2026 Minnesota Governor Race
An open gubernatorial race as Tim Walz steps aside after his 2024 VP run, opening Minnesota's executive office for the first time in nearly a decade.
Peggy Flanagan has served as Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor since 2019, the highest-ranking Native American woman ever elected to statewide executive office in the United States. A White Earth Ojibwe tribal member, she previously served in the Minnesota House and has championed Indigenous rights, early childhood education, and environmental justice.
Scott Jensen is a family physician and farmer from Carver, Minnesota who ran for Governor in 2022, losing to Tim Walz by 7 points. A former Minnesota state senator who rose to prominence questioning COVID-19 restrictions, he is considered the leading Republican candidate for a rematch in 2026.
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