Free public service for Minnesota votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026
Scope and limitations
What this Minnesota guide covers
This guide covers all 12 statewide candidate contests and all 23 printed candidates or tickets in Minnesota's official 2026 roster. It keeps generic write-in lines separate and distinguishes CFB reports from FEC summaries.
Included
Published now
23 printed candidates or tickets in all 12 statewide candidate contests
Zero named statewide write-ins verified as of October 1, with the October 15 filing deadline disclosed
15 exact Minnesota CFB September report summaries and four Affidavit Only explanations
3 exact FEC financial summaries and one explicit unavailable-summary note
Advance and same-day registration, absentee voting, direct early voting, ballot return, voter identification, and Election Day rules
All 1 statewide constitutional amendments
Seven statewide appellate judicial candidate contests included in the race totals
1,648 reporting-year 2026 independent-spending source rows from 47 accounts, with monetary obligations and in-kind values kept separate
Exact unpaid components, support/oppose charts, spender comparisons, downloadable ledgers and official source links
Not included
Outside this release
U.S. House district contests and their FEC finance comparisons
State Senate, State House, District Court, county, city, township, school, hospital district, soil and water, park, and other district or local contests
Named write-ins filed after the October 1 check until the guide is refreshed
Donation receipts, ordinary expenses, unitemized amounts and complete-cycle totals beyond each selected candidate summary
Latest-report and amendment reconciliation for all independent-spending accounts
County and local ballot questions
Known finance limits
5 finance summaries unavailable
Marisa SimonettiFEC candidate S6MN00481 is registered for Minnesota U.S. Senate, but the official 2025-2026 candidate page explicitly says it does not have a financial summary for Marisa Simonetti. Missing here does not mean $0.
Elizabeth BentleyThe official Minnesota CFB candidate search lists Elizabeth Bentley for Judge - Court of Appeals 1 as registration 2733 (Affidavit Only). No principal campaign committee September report is available for an exact numeric comparison. Missing here does not mean $0.
Rachel BondThe official Minnesota CFB candidate search lists Rachel Bond for Judge - Court of Appeals 7 as registration 2732 (Affidavit Only). No principal campaign committee September report is available for an exact numeric comparison. Missing here does not mean $0.
Jeanne CochranThe official Minnesota CFB candidate search lists Jeanne Cochran for Judge - Court of Appeals 13 as registration 2731 (Affidavit Only). No principal campaign committee September report is available for an exact numeric comparison. Missing here does not mean $0.
JaPaul J. HarrisThe official Minnesota CFB candidate search lists JaPaul J. Harris for Judge - Court of Appeals 18 as registration 2730 (Affidavit Only). No principal campaign committee September report is available for an exact numeric comparison. Missing here does not mean $0.
Donation records, ordinary expenses and current-report reconciliation
The independent-spending explorer publishes 1,648 reporting-year 2026 source rows from 47 accounts, captured October 2. Monetary obligations include unpaid amounts; in-kind stays separate. Donation receipts, ordinary expenses and full amendment reconciliation remain unfinished. Congressional, legislative and local-contest expansion also remains outside this guide.
Dataset comparison: Candidate cards use exact CFB September reports through September 15, 2026; U.S. Senate cards use separate FEC aggregates through July 22. The independent-spending explorer instead shows reporting-year 2026 source rows captured October 2, with incomplete latest-report reconciliation. Its monetary amounts include unpaid obligations. These views are not additive, complete-cycle totals or proof of control. Affidavit-only registrations and missing records are not zeros.
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Minnesota guide 1.1
PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown12
Ballot choices23
Ballot measures1
12 statewide candidate contests, 23 printed candidates or tickets, zero named statewide write-ins verified as of October 1, 15 exact CFB report summaries, four Affidavit Only explanations, 3 FEC summaries, one unavailable federal summary, voter deadlines, 1 statewide constitutional amendment, seven statewide appellate judicial contests, and primary sources.
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1.1
October 1, 2026
12 statewide candidate contests, 23 printed candidates or tickets, zero named statewide write-ins verified as of October 1, 15 exact CFB report summaries, four Affidavit Only explanations, 3 FEC summaries, one unavailable federal summary, voter deadlines, 1 statewide constitutional amendment, seven statewide appellate judicial contests, and primary sources.
