Explore extremely detailed maps of the results for the governor and U.S. Senate races, with views comparing the midterm to the 2024 presidential election. You can also explore the relative size of the electorate and look up how your community voted across several races. Examine how population and polarization have made statewide victories harder for Republicans, where Democrats gained ground ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Michele Tafoya stood next to rows of golden corn in rural Le Sueur as she hosted the first news conference of her general election campaign for U.S. Senate. It was early October, and Tafoya had last convened the press on the day of her Republican primary victory — 55 days earlier. She scored a big-ticket guest for the event: Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Yet Thune’s message ...

MINNEAPOLIS — At a campaign stop in far-western Minnesota last year, two farmers approached Peggy Flanagan. They were Republicans who had previously voted for President Donald Trump. “Listen, we don’t agree with you on everything, but you’re a tough cookie,” they told her, “that’s why we’re here.” Looking back, Flanagan said, “that was when I felt like we could really win this thing.” Yellow ...

Abdi Daisane's Blooming Kids Child Care Center in St. Cloud received millions in state and federal funding and has faced multiple violations.

Minnesota Democrats, who after Tuesday's election took back total control of the state capitol, pledge to work on lowering healthcare costs when they return for the next legislative session in January.

Minnesota Democrats ran the table, again, Tuesday night when they won every statewide race on the ballot. That extends the party’s statewide winning streak that began in 2008. And Democrats picked up enough legislative seats on the fringes of the Twin Cities area and in greater Minnesota to retake full control of the Capitol. Here’s a look at some precinct-level results that explain how ...

Voters decided to send one of Minnesota’s senators to Washington but they won’t have much say in the other.

House Democrats chose Stephenson, who has led the caucus since Melissa Hortman was assassinated in 2025, as speaker-designate.

Minnesota was neck-and-neck with Maine for the highest midterm voter turnout in the nation. In Minnesota, just under two-thirds of those eligible cast a ballot. Minnesota voters also set a new state record for midterm elections with more than 2.8 million ballots cast, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. The previous record was set in 2018, with 2.6 ...