2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election

See also: 2022 United States gubernatorial elections

The 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent Democratic (DFL) Governor Tim Walz defeated the Republican nominee, former state senator Scott Jensen,^[1] winning a second term.^[2]

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election

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Turnout	61.0% (2.6 pp)
Nominee Tim Walz Scott Jensen Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Running mate Peggy Flanagan Matt Birk Popular vote 1,312,349 1,119,941 Percentage 52.27% 44.61%
County results Congressional district results Precinct results Walz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jensen:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%
Governor before election Tim Walz Democratic (DFL) Elected Governor Tim Walz Democratic (DFL)

Jensen's advantage in rural Greater Minnesota could not overcome Walz's large lead in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Walz won the election by a comfortable 7.7% margin, narrowly larger than Biden's 7.1% margin in 2020 but smaller than his own previous record of 11.4%. With his win, Walz gave the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party its fourth consecutive gubernatorial victory, the most in the party's history.^[3] Furthermore, the DFL held the State House and flipped the State Senate, gaining a trifecta for the first time since 2012.^[4]

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tim Walz, incumbent governor and former U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district (2007–2019)^[5][6][7]
  • Peggy Flanagan, incumbent lieutenant governor^[6][7]

Eliminated in primary

• Ole Savior, perennial candidate^[7][8]
  • Julia M. Parker^[7]

Results

Results by county:

  Walz

•   80–90%
•   90–100%

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	416,973	96.54%
	Democratic (DFL)	Ole Savior	14,950	3.46%
Total votes			431,923	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Scott Jensen, family medicine physician and former state senator^[10]
  • Matt Birk, former professional football player with the Minnesota Vikings, businessman, and author^[11]

Eliminated in primary

• Bob "Again" Carney Jr., candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020^[7][12]
  • Captain Jack Sparrow, perennial candidate^[7]
• Joyce Lynne Lacey^[7][13]
  • Kent Edwards^[7]

Withdrawn

• Michelle Benson, state senator^[14]
• Thomas Evensted, activist^[15]
• Paul Gazelka, state senator and former majority leader of the Minnesota Senate^[16][17][18]
• Mike Marti, businessman^[19]
• Mike Murphy, mayor of Lexington^[20]
• Kendall Qualls, Army veteran, businessman, and Republican nominee for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in 2020^[21][22]
• Neil Shah, physician and business owner^[20]
• Rich Stanek, former Hennepin County Sheriff^[23][24]

Declined

• Rob Barrett, businessman, activist and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2020^[25]
• Matt Birk, former Minnesota Vikings player^[26][27] (endorsed Jensen and became his running mate)^[28]
• Jennifer Carnahan, former chair of the Minnesota Republican Party (2017–2021) and widow of U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn^[29] (unsuccessfully ran for Congress in a 2022 special election)
• Karin Housley, state senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018^[30] (ran for reelection)^[31]
• Mike Lindell, inventor of My Pillow, businessman^[32][33]
• Carla Nelson, state senator^[34] (ran for reelection)^[35]
• Pete Stauber, U.S. representative for Minnesota's 8th congressional district (ran for reelection)^[36][37]

Caucuses and conventions

Caucus

The caucuses took place on February 1, 2022. A caucus is a local meeting where all who intend to vote for the Republican Party are able to select their precinct leadership, participate in a straw poll for governor, write and pass resolutions, and elect delegates to their local Basic Political Organizational Unit (BPOU). Those who were not elected BPOU delegates could become alternates and fill in for delegates who cannot attend the BPOU convention.^[38]

BPOU conventions

A BPOU has boundaries based on the county or state senate district a voter resides in. The majority of these took place in March 2022. Elected delegates of each BPOU attended a convention relating to their district to vote on the resolutions passed at the caucus, complete party business, listen to candidates, and elect delegates to the state convention and their corresponding U.S. House District convention.

