the retiring incumbent Michael Nelson (DFL).[6] Hiltsley narrowly defeated Russell and will face Brad Olson in the general election.[93]
Hiltsley ran in the DFL primary for senate district 38 in 2022, but lost to Susan Pha.
Incumbent Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL) is retiring.
District 41A includes Afton, Lake Elmo and Cottage Grove. Incumbent Mark Wiens (R) is not seeking reelection. In 2022, Wiens only narrowly carried the district, while Tim Walz won by nearly five percentage points.
Lucia Wroblewski, a retired St. Paul police officer, is the DFL candidate. On her campaign site, Wroblewski said she was a use-of-force expert for 24 years and a field training officer for 22 years. She is also an Afton City Council member.[96]
The Republican-endorsed candidate for the seat was Grayson McNew, backed by the Action 4 Liberty PAC.[97] [98] He’s a former legislative aide to Erik Mortensen. On his campaign site, McNew says he will push to enact school vouchers. McNew lost the primary election to a more moderate Republican candidate Wayne Johnson.
District 41B includes Cottage Grove and Hastings. Incumbent Shane Hudella (R) is retiring. Hudella won in 2022 by 418 votes.
Jen Fox is the DFL candidate. Fox is a Hastings City Council member and acting mayor of the city. The Republican candidate is Tom Dippel, who ran for the state Senate two years ago. Dippel is another Action 4 Liberty-endorsed candidate and founded the Minnesota Dental Lab in Newport.
District 45A is located in the west metro and includes Minnetonka, Excelsior and Orono. Incumbent Andrew Myers (R) is running for reelection. Myers is an attorney and small business owner. Tracey Breazeale (DFL) is a Minnetonka Beach City Council member and former business executive who worked at Boston Consulting Group and Sleep Number.
District 47B includes most of southern and eastern Woodbury.[103] Incumbent Ethan Cha (DFL) is running for reelection.
District 48B includes Chaska, Chanhassen and Shorewood. Incumbent Lucy Rehm (DFL) is running for reelection. Rehm is a former teacher and Chanhassen City Council member. In 2022, she won the election by 417 votes. Caleb Steffenhagen, an officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard and a teacher, is the GOP candidate. He also owns a local milling company.[104]
District 49A is located in the southwest metro and includes portions of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. Incumbent Laurie Pryor (DFL) is retiring.[7] Alex Falconer, campaign manager for the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, defeated Minnetonka City Council member Kissy Coakley in the DFL primary and will face Stacy L. Bettison in the general election.[107]
Incumbent Heather Edelson did not seek re-election as she was elected to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners in a 2024 special election.[8]
District 54A is in the south metro and encompasses Shakopee. Incumbent Brad Tabke (DFL) won his seat back by eight percentage points over the right-wing provocateur Republican Erik Mortensen.[110] Mortensen had defeated him narrowly in 2020.
Rep. Brad Tabke, DFL-Shakopee, is running for a third term in this Biden/Walz south metro district that encompasses Shakopee. Tabke in 2022 won his race by eight percentage points over Erik Mortensen, the right-wing troll. Despite Tabke’s comfortable 2022 victory, Republicans hope a non-Mortensen, more traditional Republican candidate could perform better this year.
Republican Aaron Paul, a police officer and former school resource officer, will face off against Tabke. Paul says on his campaign site that he’s running to lower taxes, strengthen public safety and improve the state’s education outcomes.
District 57B covers Lakeville. Incumbent Jeff Witte (R) won his 2022 race by 676 votes and is running for re-election.
District 58B is located in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metro. It includes portions of Dakota County. The district covers the cities of Farmington and portions of Lakeville. Incumbent Pat Garofalo (R) is retiring.[18]
District 59A covers Camden and parts of Near North in north Minneapolis.[113] Incumbent Fue Lee (DFL) is running unopposed. He was first elected in 2016 and ran unopposed in 2022.
