MPR News Election Hub 2022

Keith Ellison will return for another term as Minnesota attorney general after GOP challenger Jim Schultz conceded Wednesday afternoon. Secretary of State Steve Simon won a new term Tuesday. DFLer Julie Blaha remains state auditor after her opponent also conceded Wednesday.

Did you have to wait in a long line? Did you see any behavior you thought may be voter intimidation? Were you turned away from voting? Or, was it smooth sailing? Were you helped by an election judge or volunteer you want to commend?

As the midterm election approaches, MPR News reporters and producers are setting out to hear from Minnesotans: What’s on voters’ minds heading into the polls this year?

A new generation of young, diverse Minnesota politicians will head to the Capitol next year following Election Day victories Tuesday. Voters also elected the state’s first openly transgender person. Hennepin County elected the state’s first Black female sheriff.

As election results came in, candidates and their supporters around Minnesota waited and watched.

In an election that had experts worried about vigilante poll monitors and the potential for danger for election workers, voting on Election Day seems to have gone off without any major incidents.