Minnesota 2022 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Minnesota held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 201 legislative seats and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. Control shifted: the Senate moved from a 34-31 Republican majority to a 34-33 Democratic majority.

Highlights

The DFL (Minnesota's Democratic party) took full control of state government, the governor's office and both chambers, for the first time since 2013, after a one-seat Senate win that one DFL leader called a "Minnesota Senate miracle." The House majority held at its pre-election size even as the party lost ground on the Iron Range.
The DFL picked up Senate District 3 in northern Minnesota, where Grant Hauschild (D) won by about 700 votes. The seat had belonged to retiring Sen. Tom Bakk, one of two former DFLers who had joined Senate Republicans as independents. Heather Gustafson (D) also unseated Assistant Majority Leader Roger Chamberlain (R) in Senate District 36. Two other Senate races were close: Jim Abeler (R) held Senate District 35 by fewer than 200 votes, and Judy Seeberger (D) won Senate District 41 by about 320.
In the House, Republicans took two Iron Range seats in a longtime DFL stronghold that has shifted rapidly to the right. Roger Skraba (R) beat Rob Ecklund (D) by 15 votes in House District 3A, and Natalie Zeleznikar (R) beat Mary Murphy (D), the longest-serving current legislator, by 33 votes in House District 3B. Recounts in December confirmed both results. Redistricting also paired two Iron Range incumbents, and Rep. Spencer Igo (R) beat Rep. Julie Sandstede (D) by about 1,450 votes in House District 7A.
Tim Walz (D) beat Scott Jensen (R) by about 8 points, a fourth straight DFL term in the governor's office, and Steve Simon (D) was re-elected secretary of state over Kim Crockett (R) by about 9 points. The other two statewide races were far closer: Keith Ellison (D) held off Jim Schultz (R) for attorney general by about 21,000 votes, and Julie Blaha (D) kept the auditor's office by about 8,400 votes over Ryan Wilson (R).
In all, 9 legislative seats changed party (judged against the old district lines), six toward the DFL and two toward Republicans. Besides Chamberlain, Ecklund, Murphy, and Sandstede, the incumbents who lost included Reps. Susan Akland (R) in House District 18A, Donald Raleigh (R) in House District 32B, Erik Mortensen (R) in House District 54A, and Greg Boe (R) in House District 48B, all beaten by DFL challengers, and John Heinrich (R), who lost to fellow incumbent Zack Stephenson (D) in House District 35A. Beyond the flips and incumbent losses, three more House races finished inside two points, and 23 legislative seats had only one candidate on the ballot.

Legislature

House (134 seats): 70 D, 64 R before the election, 70 D, 64 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (67 seats): 33 D, 34 R before the election, 34 D, 33 R after; control moved from Republicans to Democrats.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others
Governor	Tim Walz (D) 52.27%	Scott Jensen (R) 44.61%
