The latest: Election Day 2026

Per the Associated Press, with 100% of precincts reporting, Republican Stacey Stout defeated Democrat Angela Thompson in a race for state House. Stout retained Republican control of a seat held by state Rep. Patti Anderson, who decided not to run for reelection. Stout is an attorney and has served as Mahtomedi’s school board chair.

Correction (Nov. 4, 2026): An earlier version of this story included an inaccurate political affiliation for state Rep. Patti Anderson and misrepresented what that meant in this race. It also misspelled both candidates’ names.

DFL state Rep. Matt Norris defeated Blaine City Council member Leslie Larson in his bid for reelection, with 100% of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press. Norris won the seat in 2022 and held it through 2024.

St. Paul voters on Tuesday approved a landmark right-to-repair ordinance that will allow renters to deduct repair costs from their rent if landlords do not respond to the issue within 14 days.

The cost limit for repair reimbursements is $500 or one half of the tenant’s monthly rent, whichever is greater. Renters will be allowed to execute simple repairs themselves, but more difficult or technical work will have to be performed by licensed professionals.

The measure, initiated by the group Safe Homes St. Paul, passed easily — nearly 80 percent support with 82 precincts reporting.

The measure will affect the nearly half of the city’s residents who rent their homes, according to the most recent U.S. Census survey.

St. Paul tenants will be able to give their landlords a written notice detailing the repair needed and their intention to expense its cost if no action is taken. Landlords will then have 14 days to schedule or perform the repair.

More than half of the city’s residential housing units are close to or over 100 years old, according to Safe Homes Saint Paul, which backed the measure.

The initiative encountered opposition from business groups including the St Paul Area Chamber, and from the St. Paul City Council, which voted in August to keep the measure off the ballot even though Safe Homes St. Paul had gathered enough signatures for it.

Whether the right to repair question would be up for debate in the election went all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which allowed it to stay on the ballot. But the ordinance’s fate wasn’t decided until Monday, when the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the state Supreme Court ruling.

Duluth was the first city in Minnesota to pass a similar measure last November.

Reporter Daniel Graham contributed to this report.

With the Associated Press showing 100% of precincts reporting, Democrat Leah Hanson defeated Republican state Rep. Erica Schwartz to take back a DFL seat in a heavily-college district. Hanson is preceded by Schwartz and former DFL state Rep. Jeff Brand, who won the seat in 2018 and 2022.

Democrat Matt Little on Tuesday won Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, a seat that came open after U.S. Rep. Angie Craig gave up the seat to run for her party’s U.S. Senate nomination.

Little, an attorney and former state senator, defeated Republican state Sen. Eric Pratt, in the district that stretches from the southern Twin Cities suburbs into farm country. He had about 57 percent of the vote Tuesday in unofficial results.

Little served as a DFL state senator for a single term ending in early 2021 and was mayor of Lakeville prior to that.

In a debate hosted by MPR News, Little pitched himself as someone who would stand up to the Trump administration.

After a career breaking barriers in Minnesota politics, Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar broke another on Tuesday night, becoming the state’s first woman elected governor.

Klobuchar, Minnesota’s senior U.S. senator and a former county prosecutor, jumped into the race late after and campaigned on a message of ending fraud in state government and making the state work better for its citizens.

Her background working across the political aisle in Washington and campaigning across each of Minnesota’s 87 counties helped her pick up the support she needed to overcome a challenge from Republican Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the Minnesota House.

Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who used her own upbringing to connect with voters feeling financially strapped, made history Tuesday by winning a U.S. Senate seat, beating former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya.

She’s the first person of color to win a Minnesota Senate seat and will be the first Native American woman to be a senator.

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a national figure who has been a frequent Trump target, in the 5th District that includes Minneapolis, easily won her contest Tuesday against Republican John Nagel, a former State Patrol officer.

Other wins so far among Minnesota U.S. House members:

Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach, a former lieutenant governor and state legislator, in the sprawling 7th District covering much of western Minnesota, against DFLer Erik Osberg, a former small business owner.

Democratic Rep. Kelly Morrison, a first-term lawmaker, in the suburban 3rd District, won against first-time candidate Tyler Bass, a Republican and fitness company owner.

Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum, the longest-serving delegation member, in the 4th District anchored in St. Paul and its surrounding suburbs, against Republican Paul Wikstrom, an engineer.

Minnesota Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach won reelection Tuesday to Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

The victory for Fischbach in the solidly Republican district that runs the length of western Minnesota came on her birthday.

With 54 percent of precincts reporting, Fischbach had 63 percent of the vote while DFLer Erik Osberg had 37 percent.