District 59B is located in Near North, Central, and parts of the East Bank neighborhood in Minneapolis .[115] Incumbent Esther Agbaje was first elected in 2020 and ran unopposed in 2022.[116]
District 60A is located in Northeast Minneapolis.[117] Incumbent Sydney Jordan (DFL), who was first elected in a 2020 special election, is running for re-election. In 2022, Jordan was elected with 86.85% of the vote.[116]
District 60B is located in Southeast Minneapolis and includes all or parts of the neighborhoods Cedar-Riverside, Prospect Park, Marcy-Holmes, Como, as well as the University of Minnesota campus. The incumbent is DFLer Mohamud Noor, who was first elected in 2018 and is running for re-election. He ran unopposed in 2022.
District 61A is located in downtown and Calhoun-Isles in south Minneapolis, including neighborhoods such as Uptown, Loring Park, Bryn Mayr, Lowry Hill, and Cedar-Isles-Dean.[118] Incumbent Frank Hornstein (DFL), first elected in 2002, is retiring.[119] District 61A was the only contested DFL primary for a House seat in Minneapolis or Saint Paul. Katie Jones, an engineer, won the DFL primary over attorney Will Stancil and legislative aide Isabel Rolfes.
District 61B is located in southwest Minneapolis.[124] Incumbent Jamie Long (DFL), the house majority leader, is seeking re-election. Long was first elected in 2018 and ran unopposed in 2022.
District 62A is located in South Minneapolis and includes the neighborhoods of Whittier, Stevens Square-Loring Heights, West Phillips, Lyndale and Kingfield.[125] Incumbent Aisha Gomez (DFL) was first elected in 2018 and ran unopposed in 2022.
District 62B is located in South Minneapolis, comprising much of Phillips and Powderhorn.[127] Incumbent Hodan Hassan (DFL), first elected in 2018, is retiring.[10] In 2022, Hassan was re-elected with 90.28% of the vote.[116]
The DFL candidate is Anquam Mahamoud, former COO of Twin Cities Health Services, a mental health and substance use treatment center in the Twin Cities. The center filed for bankruptcy on June 17, 2024, citing over $3 million in debts, including $721,000 to the IRS and over $39,000 to the Minnesota Department of Revenue, and had its license revoked for licensing violations prior to Mahamoud's tenure as COO. Mahamoud served as COO from October 2023 to April 2024.[128]
District 63A is located in south Minneapolis, mostly in Greater Longfellow.[135] Incumbent Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL) is currently running unopposed.[24] Sencer-Mura was first elected in 2022 with 90.16% of the vote.[116]
District 63B is located in south Minneapolis, mostly in the Nokomis area.[136] Incumbent Emma Greenman (DFL) was first elected in 2020 and ran unopposed in 2022.
District 64A is located in western Saint Paul, mostly in Union Park and Mac-Groveland.[138] Incumbent Kaohly Vang Her (DFL) was first elected in 2018 and won with 85.11% of the vote against Dan Walsh (R) in 2022.[116]
District 64B is located in southwestern Saint Paul, mostly in Highland Park.[139] Incumbent Dave Pinto (DFL) was first elected in 2014 and won with 82.59% of the vote in 2022.[116]
District 65A is located in Saint Paul, mostly in Frogtown and Summit-University.[140] Incumbent Samakab Hussein (DFL) is running unopposed.[24] Hussein was first elected in 2022, earning 71.21% of the vote.[116]
District 65B stretches from downtown and the West Side of Saint Paul into the suburb of West Saint Paul.[142] Incumbent María Isa Pérez-Vega (DFL) was first elected in 2022 with 78.54% of the vote.[116]
District 66A includes the cities of Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Roseville and Saint Paul (neighborhoods of St. Anthony Park, Como, and Hamline-Midway).[143] Incumbent Leigh Finke, the first transgender legislator in Minnesota,[144] was first elected in 2022 with 81.14% of the vote.[116]
District 66B is located in north central Saint Paul.[145] Incumbent Athena Hollins (DFL), first elected in 2020, received 78.42% of the vote in 2022.[116]
District 67A is in the northeast corner of Saint Paul.[146] Incumbent Liz Lee was first elected in 2022, receiving 75.13% of the vote.[116]
District 67B is located in the easternmost part of Saint Paul.[147] Incumbent Jay Xiong (DFL), first elected in 2018, received 75.17% of votes in 2022.[116]