Minnesota

Voting Population

Eligibility (73% eligible to vote)

Minnesota, cobbled together from land that was part of the original United States, land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase and land acquired from Great Britain in 1818, joined the Union in May 1858. Minnesota voted exclusively Republican from 1860 through the onset of the Great Depression, except for 1912 when it sided with Progressive candidate (and former Republican) Theodore Roosevelt. From 1932 onward, the state has primarily voted Democratic, last voting Republican during Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972. In 1984, Minnesotans gave homegrown Senator Mondale his only state in the lopsided loss to Ronald Reagan. While the Democratic winning streak grew to 11 straight elections in 2016, Hillary Clinton only beat Donald Trump by 1.5%. One elector that year attempted to vote for John Kasich. That was disallowed and the elector was replaced.

Minnesota has 10 Electoral College votes to cast in Presidential elections.

State Capital: St. Paul, MN • 2020 Population: 5,700,671 • US Representatives: 8

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Recent Election Results

Leaning

52%

Democrat

2016 Presidential (33.2% voted Republican)

2012 Presidential (38.8% voted Democratic)

2016 US Senate

2016 US House

2014 Gubernatorial

Current Elected Officials

This is the list of elected officials for Minnesota. This includes roles such as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, US and state senators and house representatives.

Representative	Office	Contact
Amy Klobuchar	U.S. Senator	425 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 USA (202) 224-3244
Tina Smith	U.S. Senator	720 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 USA (202) 224-5641
Tim Walz	Governor of Minnesota	75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 201-3400
Peggy Flanagan	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota	75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 201-3400
Steve Simon	MN Secretary of State	100 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 201-1324 secretary.state@state.mn.us
Julie Blaha	MN State Auditor	525 Park Street Saint Paul, MN 55103 USA (651) 296-2551 state.auditor@osa.state.mn.us
Keith Ellison	MN State Attorney General	445 Minnesota Street Saint Paul, MN 55101 USA (800) 657-3787
Anne K. McKeig	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650
Gordon Moore	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650
Karl C. Procaccini	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650
Natalie E. Hudson	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650
Paul C. Thissen	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650
Sarah E. Hennesy	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650
Theodora Karin Gaïtas	MN State Supreme Court Justice	25 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Saint Paul, MN 55155 USA (651) 297-7650

While the President and Vice President are the only elected officials at the National level, there are hundreds of other positions appointed by the President himself.

Minnesota will cast 10 Electoral College votes in the upcoming 2020 Presidential elections.

Representative	Office	Contact
Joseph R. Biden	President of the United States	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20500 USA (202) 456-1111
Kamala D. Harris	Vice President of the United States	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20500 USA (202) 456-1111

Elected Role Descriptions

Auditor:

The Auditor General is the chief fiscal watchdog of the commonwealth. This person is responsible for using annual audits to ensure that all government money is spent legally and properly.

Lieutenant Governor:

In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated. In the event a governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor typically becomes governor.

Many people ask "Who are my elected officials?", but have no easy way to find them. ElectedGovernment.org provides this information along with other data to help voters and constituents understand who represents them in their local, city, county, state and national legislative roles. Voting is our civic duty, and these representatives of ours are all elected in May or November at the polls.