2026 Minnesota governor's race

Incumbent: Tim Walz (Democratic) · not seeking re-election in this race

Amy KlobucharMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party96%

BGBill Gates Jr.Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party96%

vsD +92Polymarket ↗

Implied chance of winning — live Polymarket prices

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Where they stand

Expand an issue for what they've actually said, cited

Issue	Klobuchar	Qualls	Demuth	Lindell
	Supports easing rules	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes stricter penalties	Unknown	Supports stricter penalties	Supports stricter penalties
	Opposes more drilling	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes restrictions	Unknown	Supports restrictions	Unknown
	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Supports parent authority
	Unknown	Unknown	Supports vouchers/ESAs	Supports vouchers/ESAs
	Supports harsher penalties	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Opposes ID requirement	Unknown	Unknown	Supports ID requirement
Election integrity: mail ballots	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Medical gender transition for minors	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Unknown	Supports restriction	Unknown
	Supports LGBT causes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Unknown	Supports tax cuts	Supports tax cuts
	Supports larger gov role	Unknown	Opposes larger gov role	Opposes larger gov role
EV mandates (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Supports deregulation	Unknown	Unknown	Supports deregulation
	Supports new gun limits	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Social Security & Medicare (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Supports legalization	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
DEI programs (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Mixed record	Unknown	Unknown	Supports strict enforcement
	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Supports spending cuts
Student loan forgiveness (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sanctuary jurisdictions (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional term limits (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional stock trading (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Free speech & tech censorship (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
	Supports aid to Israel	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Ukraine aid (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
China & trade (federal)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

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