Election Name: | 2026 Minnesota Senate election |
Type: | legislative |
Election Date: | November 3, 2026 |
Country: | Minnesota |
Vote Type: | popular |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2022 Minnesota Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Next Election: | 2030 Minnesota Senate election |
Next Year: | 2030 |
Party1: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Leaders Seat1: | 64th–St. Paul |
Leader Since1: | February 6th, 2024[1] |
Image1 Size: | x160px |
Image1: | 2017ErinMurphy (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Erin Murphy |
Leaders Seat2: | 1st–East Grand Forks |
Party2: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
Leader Since2: | January 3rd, 2023 |
Last Election1: | 34 |
Last Election2: | 33 |
Seats Before1: | 33 |
Seats Before2: | 33 |
Image2 Size: | x160px |
Leader2: | Mark Johnson |
Before Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Before Election: | Erin Murphy |
Majority Leader | |
Seats For Election: | All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
The 2026 Minnesota Senate election will be held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 2026,[2] to elect members of the Senate of the 95th Minnesota Legislature to a four-year term. A primary election will be held in several districts on August 11, 2026. The election coincides with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the Minnesota House of Representatives, and all other statewide elections.
Going into the election, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is defending a majority of 34 out of 67 seats, after winning control of the chamber in 2022.
The last election in 2022 resulted in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party attaining a majority in the chamber for the first time since 2012, gaining the DFL a trifecta.[3] Minnesota Senate seats follow a 2,4,4 term length schedule;[4] there is no regularly-scheduled Minnesota Senate election in 2024.[5]
Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024 | ||||
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Committee | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | |
Senate Victory Fund (R)[6] | $247,239 | $129,064 | $1,355,858 | |
DFL Senate Caucus[7] | $385,391 | $184,523 | $1,078,290 | |
Source: Minnesota Campaign Finance Board[8] |