General election held in the U.S. state of Minnesota
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Legislative elections [ edit ] Minnesota Senate [ edit ] All 67 seats in the Minnesota Senate were up for election. The Republicans hold a majority of 35 seats and the DFL hold 32 seats. The Republicans have held a majority in the Senate since the 2016 election .
Minnesota House of Representatives [ edit ] All 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives were up for election. The DFL hold a majority of 75 seats and the Republicans hold 59 seats. The DFL have held a majority in the House since the 2018 election .
Judicial elections [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] President [ edit ] Minnesota's 10 electors in the Electoral College were up for election, who will subsequently cast votes for president and vice president on December 14, 2020.
Minnesota has 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 [ edit ] 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 has 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 is the Republican nominee. Other candidates include 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 [ edit ] Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. The DFL hold five seats and the Republicans hold three seats.
Local elections [ edit ] Elections for several subdivisions were held—including elections for counties, municipalities, school districts, and hospital districts.
Counties [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 7 special elections) Half of the members of the city council (826 cities and 94 special elections in 94 cities) Clerk-treasurer (9 cities, including 2 special elections) Clerk (32 cities, including 1 special election) Treasurer (34 cities, including 1 special election) Half of the members of the public works/utilities/sanitary district board of directors (4 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 1 special election) Clerk (331 townships, including 12 special elections) Treasurer (218 townships, including 8 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] ^ "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 [ edit ] 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 External links [ edit ]
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