2026 Minnesota House of Representatives election


The 2026 Minnesota House of Representatives election will take place on November 3, 2026. All 134 districts in the Minnesota House of Representatives will be up for election to another two-year term. Primary elections will be held on August 11, 2026. Currently, 67 seats are held by Republicans and 67 seats are held by DFLers.
The election will coincide with the election of the State Senate as well as various state and local elections.
Elected members will take office on January 12, 2027.

Background

The last election in 2024 resulted in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party losing a majority, tying the chamber 67-67. The Minnesota Republican Party achieved a temporary majority due to a successful legal challenge in district 40B.

Outgoing incumbents

Retiring

Seeking other office

District summary

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election.

Special elections

House district 47A special election

A special election was held on January 27, 2026, for House District 47A, in which Shelley Buck won the general election unopposed.
District 47A is in the Saint Paul suburbs of Woodbury and Maplewood. The seat was vacated on November 18, 2025 by the resignation of Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger after her election to the Minnesota Senate. In 2024, Hemmingsen-Jaeger carried the seat by 21 points.
Only Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates filed for office. Shelley Buck, a longtime leader of the Prairie Island Indian Community tribal council, won the DFL nomination in the special primary election on December 16, 2025 with 87.54% of the vote. She carried the general election unopposed, winning 97.55% of votes.

House district 64A special election

A special election was also held on January 27, 2026, for House District 64A in Saint Paul. Meg Luger-Nikolai won the seat against Republican Dan Walsh with 95.28% of the vote.
The seat was vacated on November 18, 2025 by the resignation of Kaohly Her after her election as Mayor of Saint Paul. The district sits south of I-94 and east of I-35E in Saint Paul, spanning the neighborhoods of Union Park, Summit-University, Macalester-Groveland, and Summit Hill.
Six DFL candidates and one Republican candidate filed for the seat. In the DFL primary on December 16, 2025, Meg Luger-Nikolai, a labor lawyer for Education Minnesota, won with 29.91% of the vote, 155 votes ahead of candidate Dan McGrath. She will face Republican Dan Walsh, a small business owner, in the general election. Luger-Nikolai was endorsed by the DFL prior to the primary election.
In 2024, Her defeated Walsh with 83% of the vote. In the special election, Luger-Nikolai took 95.28% of the vote, a 12-point swing towards the DFL.