Minnesota General Election Preview When * General Election Early Voting Begins* Mail-in ballots must be postmarked on or before November 3, 2020 and must be received by the Tuesday, November 3, 2020 September 18, 2020 county by November 10, 2020. Minnesota House of Representatives Minnesota Senate Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka DFL CONTROL (GOP – East Gull Lake) is fighting to keep (R) 59 and expand his 3-seat majority. (DFL) 75 6 Open Seats Current GOP Seats where 10 Gov. Walz won in 2018 House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL – Brooklyn Park) is REPUBLICAN CONTROL fighting to keep and expand her 16-seat majority. Current DFL Seats where Pres. (R) 35 6 Trump won in 2016 Open Seats (DFL) 17 32 Current Senators with no DFL opponent: Current GOP Seats where • Sen. Gary Dahms (GOP – Redwood Falls) 4 Gov. Walz won in 2018 • Sen. Julie Rosen (GOP – Vernon Center) Current DFL Seats where Pres. In races up and down the ballot, there 13 Trump won in 2016 are candidates representing Minnesota’s newest parties that achieved “major party status” in the last election: Legal Marijuana Current Representatives with no GOP/DFL opponent: Now and Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis. (DFL – Edina) • Rep. Heather Edelson Although it is unlikely any of these • Rep. Fue Lee (DFL – Minneapolis) candidates will win their races, it could take • Rep. Mohamud Noor (DFL – Minneapolis) votes away from the other candidates and • Rep. Gene Pelowski (DFL – Winona) shows the emergence of marijuana and cannabis as a legislative issue. • Rep. Dean Urdahl (GOP – Grove City) Other Races on the Minnesota Ballot President of the United States United States Senate President Donald Trump (GOP) U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (DFL) Fmr. Vice President Joe Biden (DFL) Fmr. U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis (GOP) Minnesota Congressional Districts District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn (GOP) U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (DFL) U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips (DFL) U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (DFL) Dan Feehan (DFL) Tyler Kistner (GOP) Kendall Qualls (GOP) Gene Rechtzigel (GOP) District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (DFL) U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (GOP) U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (DFL) U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (GOP) Lacy Johnson (GOP) Tawnja Zahradka (DFL) Fmr. Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach (GOP) Quinn Nystrom (DFL) Contact Us Governor Tim Walz (DFL), U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (DFL), Attorney Sonnie Elliot Donovan Hurd Emily Nachtigal General Keith Ellison (DFL), Secretary Principal Advisor Advisor Faegre Drinker Consulting Faegre Drinker Consulting Faegre Drinker Consulting of State Steve Simon (DFL) and State +1 612 766 8630 +1 612 766 8876 +1 612 766 6852 Auditor Julie Blaha (DFL) are not up for [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] re-election until 2022. Tom Freeman Dave Johnson Director Partner Faegre Drinker Consulting Faegre Drinker +1 612 766 8155 +1 612 766 7506 [email protected] [email protected].