2020 Minnesota general election
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 3, 2020. All seats in the Minnesota Senate and Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election as well as several judicial seats, Minnesota's 10 presidential electors , a United States Senate seat, Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives , and several positions for local offices. A primary election to nominate major party candidates and several judicial and local primary elections were held on August 11, 2020.
Electoral system
Elections for state and federal offices were held via first-past-the-post voting . The candidate or bloc of presidential electors that wins the most votes will be elected. Nominations for parties with major party status—the DFL , Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis , Legal Marijuana Now , and Republican parties—were determined by an open primary election . The candidate that won the most votes in each party became their party's nominee for the general election. If only a single candidate sought the nomination for each party, a primary election for that office was not held.
Judicial and several local elections will be held via a nonpartisan blanket primary . Each voter had up to as many votes as there are positions to be filled. Voters could vote for a candidate not more than once. The top number of candidates that won the most votes in the primary election that was twice the number of positions to be filled advanced to the general election. If not more than twice the number of candidates to be elected sought election, a primary election was not held. Most cities, school districts, and all townships and hospital districts did not hold a primary election—instead, all candidates appeared at the general election. The top number of candidates that win the most votes in the general election that is equal to the number of positions to be filled will be elected. Judicial and local elections are nonpartisan.
The candidate filing period was from May 19 to June 2, 2020. The filing period for cities, townships, school districts, and hospital districts that did not hold a primary election was from July 28 to August 11, 2020.[ 1]
State elections
Legislative elections
Minnesota Senate
All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate were up for election. The Republicans held a majority of 35 seats and the DFL held 32 seats. The Republicans had held a majority in the Senate since the 2016 election .
Minnesota House of Representatives
All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election. The DFL held a majority of 75 seats and the Republicans held 59 seats. The DFL had held a majority in the House since the 2018 election .
Judicial elections
One seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court was up for election. Justice Paul Thissen was up for his first election following his appointment in 2018 by Governor Mark Dayton . Four seats on the Minnesota Court of Appeals and several seats on the Minnesota District Courts were also up for election.[ 2]
Federal elections
President
Minnesota's 10 electors in the Electoral College were up for election, who would subsequently cast votes for president and vice president on December 14, 2020.
Minnesota had voted for the Democratic nominee in every presidential election since 1976 , the longest streak of any U.S. state as of the 2016 election . The Democratic nominee in 2016, Hillary Clinton , won Minnesota by less than two percentage points over Republican nominee Donald Trump .[ 3]
United States Senate
Minnesota's class 2 United States Senate seat was up for election. Incumbent DFL Senator Tina Smith was originally appointed in 2018 by Governor Mark Dayton to replace Senator Al Franken after he resigned. Smith won a special election and is seeking election to her first full term in the Senate. The DFL had held Minnesota's class 2 U.S. Senate seat since 2009 when Al Franken defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman after a protracted recount following the 2008 election . Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith was appointed in January 2018 by Governor Mark Dayton to replace Franken after he resigned following sexual harassment allegations. Smith won her first election in the 2018 special election .
Former U.S. Representative Jason Lewis was the Republican nominee. Other candidates included Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Kevin O'Connor and Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party candidate Oliver Steinberg. Candidates who lost the primary election for the Republican nomination included John Berman, Bob Carney, Cynthia Gail, and James Reibestein. Candidates who lost the primary election for the DFL nomination included Steve Carlson, Ahmad Hassan, Paula Overby, and Christopher Seymore.[ 4]
United States House of Representatives
Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. The DFL held five seats and the Republicans held three seats.
Local elections
Elections for several subdivisions were held, including elections for counties, municipalities, school districts, and hospital districts.
