Name: 2026 Minnesota Senate race
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: MN, United States

2026 Minnesota Senate race — polls, candidates & voter guide — IJR

Pollster	Date	Flanagan (D)	Tafoya (R)	Spread
Impact Research (D)	5/28	51	—	—
Impact Research (D)	5/26 – 5/28	51	44	Flanagan+7
Emerson College	2/8	47	—	—
Emerson College	2/6 – 2/8	47	40	Flanagan+7
Impact Research (D)	7/11	48	—	—
Impact Research (D)	7/8 – 7/11	48	45	Flanagan+3

Michele Tafoya

REPUBLICAN PARTY

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Stated positions (19) ▾

Abortion: Supports reasonable access to abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and opposes taxpayer-funded abortion. [1][2]
Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports enforcing immigration laws and deporting criminal illegal aliens. [1]
Crime & policing: Supports increased funding, equipment and training for law enforcement and tougher penalties for violent crime. [1]
DEI programs: Opposes DEI programs. [1][2][3]
Election integrity: voter ID: Supports the SAVE America Act requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo identification to vote. [1]
Energy production: Supports all-of-the-above affordable energy including American sources to lower utility bills and gas prices. [1]
Federal spending & debt: Supports making Congress spend less, borrow less and tax less. [1]
Fraud: Supports mandatory minimum prison sentences for fraud, deportation of fraud-convicted immigrants and stripping federal funds from non-compliant states. [1]
Fraud enforcement: Supports mandatory minimum sentences for fraud, deportation of convicted immigrant fraudsters, and stripping federal funds from non-compliant states. [1]
Fraud prevention: Supports deporting immigrants convicted of fraud and mandatory minimum sentences for fraudsters. [1]
Free speech & tech censorship: Opposes suppression of free speech and political bias in social media content moderation. [1]
Gun policy: Supports red flag laws. [1]
Health care: Opposes control of healthcare by government or corporate bureaucrats and supports cutting prescription drug costs while empowering patients. [1]
Housing costs: Identifies housing prices as a key issue for Senate focus alongside border security and fraud. [1]
Medical gender transition for minors: Supports protecting children from gender transition procedures and puberty blockers for minors. [1]
Parents' rights in education: Supports parents' rights in education and the Florida Parental Rights in Education law. [1]
School choice: Supports school choice to give parents more control over their children’s education. [1]
Taxes: Supports making Congress spend less, borrow less and tax less. [1]
Women's sports: Opposes trans women and girls playing female sports. [1]

2026 Minnesota Senate race

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2026 Minnesota Senate race

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