State convention

The Republican State Convention was held on May 13–14, 2022, in Rochester. 2,200 delegates were elected statewide to decide the Minnesota Republican Party's endorsement in all statewide offices. The endorsed candidate receives the party's backing, including money and resources, ahead of the August 9 primary.^[39] Only one Republican, incumbent governor Arne Carlson in 1994, has won the primary without the party's endorsement. (Two Democrats, Mark Dayton and Tim Walz, won the Democratic primary against endorsed candidates.)^[40]

At the convention, Scott Jensen won the endorsement with 65% of the vote on the ninth ballot, defeating Kendall Qualls. Mike Murphy, Paul Gazelka, and Neil Shah were eliminated on earlier ballots. All the candidates who contested the endorsement pledged to forego the primary if not endorsed.^[40]

Qualls soon honored his pledge by announcing his plans to "return to private life."^[41] Rich Stanek, the only major candidate who did not compete for the endorsement, did not file for the primary, leaving Jensen without major opposition.^[24] He faced two minor candidates in the August primary.

Endorsements

Scott Jensen

Newspapers

• Dassel-Cokato Enterprise Dispatch^[42]
• Delano Herald-Journal^[42]
• Winsted Herald-Journal^[42]

Organizations

• Stand for Health Freedom^[43]

Results

Results by county:

  Jensen

•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

Republican primary results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Jensen	288,499	89.31%
	Republican	Joyce Lynne Lacey	21,308	6.60%
	Republican	Bob "Again" Carney Jr.	13,213	4.09%
Total votes			323,020	100.0%

Independents and others

Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Patterson, anti-lockdown activist^[7]
  • Matt Huff

Eliminated in primary

• Darrell Paulsen, business consultant, nominee for lieutenant governor in 1998^[7]
  • Edwin Engelmann, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2010

Results

Results by county:

  Patterson

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  Paulsen

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  No votes

Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis primary results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Grassroots—LC	Steve Patterson	1,003	59.14%
	Grassroots—LC	Darrell Paulsen	693	40.86%
Total votes			1,696	100.00%

Legal Marijuana Now primary

Candidates

Nominee

• James McCaskel, community organizer and BLM activist^[44]
  • David Sandbeck, activist and candidate for Minnesota's 4th congressional district in 2020

Eliminated in primary

• Chris Wright, perennial candidate^[7]
  • L.C. Lawrence Converse

Results

Results by county:

  McCaskel

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  Wright

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  No votes

Legal Marijuana Now primary results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Legal Marijuana Now	James McCaskel	1,461	51.86%
	Legal Marijuana Now	Chris Wright	1,356	48.14%
Total votes			2,817	100.0%

Other parties

• Gabrielle M. Prosser, restaurant worker (Socialist Workers)^[7]
  • Kevin A. Dwire, perennial candidate
• Hugh McTavish, scientist, entrepreneur and author^[45] (Independence-Alliance Party)
  • Mike Winter, commercial driver, podcast host, Teamster Union steward and candidate for mayor of Minneapolis in 2021

Withdrew

• Cory Hepola, former WCCO Radio host^[46][24] (Forward Party)
  • Tamara Uselman, school administrator^[47]
• Brandon Millholland-Corcoran^[48]

Declined

• Tom Bakk, state senator and DFL candidate for governor in 2010^[49]
• Christopher Chamberlin, candidate for governor, Senate, and House in 2018^[50]
• Richard Painter, University of Minnesota Law School professor, former chief White House ethics lawyer, and DFL candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 (ran for Congress)^[51][52]

Endorsements

Cory Hepola (withdrew)

Organizations

• Forward Party^[53]

General election

Campaign

The election's central issues were the economy, rising crime, Walz's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, education, and abortion access following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Walz campaigned on his first-term accomplishments, such as middle-class tax cuts, while making abortion rights a prominent focus of the campaign and attacking Jensen on abortion and his COVID-19 skepticism. Jensen attacked Walz over his COVID-19 policies, crime in the Twin Cities, inflation and gas prices, and education performance.^[54]

Jensen was criticized for promoting the hoax that schools provided litter boxes to students who identify as furries.^[55][56]

Debates

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	DFL
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
					Scott Jensen	Tim Walz
1	August 3, 2022	Minnesota Farmfest	Blois Olson	[57]	P	P
2	October 18, 2022	KTTC/Gray Television	Caitlin Alexander, Justin Betti, Stacy Steinhagen, Dan Wolfe	[58]	P	P
3	October 23, 2022	KSTP/Hubbard Broadcasting	Lindsey Brown, Tom Hauser, Laura Lee, Peter Callaghan	[59]	P	A
4	October 28, 2022	Minnesota Public Radio[60]	Mike Mulcahy	[61]	P	P
5	November 4, 2022	Twin Cities PBS - Almanac	Eric Eskola, Cathy Wurzer	[62]	P	A