Counties
All 87 counties held regular elections. 37 counties held primary elections. Five counties also held special elections on the day of the general election.[ 5] Kanabec County had a ballot question on the day of the general election.[ 6]
All counties held elections for:
Some counties held elections for one or more of the following:
List of counties holding primary elections
Municipalities
829 cities and 656 townships held regular elections. 32 cities held primary elections. 101 cities and 51 townships held special elections. Bemidji and Minneapolis each held a special election on the day of the primary election. All other special elections were held on the day of the general election.[ 7] Bloomington , Minneapolis, and Minnetonka did not have regularly scheduled elections, but each had one or more ballot questions on the day of the general election. Jeffers had a ballot question on the day of the primary election.[ 8] 22 cities and 12 townships had one or more ballot questions on the day of the general election.[ 6]
Cities held elections for one or more of the following:
Mayor (735 cities, including seven special elections)
Half of the members of the city council (826 cities and 94 special elections in 94 cities)
Clerk-treasurer (9 cities, including two special elections)
Clerk (32 cities, including one special election)
Treasurer (34 cities, including one special election)
Half of the members of the public works/utilities/sanitary district board of directors (four cities)
Ballot questions (23 cities)
Townships held elections for one or more of the following:
Half of the members of the town board of supervisors (655 townships and 32 special elections in 31 townships)
Clerk-treasurer (24 townships, including one special election)
Clerk (331 townships, including 12 special elections)
Treasurer (218 townships, including eight special elections)
Ballot questions (12 townships)
List of cities and townships holding elections
Acoma Township
Ada 1 , 2
Adams
Adrian
Adrian Township
Afton
Agassiz Township
Agder Township
Aitkin
Aitkin Township
Akeley 1
Akeley Township
Akron Township, Big Stone County
Albany
Albert Lea
Alberta
Albertville
Alborn Township
Alden
Alden Township, Freeborn County
Aldrich
Alexandria 3
Alfsborg Township
Alma Township
Almond Township
Alpha
Altura
Alvarado
Alvwood Township
Amboy
Amboy Township
Amiret Township
Amo Township
Andover
Ann Township
Annandale
Anoka 3
Ansel Township
Apple Valley
Appleton 2
Appleton Township
Arbo Township
Arco
Arden Hills
Ardenhurst Township
Arena Township
Argyle
Arlington
Arlington Township
Arthur Township, Traverse County
Artichoke Township
Arveson Township
Ashby
Askov
Athens Township
Atkinson Township
Atwater
Audubon 1
Augsburg Township
Augusta Township
Austin 3
Automba Township
Avoca
Avon
Babbitt
Backus
Badger
Badger Township
Badoura Township
Bagley
Balaton
Ball Bluff Township
Barber Township 2
Barclay Township
Barnum
Barnum Township
Barrett
Barry
Barto Township
Battle Lake
Battle Plain Township
Baudette 1
Baxter
Bayport
Baytown Township
Bear Park Township
Beardsley
Bearville Township
Beauford Township
Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay Township
Beaver Creek
Beaver Township, Aitkin County 1
Beaver Township, Roseau County
Becker 1
Becker Township, Cass County
Bejou
Belgrade
Belgrade Township
Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine Township
Bellechester
Bellingham
Beltrami
Belview
Bemidji 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Bena 1
Bennington Township
Benton Township
Bergen Township
Bernadotte Township
Bertha
Beseman Township 1
Bethel
Beulah Township
Big Bend Township
Big Falls
Big Lake 1
Big Lake Township 1
Big Stone Township
Big Woods Township
Bigelow
Bigfork
Bigfork Township
Bingham Lake
Birch Lake Township
Birchwood Village
Bird Island
Bird Island Township 1
Biscay
Bismarck Township
Biwabik 2
Black River Township
Blackberry Township
Blackduck 1
Blackhoof Township
Blaine 3
Blakeley Township
Blind Lake Township
Blomkest
Bloom Township
Bloomer Township
Blooming Prairie
Bloomington 2 , 6
Blue Earth
Blue Earth City Township 2
Bluffton 1
Bock
Boon Lake Township
Borup
Bovey
Bowlus
Bowstring Township 1
Boxville Township
Boy Lake Township
Boy River Township
Boyd
Bradbury Township
Braham
Brainerd 1
Brandon 1
Brandon Township
Bray Township
Breckenridge
Breezy Point
Brevator Township
Brewster
Bricelyn
Brighton Township
Brislet Township
Brook Park
Brooklyn Center 3