Attorney General	Keith Ellison (D) 50.4%	Jim Schultz (R) 49.5%
Auditor	Julie Blaha (D) 47.5%	Ryan Wilson (R) 47.1%
Lt. Governor	Peggy Flanagan (D) 52.27%	Matt Birk (R) 44.61%
Secretary of State	Steve Simon (D) 54.5%	Kim Crockett (R) 45.4%, Steve Carlson (I) 0.08%

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1A	John Burkel (R) 76.2%	James Sceville (D) 23.7%
House 1B	Debra Kiel (R) 71.1%	Cindy Ansbacher (D) 28.8%
House 2A	Matthew Grossell (R) 54.4%	Reed Olson (D) 45.5%
House 2B	Matt Bliss (R) 63.5%	Erika Bailey-Johnson (D) 36.5%
House 3A	Roger Skraba (R) 50%	Rob Ecklund (D) 49.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 3B	Natalie Zeleznikar (R) 50%	Mary Murphy (D) 49.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 4A	Heather Keeler (D) 58.6%	Lynn Halmrast (R) 41.3%
House 4B	Jim Joy (R) 62.9%	John Hest (D) 37%
House 5A	Krista Knudsen (R) 70.5%	Brian Hobson (D) 29.5%
House 5B	Mike Wiener (R) 75.36%	Gregg Hendrickson (Independence Party) 24.36%
House 6A	Ben Davis (R) 62.3%	Richard Blake (D) 37.7%
House 6B	Josh Heintzeman (R) 65.2%	Sally Boos (D) 34.6%
House 7A	Spencer Igo (R) 53.7%	Julie Sandstede (D) 46.2%	Flipped D to R
House 7B	Dave Lislegard (D) 51.1%	Matt Norri (R) 48.7%
House 8A	Liz Olson (D) 70.5%	Art Johnston (R) 29.4%
House 8B	Alicia Kozlowski (D) 71%	Becky Hall (R) 28.8%
House 9A	Jeff Backer (R) 66.3%	Nancy Jost (D) 33.4%
House 9B	Tom Murphy (R) 70.3%	Jason Satter (D) 29.5%
House 10A	Ron Kresha (R) 96.3%	Unopposed
House 10B	Isaac Schultz (R) 78.6%	Hunter Froelich (D) 21.3%
House 11A	Jeff Dotseth (R) 51.2%	Pete Radosevich (D) 48.7%
House 11B	Nathan Nelson (R) 68.4%	Eric Olson (D) 31.6%
House 12A	Paul Anderson (R) 71.1%	Edie Barrett (D) 28.8%
House 12B	Mary Franson (R) 69.9%	Jeremy Vinar (D) 30%
House 13A	Lisa Demuth (R) 74%	Andrea Robinson (D) 25.9%
House 13B	Tim O'Driscoll (R) 66.7%	Melissa Bromenschenkel (D) 33.2%
House 14A	Bernie Perryman (R) 50.6%	Tamara Calhoun (D) 49.3%
House 14B	Dan Wolgamott (D) 51.8%	Aaron Henning (R) 48.1%
House 15A	Chris Swedzinski (R) 70.4%	Keith VanOverbeke (D) 29.5%
House 15B	Paul Torkelson (R) 72.6%	Tom Kuster (D) 27.4%
House 16A	Dean Urdahl (R) 73.3%	Robert Wright (D) 26.6%
House 16B	Dave Baker (R) 72.8%	Fred Cogelow (D) 27.2%
House 17A	Dawn Gillman (R) 70.2%	Jennifer Carpentier (D) 29.6%
House 17B	Bobbie Harder (R) 96.7%	Unopposed
House 18A	Jeff Brand (D) 51%	Susan Akland (R) 48.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 18B	Luke Frederick (D) 60.1%	Dar Vosburg (R) 39.8%
House 19A	Brian Daniels (R) 64.9%	Carolyn Treadway (D) 35%
House 19B	John Petersburg (R) 71.1%	Abdulahi Ali Osman (D) 28.8%
House 20A	Pam Altendorf (R) 51.8%	Laurel Stinson (D) 37.6%, Roger A. Kittelson (Other) 10.5%
House 20B	Steve Jacob (R) 66.1%	Elise Diesslin (D) 33.8%
House 21A	Joe Schomacker (R) 74.3%	Patrick Baustian (D) 25.6%
House 21B	Marj Fogelman (R) 66.5%	Michael Heidelberger (D) 33.3%
House 22A	Bjorn Olson (R) 69%	Marisa Ulmen (D) 30.9%
House 22B	Brian Pfarr (R) 68.7%	Marcia Stapleton (D) 31.3%
House 23A	Peggy Bennett (R) 65.7%	Mary Hinnenkamp (D) 34.1%
House 23B	Patty Mueller (R) 55%	Thomas Stiehm (D) 44.8%