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[63]	Likely D	March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[64]	Lean D	November 3, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[65]	Likely D	October 12, 2022
Politico[66]	Lean D	April 1, 2022
RCP[67]	Tossup	June 10, 2022
Fox News[68]	Lean D	May 12, 2022
538[69]	Likely D	October 17, 2022
Elections Daily[70]	Likely D	November 7, 2022

Endorsements

Tim Walz (DFL)

Executive branch officials

• Kamala Harris, 49th vice president of the United States^[71]
• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States^[72]

U.S. senators

• Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota^[73]
• Tina Smith, U.S. senator from Minnesota^[74]

Statewide officials

• J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois^[75]
• Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota (Independent)^[76]

State legislators

• 31 state senators^[77]
• 69 state representatives^[77]

Newspapers

• Star Tribune^[78]

Organizations

• AFSCME Council 5^[79]
• Communications Workers of America^[79]
• Education Minnesota^[79]
• Everytown for Gun Safety^[79]
• Feminist Majority PAC^[79]
• Giffords^[79]
• Human Rights Campaign^[80]
• Inter Faculty Organization^[81]
• IUOE Local 49^[82]
• LIUNA Minnesota^[79]
• Minnesota AFL–CIO^[79]
• Minnesota Association of Professional Employees^[79]
• Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party^[83]
• Minnesota Medical Association^[84]
• Minnesota Nurses Association^[85]
• National Education Association^[79]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[79]
• SEIU Minnesota^[79]
• VoteVets.org^[79]

Scott Jensen (R)

Executive branch officials

• Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States^[86]

U.S. senators

• Kevin Cramer, U.S. senator from North Dakota^[87]

Statewide officials

• Kim Reynolds, Governor of Iowa^[88]

Newspapers

• Post-Bulletin^[89]

Organizations

• Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association^[90]
• National Federation of Independent Business - Minnesota^[91]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[92][93]
• Republican Party of Minnesota^[94]

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Tim Walz (DFL)	Scott Jensen (R)	Other [a]	Margin
Real Clear Politics[95]	Oct. 10–30, 2022	Nov. 1, 2022	48.0%	43.7%	8.3%	Walz +4.3
FiveThirtyEight[96]	Sep. 24 – Oct. 30, 2022	Nov. 4, 2022	49.7%	40.9%	9.4%	Walz +8.8
Average			48.9%	42.3%	8.8%	Walz +6.6