Brooklyn Park 3
Brooks
Brookston
Brooten
Browerville
Browns Valley
Browns Valley Township
Brownsdale
Brownsville
Brownton
Bruce Township
Bruno
Brunswick Township
Buckman 1
Buffalo
Buffalo Lake
Buhl
Bull Moose Township
Bungo Township
Burnstown Township
Burnsville
Burtrum
Buse Township
Butler Township
Butterfield
Butterfield Township
Butternut Valley Township
Byron 1
Byron Township, Cass County 1
Caledonia
Callaway
Calumet 1
Cambria Township
Cambridge 3
Camden Township
Camp Release Township
Campbell
Canby 1
Cannon Falls
Cannon Township
Canton
Caribou Township 1
Carlos
Carlos Township
Carlston Township
Carlton
Carpenter Township 1 , 2
Carver
Cashel Township
Cass Lake 1
Cedar Lake Township
Cedar Mills
Cedar Township, Marshall County
Cedarbend Township
Center City
Centerville 1
Ceresco Township
Ceylon
Champlin
Chandler
Chanhassen
Chaska
Chatfield
Cherry Grove Township
Chester Township, Polk County
Chickamaw Beach 1
Chisago City
Chisholm
Chokio
Clara City
Claremont
Clarissa
Clark Township, Aitkin County
Clarkfield
Clarks Grove
Clay Township
Clear Lake
Clearbrook
Clearwater
Clearwater Township
Clements
Cleveland
Cleveland Township
Clifton Township, Traverse County
Climax
Clinton
Clitherall
Clontarf
Clontarf Township
Cloquet 3
Clover Township, Hubbard County 1
Clover Township, Mahnomen County
Clow Township 1
Coates
Cobden
Cohasset
Cokato 1
Cold Spring
Coleraine
Cologne 1
Columbia Heights 3
Columbus
Comfort Township
Comfrey
Como Township
Comstock
Comstock Township
Conger 1
Cook
Coon Rapids 3
Copley Township
Corcoran 1
Cordova Township
Cornish Township, Aitkin County
Cornish Township, Sibley County
Correll
Cosmos 2
Cosmos Township
Cottage Grove
Cottonwood
Cottonwood Township
Courtland
Courtland Township
Crane Lake Township 1
Crate Township
Credit River Township
Croke Township
Cromwell
Crooked Lake Township
Crookston
Crookston Township 1
Crosby
Crosslake
Crow Lake Township
Crow River Township
Crystal 3
Crystal Bay Township
Culver Township
Currie
Cushing Township
Cuyuna
Cyrus
Dahlgren Township
Dakota 1
Dalbo Township
Dale Township
Dalton
Dane Prairie Township
Danielson Township
Danube
Danvers
Danville Township
Darfur
Darwin
Darwin Township 2
Dassel
Davis Township
Dawson 1
Dayton 3
De Graff
Decoria Township
Deephaven
Deer Creek
Deer River
Deer River Township
Deer Township
Deerfield Township, Cass County
Deerwood
Deerwood Township, Crow Wing County
Deerwood Township, Kittson County
Delano
Delavan
Delhi
Dell Grove Township
Dellwood
Denham
Denmark Township
Dennison
Dent
Denver Township
Detroit Lakes 1
Dexter
Dieter Township
Dilworth
Dodge Center
Dollymount Township
Donaldson 1
Donnelly
Donnelly Township, Marshall County
Doran
Dover
Dovray
Dovre Township 2
Dresbach Township
Dryden Township
Dublin Township
Dumont
Dundas
Dundee
Dunn Township
Dunnell
Eagan
Eagle Bend
Eagle Lake
Eagle Point Township
Eagle Township
Eagle View Township
Eagles Nest Township 1
East Bethel
East Grand Forks 2
East Gull Lake
East Park Township
East Side Township
East Valley Township
Easton
Echo 2
Eckvoll Township
Eddy Township
Eden Prairie
Eden Valley
Edgerton
Edina
Edison Township
Effie
Eidsvold Township
Eitzen
Elba
Elbow Lake Township
Elbow Lake
Elgin
Elizabeth
Elk Lake Township
Elk River 3
Elko New Market
Elkton
Ellendale
Ellsworth 1
Elmdale
Elmdale Township
Elmore
Elrosa
Ely
Elysian
Embarrass Township
Emily
Emmons
Enstrom Township
Equality Township
Erdahl Township
Erhard
Erskine
Euclid Township
Evan
Evansville
Eveleth
Evergreen Township
Excel Township
Excelsior
Eyota
Fairfax
Fairfield Township, Swift County
Fairmont
Fairview Township, Cass County
Fairview Township, Lyon County
Falk Township
Farden Township
Faribault
Farmington 2
Farwell
Faxon Township 1
Fayal Township
Federal Dam
Feeley Township 1
Felton
Fergus Falls
Fertile
Fifty Lakes
Finlayson
Fisher
Fisher Township
Flensburg 1
Floodwood
Florence 1
Folden Township 1
Foley
Folsom Township
Forada
Ford Township
Forest Lake
Forest Township, Becker County
Foreston
Fork Township
Fort Ripley 1
Fosston
Foster Township, Big Stone County
Fountain
Foxhome
Foxhome Township
Framnas Township
Frankford Township
Franklin 1
Frazee
Fredenberg Township
Freeborn
Freeland Township
Freeport
Fridley
Frost
Fulda
Funkley
Gail Lake Township 1
Garden City Township
Garfield
Garrison
Garrison Township
Garvin
Gary
Gaylord
Gem Lake
Geneva 1
Geneva Township
Genola
Georgetown
Germania Township 1
Germantown Township
Ghent
Gibbon
Gilbert
Gilman 1
Glen Township
Glencoe
Glencoe Township
Glenville
