2026 Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorsed Candidates
The following candidates have been endorsed by the Minnesota AFL-CIO for both the August 11th Primary Election and November 3 General Election. This page will be updated as our Committee on Political Education makes additional endorsements.
Statewide Offices
- Amy Klobuchar & Ben Schierer, Governor & Lt. Governor
- Keith Ellison, Attorney General
- Steve Simon, Secretary of State
- Zack Filipovich, State Auditor
U.S. House
- Jake Johnson, CD-1
- Kelly Morrison, CD-3
- Betty McCollum, CD-4
- Ilhan Omar, CD-5
- Doug Chapin, CD-6
State Senate
- Grant Hauschild, District 3
- Aric Putnam, District 14
- Nick Frentz, District 18
- Jason Lohmann, District 20
- Angie Hanson, District 23
- Simon Glaser, District 24
- Liz Boldon, District 25
- Maxwell Glenna, District 28
- Chris Ford, District 32
- Nat Smith, District 33
- John Hoffman, District 34
- Heather Gustafson, District 36
- Kristy Janigo, District 37
- Susan Pha, District 38
- Mary Kunesh, District 39
- John Marty, District 40
- Bonnie Westlin, District 42
- Mike Freiberg, District 43
- Sam Rosemark, District 44
- Ann Johnson Stewart, District 45
- Ron Latz, District 46
- Dr. Dan Kessler, District 48
- Dr. Krishnan Subrahmanian, District 49
- Simon Trautman, District 51
- Liz Reyer, District 52
- Paul Cumings, District 53
- Lindsey Port, District 55
- Erin Maye Quade, District 56
- Steven Schroer, District 57
- Mark Legvold, District 58
- Bobby Joe Champion, District 59
- Doron Clark, District 60
- Scott Dibble, District 61
- Omar Fateh, District 62
- Zaynab Mohamed, District 63
- Erin Murphy, District 64
- Robyn Gulley, District 65
- Clare Omou Verbeten, District 66
- Foung Hawj, District 67
State House (by district)
- Aaron Schweiger, District 3B
- Erika Yoney, District 4A
- Dan Horoshak, District 7B
- Pete Johnson, District 8A
- Liish Kozlowski, District 8B
- Chris Swanson, District 11A
- Justin Doyle, District 13B
- Zack Dorholt, District 14B
- Leah Hanson, District 18A
- Kim Hicks, District 25A
- Dan Wilson, District 26A
- Allie Wolf, District 26B
- Tim Dummer, District 28A
- Dan Schmidt, District 28B
- Amanda Matchett, District 32A
- Matt Norris, District 32B
- Angela Thompson, District 33A
- Josiah Hill, District 33B
- Jason Heaser, District 34A
- XP Lee, District 34B
- Zack Stephenson, District 35A
- Kari Rehrauer, District 35B
- Jim Demay, District 36A
- Brion Curran, District 36B
- Darci Smith, District 37A
- Kristin Bahner, District 37B
- Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley, District 38A
- Samantha Vang, District 38B
- Aisha Elmquist, District 40A
- David Gottfried, District 40B
- Cole Birkeland, District 41A
- Jen Fox, District 41B
- Ned Carroll, District 42A
- Ginny Klevorn, District 42B
- Kyrstin Schuette, District 43A
- Jess Lewis, District 43B
- Peter Fischer, District 44A
- Tracey Breazeale, District 45A
- Patty Acomb, District 45B
- Larry Kraft, District 46A
- Cheryl Youakim, District 46B
- Lucy Rehm, District 48B
- Alex Falconer, District 49A
- Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, District 49B
- Julie Greene, District 50A
- Steve Elkins, District 50B
- Michael Howard, District 51A
- Nathan Coulter, District 51B
- Christos Jensen, District 52A
- Bianca Virnig, District 52B
- Mary Frances Clardy, District 53A
- Rick Hansen, District 53B
- Brad Tabke, District 54A
- Jess Hanson, District 55A
- Hunter Cantrell, District 55B
- Robert Bierman, District 56A
- John Huot, District 56B
- Jenaro “JD” Delgado, District 57A
- Brian Cohn, District 57B
- Kristi Pursell, District 58A
- Ed Fellows, District 58B
- Fue Lee, District 59A
- Esther Agbaje, District 59B
- Sydney Jordan, District 60A
- Mohamud Noor, District 60B
- Katie Jones, District 61A
- Jamie Long, District 61B
- Aisha Gomez, District 62A
- Anquam Mahamoud, District 62B
- Samantha Sencer-Mura, District 63A
- Emma Greenman, District 63B
- Meg Luger Nikolai, District 64A
- Dave Pinto, District 64B
- Sebastian Ellefson, District 65B
- Leigh Finke, District 66A
- Athena Hollins, District 66B