4 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Minnesota Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Minnesota Secretary of State, State General Election, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, downloadable text files: Federal, State, and County Candidates (cand.txt), with U.S. Senator Statewide (ussenate.txt), U.S. Representative by Congressional District (ushouse.txt), Governor Statewide (Governor.txt) and Parties (PartyTbl.txt), from https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/Select/MediaFiles/Index?ersElectionId=201 (The files carry no date of their own; they are the Secretary of State's candidate files for the November 3, 2026 State General Election as served on October 9, 2026).
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Democratic Farmer Labor
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
Photo: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab), cropped.
Republican
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
Independent
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
Libertarian
No sourced statement on the record as of October 23, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
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No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Peggy Flanagan.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Peggy Flanagan.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Michele Tafoya.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Michele Tafoya.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Marisa Simonetti.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Marisa Simonetti.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Rebecca Whiting.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Rebecca Whiting.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
Candidates and their order come from the Minnesota Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.
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