House 24A	Duane Quam (R) 64%	Keith McLain (D) 36%
House 24B	Tina Liebling (D) 56.4%	Katrina Pulham (R) 43.6%
House 25A	Kim Hicks (D) 55.2%	Wendy Phillips (R) 44.7%
House 25B	Andy Smith (D) 64%	John Robinson (R) 35.9%
House 26A	Gene Pelowski, Jr. (D) 55%	Stephen Doerr (R) 44.8%
House 26B	Greg Davids (R) 94.7%	Unopposed
House 27A	Shane Mekeland (R) 70.9%	Ron Thiessen (D) 29%
House 27B	Kurt Daudt (R) 73.2%	Brad Brown (D) 26.6%
House 28A	Brian Johnson (R) 68%	Erik Johnson (D) 31.9%
House 28B	Anne Neu Brindley (R) 62.1%	Katie Malchow (D) 37.8%
House 29A	Joe McDonald (R) 70.7%	Sherri Leyda (D) 29.2%
House 29B	Marion Rarick (R) 95.8%	Unopposed
House 30A	Walter Hudson (R) 62.7%	Sonja Buckmeier (D) 37.3%
House 30B	Paul Novotny (R) 65.6%	Chad Hobot (D) 34.4%
House 31A	Harry Niska (R) 59.5%	Betsy O'Berry (D) 40.4%
House 31B	Peggy Scott (R) 68.1%	Bill Fisher (D) 31.9%
House 32A	Nolan West (R) 57.3%	Ashton Ramsammy (D) 42.7%
House 32B	Matt Norris (D) 51.1%	Donald Raleigh (R) 48.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 33A	Patti Anderson (R) 55.4%	Hanna Valento (D) 44.6%
House 33B	Josiah Hill (D) 53.9%	Mark Bishofsky (R) 45.9%
House 34A	Danny Nadeau (R) 53.4%	Brian Raines (D) 46.6%
House 34B	Melissa Hortman (D) 62.5%	Scott Simmons (R) 37.4%
House 35A	Zack Stephenson (D) 52.4%	John Heinrich (R) 47.5%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 35B	Jerry Newton (D) 50.6%	Polly Matteson (R) 49.3%
House 36A	Elliott Engen (R) 51.4%	Susie Strom (D) 48.6%
House 36B	Brion Curran (D) 53.5%	Heidi Gunderson (R) 46.4%
House 37A	Kristin Robbins (R) 56.1%	Caitlin Cahill (D) 43.8%
House 37B	Kristin Bahner (D) 55.6%	John Bristol (R) 44.3%
House 38A	Michael Nelson (D) 95.7%	Unopposed
House 38B	Samantha Vang (D) 72.7%	Robert Marvin (R) 27.1%
House 39A	Erin Koegel (D) 63.3%	Rod Sylvester (R) 36.6%
House 39B	Sandra Feist (D) 69.9%	Mike Sharp (R) 30%
House 40A	Kelly Moller (D) 61.6%	Ben Schwanke (R) 38.3%
House 40B	Jamie Becker-Finn (D) 67.7%	Allen Shen (R) 32.2%
House 41A	Mark Wiens (R) 50.2%	Patricia Driscoll (D) 49.7%
House 41B	Shane Hudella (R) 51%	Tina Folch (D) 48.9%
House 42A	Ned Carroll (D) 58.3%	Kathy Burkett (R) 41.7%
House 42B	Ginny Klevorn (D) 60.6%	Jackie Schroeder (R) 39.4%
House 43A	Cedrick Frazier (D) 96.6%	Benjamin Fugate (R) 0.1%
House 43B	Mike Freiberg (D) 97.5%	Unopposed
House 44A	Peter Fischer (D) 62.8%	Alex Pinkney (R) 37.1%
House 44B	Leon Lillie (D) 56.6%	William Johnston (R) 38.5%, TJ Hawthorne (L) 4.8%
House 45A	Andrew Myers (R) 53%	Lauren Bresnahan (D) 46.9%
House 45B	Patty Acomb (D) 62.1%	Lorie Cousineau (R) 37.9%
House 46A	Larry Kraft (D) 97.9%	Unopposed
House 46B	Cheryl Youakim (D) 97.1%	Unopposed
House 47A	Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger (D) 60.2%	Robert Lawrence (R) 39.8%
House 47B	Ethan Cha (D) 53.1%	Kelly Fenton (R) 46.8%
House 48A	Jim Nash (R) 59.7%	Nathan Kells (D) 40.3%
House 48B	Lucy Rehm (D) 51%	Greg Boe (R) 49%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 49A	Laurie Pryor (D) 63%	Ryan Chase (R) 36.9%
House 49B	Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D) 57.6%	Thomas Knecht (R) 42.3%