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Scott Jensen (R)	Hugh McTavish (I-A)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[97][A]	Oct. 26–30, 2022	836 (LV)	± 3.9%	51%	43%	–	2%	4%
St. Cloud State University[98]	Oct. 10–30, 2022	235 (A)	± 8%	56%	40%	–	4%	–
Trafalgar Group (R)[99]	Oct. 17–19, 2022	1,091 (LV)	± 2.9%	45.8%	46.3%	1.4%	2.5%[c]	3.9%
Embold Research[100][B]	Oct. 10–14, 2022	1,585 (LV)	± 2.6%	47.0%	42.4%	1.3%	3.3%[d]	6.0%
SurveyUSA[101]	Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, 2022	604 (LV)	± 4.4%	50%	40%	–	4%	7%
Cygnal (R)[102][C]	Sep. 24–26, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	47.6%	44.2%	0.4%	3.0%[e]	4.8%
Trafalgar Group (R)[103]	Sep. 14, 2022	1,079 (LV)	± 2.9%	47.7%	45.0%	0.8%	1.7%[f]	4.9%
Mason-Dixon[104]	Sep. 12–14, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	48.0%	41.0%	–	0.8%	10.3%
SurveyUSA[105]	Aug. 30 – Sep. 4, 2022	562 (LV)	± 4.9%	51%	33%	–	4%	12%
Gravis Marketing (I-A)[106][D]	Aug. 17–19, 2022	510 (LV)	± 4.3%	53%	36%	6%	5%	–
Cygnal (R)[107][C]	Jul. 18–19, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.3%	49.8%	45.6%	–	–	4.7%
Change Research[108][B]	Jun. 3–8, 2022	1,551 (LV)	± 2.6%	41.8%	39.8%	2.7%	6.6%[g]	9.0%
SurveyUSA[109]	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	44%	39%	–	4%	13%
SurveyUSA[110]	Jan. 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	43%	40%	–	4%	13%
SurveyUSA[111]	Dec. 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	48%	36%	–	5%	11%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Michelle Benson (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[110]	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	45%	37%	8%	10%
SurveyUSA[111]	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	47%	35%	4%	14%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Paul Gazelka (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[109]	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	43%	36%	7%	15%
SurveyUSA[110]	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	42%	37%	6%	15%
SurveyUSA[111]	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	47%	34%	5%	14%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Mike Marti (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[111]	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	47%	34%	3%	15%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Mike Murphy (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[109]	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	45%	35%	4%	15%
SurveyUSA[110]	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	44%	35%	7%	14%
SurveyUSA[111]	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	47%	36%	5%	12%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Kendall Qualls (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[109]	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	46%	34%	4%	15%
SurveyUSA[110]	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	43%	35%	6%	16%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Neil Shah (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[109]	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	44%	34%	6%	16%
SurveyUSA[110]	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	45%	34%	7%	14%
SurveyUSA[111]	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	48%	31%	5%	16%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Rich Stanek (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA[109]	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	47%	37%	5%	11%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Generic Republican	Undecided
Change Research[112]	August 28–31, 2021	1,945 (RV)	± 2.5%	46%	44%	10%

Hypothetical polling

Tim Walz vs. Michelle Benson

Tim Walz vs. Paul Gazelka

Tim Walz vs. Mike Marti

Tim Walz vs. Mike Murphy

Tim Walz vs. Kendall Qualls

Tim Walz vs. Neil Shah

Tim Walz vs. Rich Stanek

Tim Walz vs. generic Republican

Results

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +7.5–10%
•   Democratic — +5–7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5–5%
•   Democratic — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5–5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5–10%
•   Republican — +10–12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5–15%
•   Republican — +>15%

Trend by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +7.5–10%
•   Democratic — +5–7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5–5%
•   Democratic — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5–5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5–10%
•   Republican — +10–12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5–15%
•   Republican — +>15%

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election^[113]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent) Peggy Flanagan (incumbent)	1,312,349	52.27%	−1.57%
	Republican	Scott Jensen Matt Birk	1,119,941	44.61%	+2.18%
	Legal Marijuana Now	James McCaskel David Sandbeck	29,346	1.17%	N/A
	Grassroots—LC	Steve Patterson Matt Huff	22,599	0.90%	−1.75%
	Independence	Hugh McTavish Mike Winter	18,156	0.72%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Gabrielle Prosser Kevin Dwire	7,241	0.29%	N/A
	Write-in		1,029	0.04%	±0.0%
Total votes			2,510,661	100.0%
Turnout			2,525,873	61.01%
Registered electors			4,140,218
	Democratic (DFL) hold

