The 2026 campaign for Minnesota governor will start to take shape over the next several months as Gov. Tim Walz weighs ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s lieutenant governor and a failed 2024 candidate have both announced bids for a 2026 congressional seat ...

Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan says she plans to run for U.S. Senate, and will make a formal announcement later this month. In a statement on social media, Flanagan said she is talking with ...

Former VP nominee Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, is exploring running in 2026 for the U.S. Senate seat that Democrat Tina ...

Gov. Tim Walz returned home from the campaign trail to a divided state legislature. Minnesota’s public perception of the ...

No Republican has won statewide office in Minnesota since 2006, though margins have gotten closer in recent years.

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said Thursday she will run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, the first Democrat to jump into ...

Minnesota’s Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision that could ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...

Sen. Tina Smith, who has represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate since 2018, won’t try for another six-year term next year.

Minnesota junior Senator Tina Smith on Thursday announced she won't seek another term in office during the 2026 general ...