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A wide range of political offices are up for grabs in the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 8: Minnesota governor, secretary of state, attorney general, congressional representatives, and state legislators.
Several city and county offices are also up for election, from school board to county commissioners to mayoral races.
To help you make informed decisions at the polls this year, Sahan Journal has gathered all of our reporting on the 2022 midterm elections on this page. Find out how to vote, where candidates stand, what races to watch, and what issues are on the ballot.
🟥 BLOG UPDATES
What happened Tuesday? Here’s your 2022 Minnesota Midterm Elections recap.
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.
🟥 ELECTION RESULTS
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.
🟥 HOW TO VOTE
Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. Here’s what you need to know to vote in Minnesota.
Here’s how to find where you should vote and who’s running to represent you in federal, state, county, and city offices.
🟥 MINNESOTA VOTER GUIDES IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, HMONG, AND SOMALI
🟥 STATEWIDE RACES – LATEST COVERAGE
Minnesota faith leaders denounce ‘race-baiting’ in GOP ads for attorney general campaign
Interfaith leaders called on Republican attorney general candidate Jim Schultz to “rebuke and demand” that the ads be taken down. The Minnesota DFL has questioned whether Schultz worked with an independent political fund to place the ads.
Mercado Central demands that gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen remove its image from his ads.
The Mercado Central board of directors says Scott Jensen neither asked for nor received permission to film inside the building on Lake Street.
Election for Minnesota Secretary of State will affect immigrant voting access
Kim Crockett, the Republican candidate, has questioned whether people who can’t read English should be able to vote in Minnesota. Steve Simon, the Democratic incumbent, cites his record expanding translation and interpretation services for immigrant voters.
Top candidates for Minnesota governor disagree on the future of immigrants in Minnesota.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen said in a July radio interview that resettling immigrants without sufficient resources would be “undercutting so much of Minnesota’s fabric of life.”
🟥 HENNEPIN COUNTY RACES – LATEST COVERAGE
Hennepin County attorney candidates call for criminal justice reform, but clash on police accountability.
Mary Moriarty spent her career in the public defender’s office while Martha Holton Dimick spent years as a prosecutor and judge. They beat out an unusually crowded field in the primary election to advance to the November 8 general election.
Hennepin County voters poised to elect county’s first Black sheriff in November.
Dawanna Witt and Joseph Banks said they each bring years of law enforcement experience and unique perspectives to the sheriff’s post. Witt is considered a frontrunner in the race, having won 57 percent of the vote in the August primary compared to Banks’ 23 percent.
🟥 MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL BOARD RACE
Sharpen your pencils: Here’s your study guide to electing the next Minneapolis school board
Months after a historic teacher strike, Minneapolis voters will choose five new members to serve on the nine-person school board. The school board’s first big task: choosing the next superintendent.
🟥 MORE STORIES ABOUT THE 2022 ELECTION
Brooklyn Park voters slated to elect city’s first Black mayor.
Business owner Hollies Winston earned more than half of the vote in the August primary, and faces off against Brooklyn Park City Council Member Wynfred Russell. It’s not the first time both men have run for the office.
In a historic race, two Hmong women vie to represent St. Paul’s East Side on Ramsey County Board.
With her history of activism, Mai Chong Xiong, 33, may appeal to younger voters. Ying Vang-Pao, 56, has focused on public safety.
Reading, writing, and legislating: Educators of color seek to shape Minnesota schools from the state Capitol.
Mary Frances Clardy of Inver Grove Heights and Samantha Sencer-Mura from Minneapolis hope to bring their classroom experience—and youth voices—to the state legislature.
May Lor Xiong is the first Hmong candidate to win a Republican congressional primary. Next: Taking on Congresswoman Betty McCollum.
May Lor Xiong said the protests following George Floyd’s murder exposed a void in political leadership that she hopes to fill. Her priorities include creating programs to reduce crime committed by young people of color and restricting access at the United States’ southern border.
Liz Lee handily defeats John Thompson in primary to represent St. Paul’s East Side.
As a child, Liz Lee lived in St. Paul public housing with her parents and four siblings, and later, a home on St. Paul’s East Side. The daughter of Hmong immigrants, Lee graduated from Yale University and worked on Capitol Hill before running for local office.
Erin Maye Quade beats Justin Emmerich in DFL state Senate primary.
Erin Maye Quade claimed national headlines in April when she went into labor while speaking at the DFL endorsement convention. She campaigned as a champion of reproductive rights.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar narrowly wins primary against former Minneapolis Council Member Don Samuels.
Public safety advocate and former council member Don Samuels said he will support Omar in the November 8 general election. Omar is seeking her third term in Congress.
Zaynab Mohamed moves one step closer to becoming the first Black woman to serve in the Minnesota Senate after winning the DFL primary.
Zaynab Mohamed was born in Somalia and grew up in south Minneapolis, where she helped provide for her family. If she beats her Republican challenger in the November general election, she would also become the youngest woman to serve in the state Senate.
Omar Fateh defeats challenger Shaun Laden in DFL state Senate primary.
State Senator Omar Fateh defeated challenger Shaun Laden, a union organizer, to advance to the November general election. Controversy has surrounded Omar for much of the year: his brother-in-law and former campaign volunteer was convicted of lying about absentee ballots, and Republicans filed ethics complaints against Omar.
Your Minnesota Primary Election Day 2022 results
Minnesota voters cast their ballots for the primary election on Tuesday, August 9, to determine which candidates advance onto the general election in November. Here are the results.
Minnesota has never elected a Black woman to the state Senate. Zaynab Mohamed and Erin Maye Quade are on track to change that.
An additional three candidates, Clare Oumou Verbeten, Farhio Khalif, and Marla Helseth, will also be vying for historic wins in November.