Glenwood
Glyndon
Gonvick
Good Hope Township, Itasca County
Good Thunder
Goodhue
Goodridge
Goodview
Gould Township 1
Graceville 1
Graceville Township
Grafton Township 1
Graham Lakes Township
Granada
Granby Township
Grand Lake Township
Grand Marais
Grand Meadow
Grand Meadow Township
Grand Plain Township
Grand Rapids
Grandview Township
Granite Falls
Grant
Granville Township
Grasston
Grattan Township
Gray Township
Great Bend Township
Green Isle
Greenbush
Greenfield 1
Greenfield Township
Greenwald
Greenway Township 1
Greenwood
Greenwood Township, Clearwater County
Gregory Township
Grey Cloud Island Township
Grey Eagle
Grey Eagle Township
Grimstad Township
Grove City
Grove Park-Tilden Township
Grygla
Gully
Guthrie Township 1
Hackensack
Hadley
Hallock
Hallock Township
Halma
Halstad 1 , 2
Ham Lake
Hamburg
Hammond
Hampden Township
Hampton
Hancock
Hancock Township
Hangaard Township
Hanley Falls
Hanover
Hanska
Hantho Township
Harding 1
Hardwick
Harmony
Harris
Harris Township
Hartland 1
Hartland Township
Harvey Township
Hastings 3
Hatfield
Haugen Township 2
Haven Township
Hawley 1
Hayfield 1
Hayward
Hayward Township
Hazel Run
Hazelton Township, Kittson County
Hector
Hector Township
Hegbert Township
Heidelberg
Helen Township
Helena Township
Helga Township 2
Helgeland Township
Henderson
Henderson Township
Hendricks
Hendrickson Township
Hendrum
Henning
Henrietta Township
Henriette
Hereim Township
Herman
Hermantown
Heron Lake
Heron Lake Township
Hewitt
Hibbing 3
Hickory Township
Higdem Township
Highwater Township
Hill City 1
Hill Township 1
Hillman
Hillman Township, Kanabec County
Hillman Township, Morrison County
Hills
Hilltop 1
Hinckley 1
Hines Township
Hiram Township
Hitterdal
Hoffman
Hokah 1
Holden Township
Holdingford
Holland
Hollandale
Holloway
Holly Township
Hollywood Township
Holst Township
Holt 2
Holyoke Township
Home Brook Township 1
Honner Township
Hope Township
Horton Township
Houston
Howard Lake
Hoyt Lakes 1
Hubbard Township, Hubbard County
Hubbard Township, Polk County
Hugo
Humboldt
Hunter Township
Huntly Township
Huss Township
Hutchinson 3
Hyde Park Township
Ihlen
Industrial Township
Inguadona Township
International Falls 2
Inver Grove Heights 3
Iona 1
Iron Junction
Irondale Township
Ironton
Isanti
Isle
Itasca Township
Ivanhoe
Jackson
Jadis Township
Jamestown Township
Janesville
Jasper
Jeffers 7
Jenkins
Jenkins Township
Jessenland Township 1
Johnson
Jones Township
Jordan
Judson Township
Jupiter Township
Kalevala Township
Kandiyohi
Karlstad
Kasota 1
Kasota Township
Kasson
Keewatin 2
Kelliher
Kellogg
Kelso Township
Kennedy
Kenneth
Kensington
Kent
Kenyon 1
Kenyon Township
Kerkhoven
Kerkhoven Township
Kerrick
Kettle River 1
Kiester
Kiester Township 1
Kildare Township
Kilkenny
Kimball
Kinbrae
Kinghurst Township
Kingston
Kinney 1
Knute Township
Kragero Township
Kroschel Township
Kugler Township
La Crescent
La Prairie 1
La Prairie Township
La Salle
Lafayette
Lafayette Township
Lake Alice Township
Lake Benton
Lake Bronson
Lake City
Lake Crystal
Lake Edward Township
Lake Elmo
Lake Emma Township
Lake George Township, Hubbard County 1
Lake George Township, Stearns County
Lake Henry
Lake Jessie Township
Lake Lillian
Lake Park 1
Lake Pleasant Township
Lake Prairie Township
Lake St. Croix Beach
Lake Shore
Lake Shore Township
Lake Valley Township
Lake Wilson
Lakefield
Lakeland 1
Lakeland Shores 1
Lakeport Township 1
Lakeside Township, Cottonwood County
Laketown Township
Lakeville
Lamberton
Lancaster
Land Township
Landfall
Lanesboro
Lanesburgh Township
Laporte
Lastrup
Lauderdale
Lawrence Township, Grant County
Lawrence Township, Itasca County
Le Center
Le Roy
Le Sauk Township
Le Sueur
Leech Lake Township
Lengby
Lent Township
Leonard
Leonardsville Township
Leonidas
Leslie Township
Lester Prairie
Lewiston
Lewisville
Lexington
Lexington Township
Libby Township
Lien Township
Lilydale
Lima Township
Lime Township
Lincoln Township, Blue Earth County
Lincoln Township, Marshall County
Lind Township
Linden Township 1
Lindstrom 1
Linsell Township
Linwood Township
Lismore
Litchfield
Little Canada
Little Elbow Township
Little Elk Township
Little Falls
Little Pine Township
Littlefork
Logan Township, Aitkin County
London Township
Long Beach
Long Lake
Long Lake Township, Crow Wing County
Long Lake Township, Watonwan County
Long Lost Lake Township
Long Prairie 1 , 2
Longville
Loon Lake Township
Loretto
Louisburg
Louisville Township, Red Lake County
Louisville Township, Scott County 1
Lowry
