Minnesota 2022 Midterm Election: Live Results and Updates
Sahan Journal has your election results for Minnesota governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state legislature, and other key races in the 2022 Midterm Elections.
Black women elected to Minnesota’s state senate for the first time. Ramsey County elects its first Hmong County Commissioner. Hennepin County selects its first sheriff of color. Sahan Journal has everything you need to know about Minnesota’s 2022 midterm elections.
Zaynab Mohamed is one of three Black women who made history Tuesday when they were elected to the Minnesota Senate. No Black women have served in the state Senate in 164 years of statehood.
Mary Moriarty spent her entire legal career in the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office. Now she’ll lead an office that she spent years fighting against.
Dawanna Witt campaigned on her 22 years of experience in law enforcement and her unique path to law enforcement. She grew up in south Minneapolis and had family members mixed up in the law.
Susan Pha was the first person of color to serve on the Brooklyn Park City Council. Now she’ll represent Brooklyn Park and parts of several other suburbs in the Minnesota Legislature.
Liz Lee is the first woman and Hmong legislator to represent District 67A. She grew up in public housing on the East Side, and vows to fight for affordable housing, public schools, and small businesses.
The five new members include district parents and teachers. They’ll make up a majority of the Minneapolis School Board, in an election that follows a painful educator strike in March 2022.
Samakab Hussein has lived in the same St. Paul neighborhood since immigrating to the United States at age 14. Now he’s representing part of the city in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Marla Helseth, 54, was one five candidates hoping to become the first Black women elected to the Minnesota Senate in 164 years of statehood. She was the only Republican in the group.
Clare Oumou Verbeten is one of three Black women who made history Tuesday when they were elected to the Minnesota Senate. No Black women have served in the state Senate in 164 years of statehood.
Erin Maye Quade is one of three Black women who made history Tuesday when they were elected to the Minnesota Senate. No Black women have served in the state Senate in 164 years of statehood.
A longtime elementary school reading teacher, Clardy will represent the newly drawn House District 53A. The seat includes most of Inver Grove Heights; Lilydale and Sunfish Lake; and parts of West St. Paul and Mendota Heights.
Ellison won a second term, leading his challenger by less than 1 percent of the vote. Polls had suggested a tight race between him and Republican Jim Schultz.
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