House 50A	Heather Edelson (D) 68.6%	Sami Cisman (R) 31.3%
House 50B	Steve Elkins (D) 63.1%	Beth Beebe (R) 36.9%
House 51A	Mike Howard (D) 74.2%	Ryan Wiskerchen (R) 25.7%
House 51B	Nathan Coulter (D) 61.6%	Chad Anderson (R) 38.3%
House 52A	Liz Reyer (D) 62%	Fern Smith (R) 37.9%
House 52B	Ruth Richardson (D) 61.7%	Cynthia Lonnquist (R) 38.2%
House 53A	Mary Clardy (D) 54.51%	Todd Kruse (R) 41.41%, Brent Jacobson (Legal Marijuana NOW Party) 3.97%
House 53B	Rick Hansen (D) 54.4%	Steven Swoboda (R) 39.3%, Laura Pride (Other) 6.3%
House 54A	Brad Tabke (D) 51.8%	Erik Mortensen (R) 43.5%, Ryan Martin (Other) 4.3%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 54B	Ben Bakeberg (R) 60.7%	Brendan Van Alstyne (D) 39.2%
House 55A	Jess Hanson (D) 53%	Gabriela Kroetch (R) 46.9%
House 55B	Kaela Berg (D) 58.4%	Van Holston (R) 41.5%
House 56A	Robert Bierman (D) 60%	Joe Landru (R) 39.9%
House 56B	John Huot (D) 55.6%	Joe Scanlon (R) 44.3%
House 57A	Jon Koznick (R) 62.5%	Greg Henningsen (D) 37.4%
House 57B	Jeff Witte (R) 51.6%	Erin Preese (D) 48.3%
House 58A	Kristi Pursell (D) 54.5%	Gary Bruggenthies (R) 45.5%
House 58B	Pat Garofalo (R) 62.4%	Steve Dungy (D) 37.5%
House 59A	Fue Lee (D) 98.1%	Unopposed
House 59B	Esther Agbaje (D) 98.5%	Unopposed
House 60A	Sydney Jordan (D) 86.8%	Diana Halsey (R) 12.9%, Stephan Quie (Other) 0.1%
House 60B	Mohamud Noor (D) 98.7%	Unopposed
House 61A	Frank Hornstein (D) 98.8%	Unopposed
House 61B	Jamie Long (D) 98.9%	Unopposed
House 62A	Aisha Gomez (D) 98.8%	Unopposed
House 62B	Hodan Hassan (D) 90.3%	Taylor Hammond (R) 9.5%
House 63A	Samantha Sencer-Mura (D) 90.2%	Kyle Bragg (R) 9.7%
House 63B	Emma Greenman (D) 98.7%	Unopposed
House 64A	Kaohly Her (D) 85.1%	Dan Walsh (R) 14.7%
House 64B	Dave Pinto (D) 82.6%	Lorraine Englund (R) 17.3%
House 65A	Samakab Hussein (D) 71.2%	John Schonebaum (R) 15.4%, Miki Frost (Other) 13.2%
House 65B	María Isa Pérez-Vega (D) 78.5%	Kevin Fjelsted (R) 21.3%
House 66A	Leigh Finke (D) 81.1%	Travis Johnson (R) 18.5%
House 66B	Athena Hollins (D) 78.4%	John Hill (R) 21.5%
House 67A	Liz Lee (D) 75.1%	Scott Hesselgrave (R) 24.7%
House 67B	Jay Xiong (D) 75.2%	Fred Turk (R) 24.7%
Senate 1	Mark Johnson (R) 97.1%	Unopposed
Senate 2	Steve Green (R) 60%	Alan Roy (D) 39.9%
Senate 3	Grant Hauschild (D) 50.8%	Andrea Zupancich (R) 49.1%
Senate 4	Rob Kupec (D) 52.5%	Dan Bohmer (R) 46.8%, Edwin Dale Hahn (R) 0.5%
Senate 5	Paul Utke (R) 72.8%	A. John Peters (D) 27.1%
Senate 6	Justin Eichorn (R) 63.5%	Steve Samuelson (D) 36.4%
Senate 7	Rob Farnsworth (R) 53.1%	Ben DeNucci (D) 46.1%, Kim McLaughlin (D) 0.8%
Senate 8	Jen McEwen (D) 71.5%	Alex Moe (R) 28.3%
Senate 9	Jordan Rasmusson (R) 62.7%	Cornel Walker (D) 28.6%, Nathan Miller (R) 8.1%
Senate 10	Nathan Wesenberg (R) 72.4%	Suzanne Cekalla (D) 27.3%
Senate 11	Jason Rarick (R) 60.9%	Michelle Boyechko (D) 39%, Steven Napier (Other) 0%
Senate 12	Torrey Westrom (R) 68%	Kari Dorry (D) 28.1%, Ashley Klingbeil (Other) 3.9%
Senate 13	Jeff Howe (R) 70%	Alissa Brickman (D) 29.9%
Senate 14	Aric Putnam (D) 52.3%	Tama Theis (R) 47.6%
Senate 15	Gary Dahms (R) 71.2%	Anita Gaul (D) 28.8%
Senate 16	Andrew Lang (R) 69.7%	Fernando Alvarado (D) 30.3%