Lucan
Luverne
Lyle
Lynd 1
Lynd Township
Lyra Township
Mabel
Macville Township
Madelia
Madison
Madison Lake
Magnolia 1
Mahnomen
Mahtowa Township
Malta Township
Manchester 1
Manchester Township
Manfred Township
Manhattan Beach 1 , 2
Mankato
Mankato Township
Mansfield Township
Mantorville
Mantrap Township
Maple Grove
Maple Grove Township, Becker County
Maple Lake
Maple Plain
Maple Township
Mapleton
Mapleton Township
Mapleview
Maplewood 1 , 3 , 8
Marble
Marcell Township
Marietta
Marine on St. Croix
Marsh Creek Township
Marsh Grove Township
Marshall
Marshfield Township
Martin Township 2
Marysland Township
Mason Township
Max Township
Maxwell Township
May Township, Cass County 1
Mayer
Maynard
Mazeppa
McCrea Township
McGrath
McGregor
McIntosh
McKinley
McKinley Township
McPherson Township
Meadow Brook Township 1
Meadowlands
Medford
Medicine Lake 1
Medina
Medo Township
Meire Grove
Melrose
Menahga
Mendota
Mendota Heights
Mentor
Middle River
Middle River Township
Midway Township, Cottonwood County
Miesville
Milaca
Milan
Millerville
Millville
Millward Township
Milroy
Miltona
Miltona Township
Minneapolis 2 , 4 , 6
Minneiska
Minneiska Township
Minneota
Minnesota City
Minnesota Lake
Minnetonka 2 , 6
Minnetonka Beach
Minnetrista
Mission Township 1
Mizpah
Moltke Township
Monroe Township
Monson Township
Montevideo
Montgomery
Monticello
Montrose
Moonshine Township
Moore Township
Moorhead
Moose Creek Township
Moose Lake
Moose Lake Township, Carlton County
Moose Lake Township, Cass County
Moose Township
Mora
Morgan
Morrill Township
Morris
Morristown 1
Morse Township, Itasca County
Morton 1
Motley
Mound
Mounds View
Mount Morris Township
Mountain Iron 3
Mountain Lake
Mountain Lake Township
Moyer Township 1
Mudgett Township
Mulligan Township
Murdock
Myrtle
Nashua
Nashwauk
Nashwauk Township
Nassau
Nelson
Nelson Park Township
Nerstrand
Nesbit Township
Ness Township
Nessel Township
Nevis
Nevis Township
New Auburn 1
New Auburn Township
New Brighton
New Folden Township
New Germany 1
New Hope 3
New Independence Township
New London
New Maine Township
New Market Township 2
New Munich
New Prague
New Richland 1
New Solum Township
New Sweden Township
New Trier
New Ulm 3
New York Mills 1
Newfolden
Newport
Newry Township
Newton Township
Nicollet
Nicollet Township
Nielsville
Nimrod
Nisswa
Nokay Lake Township
Nora Township, Clearwater County
Norcross
Nordland Township, Aitkin County
Nordland Township, Lyon County
Nore Township
North Branch
North Fork Township
North Mankato
North Oaks 1
North Ottawa Township
North St. Paul
North Star Township, Brown County 1
Northern Township 1
Northfield 3
Northome 1
Northrop
Norway Township, Kittson County
Norwood Young America
Nowthen
Numedal Township
Nunda Township
Oak Grove
Oak Lawn Township
Oak Park Heights
Oak Park Township
Oakdale
Oakwood Township
Odessa
Odessa Township
Odin
Odin Township
Ogema
Ogilvie 1
Okabena
Oklee
Olivia
Onamia
Ormsby
Orono
Oronoco
Orr
Orrock Township
Ortonville
Ortonville Township
Osakis
Osborne Township
Oscar Township
Oshawa Township
Oslo
Osseo
Ostrander
Oteneagen Township
Otrey Township
Otsego
Ottawa Township
Otter Tail Peninsula Township
Ottertail
Owatonna
Owens Township
Oxford Township
Palisade
Palmville Township
Park Rapids
Parker Township, Marshall County
Parkers Prairie
Parnell Township, Traverse County
Paynesville
Paynesville Township
Pease
Pelan Township
Pelican Lake Township 1
Pelican Rapids
Pelican Township, Crow Wing County
Pelican Township, Otter Tail County
Pemberton
Pennock
Pequot Lakes
Perch Lake Township
Percy Township
Perham
Perham Township
Perley
Perry Lake Township
Peterson
Pierz
Pierz Township
Pike Bay Township
Pike Township
Pillager
Pillsbury Township
Pine City
Pine City Township
Pine Island
Pine Lake Township, Cass County
Pine River
Pine River Township
Pine Springs
Pipestone
Plainview 1
Plato
Platte Lake Township
Pleasant Mound Township
Pliny Township
Plummer
Plymouth
Pohlitz Township
Polk Centre Township
Polonia Township
Pomme de Terre Township
Pomroy Township, Itasca County
Ponto Lake Township
Poplar Township
Popple Township
Poppleton Township
Portage Township
Porter
Posen Township
Powers Township
Prairie Lake Township
Preston
Princeton 2
Prinsburg
Prior Lake 1
Prior Township
Proctor
Pulaski Township
Quamba
Racine
Ramsey
Randall 1
Randolph
Ranier
Raymond
Red Lake Falls
Red Lake Falls Township
Red Wing 3
Redpath Township
Redwood Falls
Regal
Reine Township
Remer
Remer Township
Renville
Revere
Rice 1
Rice Lake