By county

By county

County Tim Walz DFL Scott Jensen GOP James McCaskel LMN Steve Patterson GLC Hugh McTavish I-A Gabrielle M. Prosser SWP Write-in Margin Total votes % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # Aitkin 35.93% 3,030 60.59% 5,110 1.42% 120 1.06% 89 0.78% 66 0.23% 19 0.00% 0 −24.66% −2,080 8,434 Anoka 47.65% 74,515 48.97% 76,587 1.27% 1,985 1.02%' 1,600 0.76% 1,188 0.23% 361 0.05% 77 −1.33% −2,072 156,390 Becker 32.12% 4,738 64.31% 9,486 1.48% 219 0.95% 140 0.95% 140 0.14% 21 0.02% 3 −32.20% −4,748 14,750 Beltrami 44.90% 8,124 51.12% 9,248 1.66% 301 1.16% 209 0.76% 138 0.32% 58 0.04% 7 −6.22% −1,124 18,092 Benton 31.99% 5,244 64.02% 10,495 1.49% 245 1.19% 195 0.94% 154 0.29% 48 0.04% 6 −32.04% −5,251 16,393 Big Stone 35.40% 863 61.20% 1,492 1.56% 38 0.94% 23 0.70% 17 0.21% 5 0.00% 0 −25.80% −629 2,438 Blue Earth 51.98% 13,783 44.89% 11,904 1.00% 265 0.85% 225 0.88% 234 0.34% 89 0.03% 9 7.09% 1,879 26,518 Brown 33.59% 3,915 63.83% 7,439 0.85% 99 0.75% 87 0.70% 82 0.16% 19 0.06% 7 −30.25% −3,524 11,655 Carlton 49.74% 7,913 45.73% 7,274 1.82% 289 1.23% 196 1.09% 174 0.24% 38 0.08% 12 4.02% 639 15,908 Carver 45.89% 24,888 51.77% 28,078 0.72% 391 0.70% 381 0.70% 377 0.14% 74 0.05% 25 −5.88% −3,190 54,239 Cass 33.32% 5,071 63.25% 9,626 1.45% 220 1.10% 168 0.71% 108 0.14% 22 0.01% 2 −29.93% −4,555 15,219 Chippewa 33.98% 1,676 63.16% 3,115 0.81% 40 0.97% 48 0.85% 42 0.14% 7 0.04% 2 −29.19% −1,439 4,932 Chisago 35.95% 9,321 60.35% 15,647 1.28% 332 1.43% 371 0.78% 202 0.19% 48 0.02% 4 −24.40% −6,326 25,929 Clay 50.07% 11,139 45.84% 10,199 1.81% 402 0.99% 220 0.83% 185 0.40% 89 0.03% 7 4.23% 940 22,248 Clearwater 24.60% 879 71.37% 2,550 1.43% 51 1.34% 48 0.84% 30 0.20% 7 0.11% 4 −46.82% −1,671 3,573 Cook 67.36% 2,171 29.72% 958 0.84% 27 0.87% 28 0.87% 28 0.22% 7 0.06% 2 37.66% 1,213 3,223 Cottonwood 29.51% 1,363 66.83% 3,087 1.34% 62 1.02% 47 1.06% 49 0.24% 11 0.00% 0 −37.32% −1,724 4,619 Crow Wing 34.86% 11,388 61.80% 20,188 1.41% 459 0.99% 324 0.75% 246 0.13% 41 0.03% 10 −26.95% −8,800 32,666 Dakota 55.81% 112,003 41.47% 83,220 1.03% 2,061 0.71% 1,431 0.68% 1,365 0.22% 451 0.04% 82 14.35% 28,783 200,695 Dodge 34.88% 3,287 62.14% 5,855 0.88% 83 0.99% 93 0.89% 84 0.18% 17 0.02% 2 −27.26% −2,568 9,423 Douglas 32.25% 6,358 64.91% 12,797 1.02% 201 0.83% 164 0.82% 161 0.12% 23 0.03% 6 −32.67% −6,439 19,716 Faribault 33.17% 2,000 63.78% 3,846 1.11% 67 0.86% 52 0.88% 53 0.13% 8 0.03% 2 −30.62% −1,846 6,030 Fillmore 40.09% 3,809 57.17% 5,432 0.91% 86 0.94% 89 0.72% 68 0.17% 16 0.01% 1 −17.08% −1,623 9,502 Freeborn 41.04% 5,350 55.71% 7,262 1.31% 171 1.05% 137 0.75% 98 0.12% 15 0.01% 1 −14.67% −1,912 13,035 Goodhue 43.01% 9,940 53.69% 12,407 1.15% 266 1.03% 239 0.89% 205 0.18% 42 0.02% 5 −10.68% −2,467 23,109 Grant 35.66% 1,054 59.91% 1,771 1.52% 45 1.29% 38 1.25% 37 0.17% 5 0.10% 3 −24.28% −717 2,956 Hennepin 70.34% 405,013 26.81% 154,393 1.03% 5,939 0.72% 4,150 0.58% 3,326 0.42% 2,412 0.05% 296 43.55% 250,620 575,825 Houston 41.21% 3,604 55.73% 4,874 1.46% 128 0.79% 69 0.70% 61 0.10% 9 0.00% 0 −14.52% −1,270 8,745 Hubbard 34.47% 3,672 61.87% 6,590 1.46% 155 1.05% 112 0.99% 105 0.11% 12 0.03% 3 −27.40% −2,918 10,652 Isanti 30.63% 5,778 65.04% 12,271 1.70% 320 1.47% 277 0.93% 175 0.20% 37 0.02% 4 −34.42% −6,493 18,866 Itasca 42.17% 9,017 53.73% 11,488 1.65% 352 1.24% 265 0.94% 200 0.20% 43 0.04% 8 −11.56% −2,471 21,381 Jackson 29.59% 1,350 66.97% 3,055 1.12% 51 1.05% 48 0.99% 45 0.20% 9 0.04% 2 −37.39% −1,705 4,562 Kanabec 31.80% 2,277 63.99% 4,582 1.68% 120 1.58% 113 0.81% 58 0.13% 9 0.01% 1 −32.19% −2,305 7,161 Kandiyohi 35.20% 6,421 61.85% 11,281 1.12% 204 0.81% 148 0.77% 141 0.17% 31 0.04% 7 −26.65% −4,860 18,240 Kittson 35.77% 689 60.23% 1,160 1.92% 37 1.30% 25 0.67% 13 0.10% 2 0.00% 0 −24.45% −471 1,926 Koochiching 39.36% 2,058 56.47% 2,953 1.91% 100 1.07% 56 0.99% 52 0.11% 6 0.04% 2 −17.12% −895 5,229 Lac qui Parle 34.98% 1,102 61.43% 1,935 0.83% 26 1.37% 43 1.21% 38 0.19% 6 0.00% 0 −26.44% −833 3,150 Lake 52.46% 2,970 44.18% 2,501 1.27% 72 1.20% 68 0.62% 35 0.26% 15 0.00% 0 8.28% 469 5,661 Lake of the Woods 25.88% 473 70.95% 1,297 1.31% 24 0.77% 14 1.04% 19 0.05% 1 0.00% 0 −45.08% −824 1,828 Le Sueur 34.72% 4,591 61.89% 8,184 1.28% 169 1.06% 140 0.81% 107 0.14% 19 0.05% 7 −27.18% −3,593 13,224 Lincoln 29.09% 710 67.72% 1,653 1.31% 32 1.19% 29 0.49% 12 0.12% 3 0.04% 1 −38.65% −943 2,441 Lyon 33.29% 3,264 63.91% 6,267 0.98% 96 0.67% 66 0.88% 86 0.15% 15 0.06% 6 −30.64% −3,003 9,806 Mahnomen 39.48% 651 54.46% 898 2.18% 36 1.27% 21 2.06% 34 0.42% 7 0.06% 1 −14.99% −247 1,649 Marshall 23.45% 954 73.01% 2,970 1.23% 50 1.01% 41 1.06% 43 0.20% 8 0.02% 1 −49.57% −2,016 4,068 Martin 29.49% 2,471 67.37% 5,644 1.21% 101 0.97% 81 0.75% 63 0.12% 10 0.05% 4 −37.89% −3,173 8,378 McLeod 31.42% 5,171 65.42% 10,768 1.15% 190 0.88% 145 0.87% 143 0.22% 37 0.02% 3 −34.01% −5,597 16,460 Meeker 29.71% 3,214 67.01% 7,249 1.16% 125 1.00% 108 0.88% 95 0.18% 20 0.03% 3 −37.31% −4,035 10,817 Mille Lacs 30.59% 3,390 65.05% 7,209 1.59% 176 1.45% 161 1.02% 113 0.23% 25 0.04% 4 −34.47% −3,819 11,082 Morrison 22.32% 3,451 74.58% 11,529 1.18% 183 0.86% 133 0.85% 132 0.19% 29 0.01% 1 −52.26% −8,078 15,459 Mower 46.58% 6,573 49.91% 7,043 1.36% 192 1.20% 170 0.67% 94 0.28% 40 0.00% 0 −3.33% −470 14,112 Murray 26.83% 1,051 69.67% 2,729 1.23% 48 0.64% 25 1.25% 49 0.28% 11 0.05% 2 −42.86% −1,678 3,917 Nicollet 51.78% 7,929 45.46% 6,962 1.01% 154 0.65% 99 0.80% 122 0.25% 38 0.03% 5 6.32% 967 15,314 Nobles 30.48% 1,854 65.97% 4,013 1.43% 87 0.72% 44 1.12% 68 0.25% 15 0.02% 1 −35.50% −2,159 6,083 Norman 37.01% 929 57.69% 1,448 2.07% 52 1.31% 33 1.24% 31 0.20% 5 0.24% 6 −20.73% −519 2,510 Olmsted 55.00% 37,471 42.66% 29,068 0.85% 576 0.65% 445 0.60% 412 0.20% 136 0.02% 13 12.34% 8,403 68,134 Otter Tail 31.37% 8,950 65.26% 18,618 1.25% 358 0.97% 278 0.89% 254 0.16% 47 0.05% 13 −33.90% −9,668 28,531 Pennington 31.75% 1,734 63.42% 3,464 1.94% 106 1.08% 59 1.50% 82 0.27% 15 0.02% 1 −31.68% −1,730 5,462 Pine 34.61% 4,290 61.32% 7,601 1.70% 211 1.44% 178 0.73% 90 0.16% 20 0.02% 3 −26.72% −3,311 12,396 Pipestone 22.89% 872 74.01% 2,819 1.00% 38 0.97% 37 0.95% 36 0.18% 7 0.00% 0 −51.12% −1,947 3,809 Polk 31.08% 3,400 65.64% 7,180 1.35% 148 0.90% 98 0.73% 80 0.21% 23 0.05% 5 −34.57% −3,780 10,939 Pope 34.70% 1,970 62.50% 3,549 0.88% 50 0.76% 