Senate 17	Glenn Gruenhagen (R) 70.2%	Chad Tschimperle (D) 29.8%
Senate 18	Nick Frentz (D) 57.8%	Mark Wright (R) 42.1%
Senate 19	John Jasinski (R) 65.3%	Kate Falvey (D) 34.6%
Senate 20	Steve Drazkowski (R) 61.7%	Bradley Drenckhahn (D) 38.2%
Senate 21	Bill Weber (R) 97.8%	Unopposed
Senate 22	Rich Draheim (R) 96.9%	Unopposed
Senate 23	Gene Dornink (R) 60.7%	Brandon Lawhead (D) 39.1%
Senate 24	Carla Nelson (R) 57.4%	Aleta Borrud (D) 42.5%
Senate 25	Liz Boldon (D) 58.5%	Ken Navitsky (R) 39.4%, Bill Rood (Other) 2.1%
Senate 26	Jeremy Miller (R) 58.28%	Danny Wilson (D) 38.81%, Eric Leitzen (Legal Marijuana NOW Party) 2.88%
Senate 27	Andrew Mathews (R) 71.8%	Emy Minzel (D) 28.2%
Senate 28	Mark Koran (R) 67.2%	Victoria Ann Bird (D) 32.7%
Senate 29	Bruce Anderson (R) 68%	Chris Brazelton (D) 31.9%
Senate 30	Eric Lucero (R) 65.2%	Diane Nguyen (D) 34.8%
Senate 31	Cal Bahr (R) 63.7%	Jason Ruffalo (D) 36.2%, Maribella McDermid (R) 0%
Senate 32	Michael Kreun (R) 52.9%	Kate Luthner (D) 47%
Senate 33	Karin Housley (R) 52.8%	Nancy McLean (D) 47.2%
Senate 34	John Hoffman (D) 54.9%	Karen Attia (R) 45%
Senate 35	Jim Abeler (R) 50.2%	Kari Rehrauer (D) 49.7%
Senate 36	Heather Gustafson (D) 52.8%	Roger C. Chamberlain (R) 47.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 37	Warren Limmer (R) 54.9%	Farhio Khalif (D) 45%
Senate 38	Susan Pha (D) 63.9%	Brad Kohler (R) 28.7%, Mary O'Connor (Other) 7.3%
Senate 39	Mary Kunesh-Podein (D) 66.5%	Pam Wolf (R) 33.4%
Senate 40	John Marty (D) 64.76%	Rachel Japuntich (R) 35.13%
Senate 41	Judy Seeberger (D) 50.3%	Tom Dippel (R) 49.6%
Senate 42	Bonnie Westlin (D) 57.7%	Paul Hillen (R) 42.3%
Senate 43	Ann Rest (D) 77.29%	Andy Schuler (Legal Marijuana NOW Party) 21.72%
Senate 44	Tou Xiong (D) 59.5%	Paul Babin (R) 40.3%
Senate 45	Kelly Morrison (D) 56.3%	Kathleen Fowke (R) 43.7%
Senate 46	Ron Latz (D) 97.3%	Unopposed
Senate 47	Nicole Mitchell (D) 58.7%	Dwight Dorau (R) 41.2%
Senate 48	Julia Coleman (R) 54.3%	Dan Kessler (D) 45.6%
Senate 49	Steve Cwodzinski (D) 62.3%	Marla Helseth (R) 37.7%
Senate 50	Alice Mann (D) 63.4%	Doug Fulton (R) 36.5%
Senate 51	Melissa Wiklund (D) 69.6%	Frank Pafko (R) 30.2%
Senate 52	Jim Carlson (D) 63.2%	Stephen Lowell (R) 36.6%
Senate 53	Matthew (Matt) M Klein (D) 58.2%	Chris Rausch (R) 41.6%
Senate 54	Eric Pratt (R) 56.6%	Alicia Donahue (D) 43.2%
Senate 55	Lindsey Port (D) 55.3%	Pam Myhra (R) 44.6%
Senate 56	Erin Maye Quade (D) 56.7%	Jim Bean (R) 43.2%
Senate 57	Zach Duckworth (R) 58.6%	Jackie L. Craig (D) 41.3%
Senate 58	Bill Lieske (R) 52.8%	Clarice Grabau (D) 47.1%
Senate 59	Bobby Joe Champion (D) 98.3%	Unopposed
Senate 60	Kari Dziedzic (D) 98.7%	Unopposed
Senate 61	Scott Dibble (D) 98.7%	Unopposed
Senate 62	Omar Fateh (D) 90.3%	Andrew Schmitz (R) 9.4%
Senate 63	Zaynab Mohamed (D) 85.6%	Shawn Holster (R) 14.1%
Senate 64	Erin Murphy (D) 84.2%	Robert Bushard (R) 15.7%
Senate 65	Sandy Pappas (D) 80.1%	Paul Holmgren (R) 19.6%
Senate 66	Clare Oumou Verbeten (D) 78.4%	Mikki Murray (R) 18%, Jeremy Peichel (L) 3.5%
Senate 67	Foung Hawj (D) 96.6%	Unopposed

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