Rice Township
Rich Valley Township 1
Richardson Township 1
Richardville Township
Richfield 3
Richmond
Richville
Ridgely Township
River Falls Township
River Township
Riverdale Township
Riverton
Robbinsdale 3
Rochester 2 , 3
Rock Creek
Rock Lake Township 1
Rockford
Rockville
Rockwood Township, Hubbard County
Rogers
Rogers Township 2
Rollingstone
Rollis Township
Roome Township
Roosevelt
Roscoe
Rose Creek
Rose Dell Township
Roseau
Rosemount
Rosendale Township
Roseville 3
Roseville Township, Grant County
Rosing Township
Ross Lake Township
Ross Township
Rothsay
Round Lake
Round Lake Township, Becker County
Royalton
Rush City
Rush Lake Township
Rushford Village
Rushmore
Russell
Ruthton
Rutledge
Sabin
Sago Township
St. Anthony
St. Augusta
St. Bonifacius 1
St. Charles
St. Clair
St. Cloud 3
St. Francis
St. Hilaire
St. James
St. James Township
St. Joseph
St. Joseph Township, Kittson County
St. Lawrence Township
St. Leo
St. Martin
St. Marys Point
St. Mathias Township
St. Michael
St. Rosa
St. Stephen
St. Vincent
St. Vincent Township
Salem Township, Cass County
San Francisco Township
Sanborn
Sand Creek Township
Sand Lake Township
Sandstone 1
Sanford Township
Sargeant
Sargeant Township
Sartell
Sauk Centre
Sauk Rapids
Savage
Scandia
Scandia Valley Township
Scanlon
Schoolcraft Township
Seaforth
Sebeka
Sedan 1
Severance Township
Seward Township
Shafer
Shakopee 2
Sharon Township
Shelburne Township
Shelby Township
Shell Rock Township
Shelly
Sherburn
Sheridan Township 1
Shevlin
Shevlin Township
Shible Township
Shingobee Township
Shoreview
Shorewood
Sibley Township
Sigel Township
Silver Bay
Silver Brook Township
Silver Creek Township, Wright County
Silver Lake
Silver Township
Sinclair Township
Sinnott Township
Six Mile Grove Township
Skagen Township
Skane Township
Skelton Township
Skyline
Slater Township
Slayton 1
Sleepy Eye
Smoky Hollow Township
Sobieski
Sodus Township
Solway
South Bend Township
South Branch Township
South Haven 1
South Red River Township
South St. Paul
Southbrook Township
Southside Township
Spang Township
Spicer
Split Rock Township
Splithand Township
Spring Brook Township 1
Spring Grove
Spring Hill
Spring Lake Park 1
Spring Lake Township
Spring Park
Spring Valley
Springfield
Springfield Township
Springvale Township 1
Spruce Township
Spruce Valley Township
Squaw Lake
Stacy 1
Stafford Township
Stanchfield Township
Staples
Starbuck
Stately Township
Steamboat River Township
Steen
Stephen
Sterling Township
Stevens Township
Stewart
Stewartville
Stillwater
Stillwater Township
Stockton
Stokes Township, Itasca County 1
Stokes Township, Roseau County
Stony Brook Township
Storden
Storden Township
Strandquist
Strathcona
Sturgeon Lake
Sturgeon Lake Township
Sumter Township
Sunburg
Sunfish Lake
Svea Township
Swanville
Sylvan Township
Taconite
Tamarac Township
Tamarack
Taopi
Tara Township, Traverse County
Taunton
Taylor Township, Traverse County
Taylors Falls
Tegner Township
Teien Township
Tenstrike 1
Thief Lake Township
Thief River Falls
Third River Township
Thompson Township
Thomson Township
Thorpe Township
Thunder Lake Township
Timothy Township 1
Tintah
Tintah Township
Todd Township
Tonka Bay
Toqua Township
Torrey Township
Tower 1
Tracy 1
Trail
Transit Township
Traverse Township
Trelipe Township
Trimont 1
Trommald 1
Trondhjem Township
Trosky 1
Trout Lake Township
Troy Township, Renville County
Truman
Turtle Lake Township, Cass County
Turtle River
Twin Lakes
Twin Lakes Township, Carlton County
Twin Lakes Township, Mahnomen County
Twin Valley
Two Harbors
Tyler
Ulen
Underwood
Underwood Township
Upsala
Urbank 1
Utica
Vadnais Heights
Valley Township
Vega Township
Veldt Township
Verdon Township
Vergas
Vermillion
Verndale
Vernon Center
Vernon Center Township
Verona Township 2
Vesta 2
Vesta Township
Victoria
Vienna Township
Viking
Viking Township
Villard
Villard Township
Vining
Virginia
Waasa Township
Wabana Township
Wabasha
Wabasso
Wabedo Township
Waconia 1
Waconia Township
Wadena
Wagner Township
Wahkon 1
Waite Park 2
Walden Township, Cass County 1 , 2
Waldorf
Walker
Walls Township
Walnut Grove 1
Walters
Waltham
Wanamingo
Wanda
Wanger Township
Warba
Ward Township
Warren
Warrenton Township
Warroad
Waseca 1
Washington Lake Township
Washington Township
Watertown
Watertown Township
Waterville
Watkins
Watson
Waubun
Waukenabo Township
Waverly
Wawina Township 1
Wayzata
Welcome
Wells
Wendell 1
West Concord
West Newton Township
West St. Paul 3
West Union 1
West Valley Township
Westbrook
Westbrook Township 1