43 0.83% 47 0.16% 9 0.09% 5 −27.83% −1,579 5,678 Ramsey 71.42% 155,850 25.10% 54,771 1.20% 2,626 1.03% 2,247 0.61% 1,338 0.51% 1,118 0.06% 127 46.35% 101,079 218,204 Red Lake 30.13% 483 65.32% 1,047 1.87% 30 0.87% 14 1.50% 24 0.19% 3 0.06% 1 −35.21% −564 1,603 Redwood 26.37% 1,698 71.13% 4,581 1.10% 71 0.67% 43 0.54% 35 0.16% 10 0.02% 1 −44.77% −2,883 6,440 Renville 29.89% 1,883 66.55% 4,192 1.43% 90 1.11% 70 0.81% 51 0.14% 9 0.03% 2 −36.67% −2,309 6,299 Rice 50.21% 14,252 46.44% 13,182 1.24% 353 0.94% 267 0.69% 195 0.45% 127 0.01% 3 3.77% 1,070 28,382 Rock 27.51% 1,139 69.49% 2,877 0.99% 41 0.97% 40 0.82% 34 0.17% 7 0.02% 1 −41.99% −1,738 4,140 Roseau 23.61% 1,535 73.57% 4,783 1.08% 70 0.78% 51 J0.82% 53 0.14% 9 0.00% 0 −49.96% −3,248 6,501 Scott 45.40% 30,870 51.90% 35,289 1.05% 716 0.71% 484 0.66% 446 0.18% 124 0.05% 31 −6.50% −4,419 67,991 Sherburne 32.90% 13,697 63.70% 26,517 1.29% 537 1.06% 443 0.83% 345 0.18% 74 0.02% 8 −30.80% −12,820 41,629 Sibley 28.80% 1,907 68.24% 4,519 1.10% 73 0.82% 54 0.77% 51 0.21% 14 0.03% 2 −39.46% −2,612 6,622 St. Louis 57.66% 53,551 38.08% 35,372 1.74% 1,616 1.25% 1,159 0.83%' 769 0.36% 334 0.04% 39 19.58% 18,179 92,879 Stearns 36.88% 24,162 59.79% 39,171 1.17% 767 1.02% 665 0.83% 542 0.23% 151 0.04% 27 −22.92% −15,009 65,512 Steele 39.28% 6,498 57.33% 9,485 1.26% 208 1.06% 176 0.80% 133 0.21%' 34 0.03% 5 −18.06% −2,987 16,544 Stevens 36.93% 1,490 60.40% 2,437 0.89% 36 0.69% 28 0.69% 28 0.30% 12 0.05% 2 −23.48% −947 4,035 Swift 35.42% 1,389 61.42% 2,409 1.15% 45 0.84% 33 0.71% 28 0.20% 8 0.13% 5 −26.04% −1,020 3,922 Todd 24.39% 2,649 71.63% 7,780 1.48% 161 1.10% 120 1.08% 117 0.28% 30 0.02% 2 −47.25% −5,131 10,861 Traverse 33.51% 519 62.49% 968 1.55% 24 1.10% 17 1.10% 17 0.13% 2 0.06% 1 −29.01% −449 1,549 Wabasha 37.46% 4,020 59.32% 6,366 1.11% 119 0.89% 96 0.96% 103 0.24% 26 0.01% 1 −21.86% −2,346 10,732 Wadena 25.25% 1,511 71.20% 4,260 1.39% 83 1.12% 67 0.87% 52 0.17% 10 0.00% 0 −45.95% −2,749 5,983 Waseca 33.91% 2,843 62.16% 5,212 1.41% 118 1.12% 94 1.11% 93 0.25% 21 0.02% 2 −28.26% −2,369 8,385 Washington 54.15% 70,814 43.18% 56,472 0.93% 1,212 0.78% 1,019 0.68% 889 0.19% 254 0.04% 54 10.97% 14,342 130,768 Watonwan 37.35% 1,445 60.09% 2,325 1.06% 41 0.90% 35 0.44% 17 0.10% 4 0.03% 1 −22.75% −880 3,869 Wilkin 27.13% 704 68.71% 1,783 1.58% 41 0.89% 23 1.08% 28 0.39% 10 0.12% 3 −41.63% −1,079 2,595 Winona 48.35% 9,889 48.47% 9,913 1.22% 250 0.86% 176 0.78% 159 0.30% 62 0.00% 1 −0.12% −24 20,451 Wright 34.90% 23,116 61.88% 40,993 1.10% 729 1.01% 671 0.87% 579 0.17% 114 0.03% 21 −27.00% −17,877 66,244 Yellow Medicine 29.77% 1,299 66.90% 2,919 1.33% 58 0.99% 43 0.87% 38 0.05% 2 0.05% 2 −37.15% −1,620 4,363 Totals 52.25% 1,312,349 44.59% 1,119,941 1.17% 29,346 0.90% 22,599 0.72% 18,156 0.29% 7,241 0.04% 1,029 7.66% 192,408 2,511,690 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Anoka (Largest city: Blaine) Beltrami (Largest city: Bemidji) Freeborn (Largest city: Albert Lea) Houston (Largest city: La Crescent) Koochiching (Largest city: International Falls) Mahnomen (Largest city: Mahnomen) Mower (Largest city: Austin) Norman (Largest city: Ada) (tied in 2018)