Westerheim Township
Westport
Whalan
Wheaton
White Bear Township
White Oak Township
White Township
Whiteford Township
Whitewater Township
Wilder
Wildwood Township
Wilkinson Township
Willernie 1
Williams
Williams Township
Willmar 3
Willow River
Willow Valley Township
Wilmont
Wilson Township, Cass County
Wilton
Windemere Township 1
Windom
Windsor Township
Winfield Township
Winger
Winnebago
Winona 3
Winsor Township
Winsted
Winsted Township 1
Winthrop 1
Winton
Wirt Township
Wolf Lake
Wolford Township
Wolverton
Wood Lake
Wood Lake Township
Woodbury
Woodland
Woodrow Township, Cass County
Woodstock
Woodville Township
Workman Township
Worthington
Worthington Township
Wrenshall 1
Wrenshall Township
Wright 1
Wright Township
Wykoff
Wylie Township
Wyoming
Yellow Bank Township
Young America Township
Zemple
Zimmerman
Zumbro Falls
Zumbro Township 1
Zumbrota
1 One or more special elections will be held on the day of the general election.
2 Will have one or more ballot questions on the day of the general election.
3 A primary election was held.
4 A special election was held on the day of the primary election.
5 A special primary election will be held on the day of the general election.
6 Does not have regularly scheduled elections.
7 Had a ballot question on the day of the primary election.
8 Two special primary elections were held on the day of the primary election.
School districts
294 school districts held regular elections to elect half of the members of their board of directors . Minneapolis and Red Lake each held a primary election. Barnesville, Duluth, Fridley, Orono, Prinsburg, Rush City, and Saint Paul did not have regularly scheduled elections, but each held a special election or had one or more ballot questions on the day of the general election. 28 other school districts also held a special election on the day of the general election.[ 9] Ely, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop , and McGregor each had one or more ballot questions on the day of the primary election.[ 8] 43 school districts had one or more ballot questions on the day of the general election.[ 6]
List of school districts holding elections
Ada-Borup
Adrian
Aitkin1
Albany
Albert Lea1
Alden-Conger
Alexandria
Annandale
Ashby
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City
Austin1 , 2
Badger1
Bagley
Barnesville2 , 3
Barnum
Battle Lake1 , 2
Becker
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Belle Plaine
Bemidji1
Benson
Bertha-Hewitt
Big Lake
Blackduck
Blooming Prairie
Blue Earth Area1
BOLD
Braham
Brainerd
Brandon-Evansville
Breckenridge
Brooklyn Center
Browerville
Browns Valley
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose
Burnsville
Butterfield1
Byron
Caledonia
Cambridge-Isanti1
Campbell-Tintah
Canby
Cannon Falls
Carlton
Cass Lake-Bena
Cedar Mountain
Centennial
Chatfield
Chisago Lakes
Chisholm
Chokio-Alberta
Clearbrook-Gonvick2
Cleveland1
Climax-Shelly2
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley
Cloquet
Columbia Heights
Comfrey
Cook County
Cromwell-Wright
Crookston
Crosby-Ironton
Dassel-Cokato
Dawson-Boyd
Deer River
Delano2
Detroit Lakes
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Dover-Eyota
Duluth2 , 3
East Grand Forks
Eastern Carver County
Eden Prairie
Eden Valley-Watkins
Edgerton
Elk River
Ellsworth2
Ely4
Esko
Fairmont Area
Faribault
Farmington
Fergus Falls
Fertile-Beltrami
Fillmore Central1
Fisher
Floodwood1 , 2
Foley
Forest Lake
Fosston2
Frazee-Vergas
Fridley1 , 2 , 3
Fulda
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop2 , 4
Glencoe-Silver Lake
Glenville-Emmons
Goodhue
Goodridge
Granada Huntley East Chain
Grand Meadow
Grand Rapids
Greenbush-Middle River1
Greenway
Grygla
Hancock
Hawley
Hayfield
Hendricks
Henning1
Herman-Norcross
Hermantown
Heron Lake-Okabena
Hibbing
Hill City
Hills-Beaver Creek
Houston2
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted1
Hutchinson2
International Falls
Isle2
Ivanhoe
Jackson County Central
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Jordan
Kasson-Mantorville
Kelliher
Kenyon-Wanamingo1
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Kimball
Kingsland
Kittson Central
La Crescent-Hokah
Lac qui Parle Valley
Lake Benton
Lake City
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
Lake of the Woods2
Lake Park Audubon
Lake Superior
Lakeview2
Lakeville
Lancaster1
Lanesboro
Laporte1 , 2
Le Sueur-Henderson
LeRoy-Ostrander
Lester Prairie
Lewiston-Altura
Litchfield
Little Falls
Littlefork-Big Falls
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
Luverne
Lyle
Lynd
Mabel-Canton1
MACCRAY
Madelia
Mahnomen
Mahtomedi
Mankato
Maple Lake2
Maple River
Marshall
Marshall County Central1
Martin County West
McGregor4
Medford
Melrose
Menahga1
Mesabi East
Milaca
Milroy1
Minneapolis5
Minneota
Minnewaska
Montevideo1
Monticello1
Moorhead
Moose Lake
Mora
Morris Area1 , 2
Mountain Iron-Buhl
Murray County Central
N.R.H.E.G.1 , 2
Nashwauk-Keewatin1
Nett Lake
Nevis
New London-Spicer1
New Prague Area
New Ulm
New York Mills
Nicollet
Norman County East
Norman County West
North Branch
North St. Paul-Maplewood
Northfield
Northland Community
Onamia
Orono1 , 3
Ortonville
Osakis
Osseo2
Owatonna1
Park Rapids1
Parkers Prairie
Paynesville
Pelican Rapids
Pequot Lakes
Perham-Dent2
Pierz
Pillager
Pine City1
Pine Island2
Pine River-Backus
Pipestone Area
Plainview-Elgin-Millville
Princeton
Prinsburg1 , 3
Prior Lake
Proctor
Randolph
Red Lake1 , 5
Red Lake County Central
Red Lake Falls
Red Rock Central1 , 2
Red Wing
Redwood Area2
Renville County West
Robbinsdale
Rochester
Rock Ridge
Rockford
Rocori
Roseau
Round Lake-Brewster
Royalton
Rush City2 , 3
Rushford-Peterson
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton
St. Charles
St. Clair
St. Cloud Area
St. Francis Area
St. James1
St. Louis County
St. Michael-Albertville
Saint Paul2 , 3
Sartell-St. Stephen
Sauk Centre
Sauk Rapids-Rice
Sebeka2
Shakopee1
Sibley East
Sleepy Eye
South Koochiching
South St. Paul
Southland
Spring Grove
Springfield
Staples-Motley
Stephen-Argyle Central
Stewartville
Stillwater2
Swanville
Thief River Falls
Tracy Area
Tri-City United
Tri-County
Triton
Truman
Ulen-Hitterdal1 , 2
Underwood
United South Central1
Upsala
Verndale2
Wabasha-Kellogg
Wabasso
Waconia1
Wadena-Deer Creek
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Warroad
Waseca
Watertown-Mayer
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
Waubun-Ogema-White Earth
West Central Area1
Westbrook-Walnut Grove
Wheaton Area1
Willmar
Willow River
Windom
Win-E-Mac2
Winona Area
Worthington
Wrenshall
Yellow Medicine East
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
1 Will have one or more ballot questions on the day of the general election.
2 A special election will be held on the day of the general election.
3 Does not have a regularly scheduled election.
4 Had one or more ballot questions on the day of the primary election.
5 A primary election was held.
Hospital districts
14 hospital districts held regular elections to elect half of the members of their board of directors. Two hospital districts also held special elections on the day of the general election.[ 10]
List of hospital districts holding elections
Canby Community
Cook County
Cook-Orr
Cuyuna Range
Dawson Area
Glacial Ridge
Monticello-Big Lake Community
North Pine Area1
Northern Itasca1
Paynesville Area
Pelican Valley
Perham
Staples Area
United
1 Several special elections will be held on the day of the general election.
References
^ "Candidate Filing Periods" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
^ "Candidate Filings" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
^ Bakst, Brian (April 16, 2019). "Trump begins effort to flip Minnesota, which was a Democratic holdout in 2016" . Minnesota Public Radio . Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
^ "Candidate Filings" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
^ "Candidate Filings" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved October 30, 2020 .
^ a b c "Questions on 2020 State General Election Ballot" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved October 30, 2020 .
^ "Candidate Filings" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved October 30, 2020 .
^ a b "Questions on 2020 Primary Ballot" (PDF) . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
^ "Candidate Filings" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved October 30, 2020 .
^ "Candidate Filings" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved October 30, 2020 .
Further reading
David Weigel ; Lauren Tierney (September 22, 2020), "The 50 political states of America" , Washingtonpost.com , archived from the original on October 11, 2020, Minnesota
Joshua Partlow (October 9, 2020), "Former Special Forces sought by private security company to guard polling sites in Minnesota, company says" , Washington Post
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