By congressional district

Walz and Jensen each won 4 of 8 congressional districts, all of which voted for the same party in the simultaneous House Elections.^[114]

District	Walz	Jensen	Representative
1st	45%	52%	Brad Finstad
2nd	53%	45%	Angie Craig
3rd	59%	38%	Dean Phillips
4th	68%	29%	Betty McCollum
5th	81%	16%	Ilhan Omar
6th	40%	57%	Tom Emmer
7th	31%	65%	Michelle Fischbach
8th	44%	52%	Pete Stauber

See also

• 2022 United States gubernatorial elections
• 2022 Minnesota elections
• 2022 Minnesota Senate election
• 2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election
• Litter boxes in schools hoax

Notes

1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. McCaskel with 1.2%, Patterson with 0.9%, and Prosser with 0.4%
4. McCaskel (LMN) with 1.4%, Prosser (SW) with 1.0%, and Patterson (GLC) with 0.9%
5. McCaskel (LMN) with 1.2%, Prosser (SW) with 1.2%, and Patterson (GLC) with 0.6%
6. McCaskel with 1.4%, Patterson with 0.2%, and Prosser with 0.1%
7. "The candidate from either one of the legalize marijuana parties (Legal Marijuana Now or Grassroots Legalize Cannabis)"

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by KSTP-TV
2. This poll was sponsored by MinnPost
3. This poll was sponsored by Jensen's campaign
4. This poll was sponsored by McTavish's campaign