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Maple Grove, Minnesota sample ballot 2026

Maple Grove voters (Hennepin County, Minnesota) see U.S. Senate, Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State plus 23 Hennepin County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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AttorneyNonpartisan race · Anders Folk · Cedrick Frazier

Anders Folk Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Strategic enforcement focused on where crime occurs
  • Data-driven intervention to prevent harm and protect vulnerable residents
  • Fair handling of juvenile justice and crime victims

Per the campaign site.

About Anders Folk
Anders Folk

Folk is a former U.S. Marine and federal prosecutor who worked on civil rights cases and served as acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, per the campaign site. Folk is running for Hennepin County Attorney, per the campaign site.

Cedrick Frazier Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Prosecuting federal agents who violated Minnesota law during Operation Metro Surge
  • Ensuring no one is above the law
  • Protecting immigrant communities from unjust deportations

Per the campaign site.

About Cedrick Frazier
Cedrick Frazier

Frazier grew up in a low income neighborhood on Chicago's South Side before moving to Minnesota to attend college, per the campaign site. He worked as a Hennepin County public defender and as legal counsel for Minneapolis Public Schools, and in 2018 he became the first African American elected to the New Hope City Council, per the campaign site. He has served as a Minnesota state representative since 2020, focusing on public safety and judiciary issues, per the campaign site.

SheriffNonpartisan race · Joseph Banks · Dawanna Witt

Joseph Banks Nonpartisan

Joseph Banks is a former police chief with more than two decades of law enforcement experience in Minnesota, per the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. He is running again for Hennepin County Sheriff in 2026, a rematch of his 2022 race against incumbent Dawanna Witt. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.

Dawanna Witt Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Reduce violent crime through strategic public safety partnerships
  • Accountability and reform measures in coordination with county leadership
  • Deputy recruitment and retention amid staffing challenges
About Dawanna Witt

Dawanna Witt is the first woman elected Hennepin County Sheriff, with over 25 years of law enforcement service, per her campaign site. She has hired more than 100 deputies during her tenure, per her campaign site.

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Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 1Nonpartisan race · William H. Koch

William H. Koch Nonpartisan

William H. Koch is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 1, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 5Nonpartisan race · Kerry W. Meyer

Kerry W. Meyer Nonpartisan

Kerry W. Meyer is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed Chief Judge of the Hennepin County District Court Aug. 7, 2006, and elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously an assistant Hennepin County attorney, 1992-2006; has served as chief judge since November 2023, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 14Nonpartisan race · Dean Eyler

Dean Eyler Nonpartisan Incumbent

Judge Dean Eyler was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District bench by Governor Tim Walz on January 8, 2024, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. He earned his J.D. with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law and was previously a partner at Lathrop GPM. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 16Nonpartisan race · Jane Maschka

Jane Maschka Nonpartisan Incumbent

Judge Jane Maschka was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District bench by Governor Tim Walz on April 2, 2024, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. She earned her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School and was previously a partner at Faegre Drinker. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 19Nonpartisan race · Gina M Brandt

Gina M Brandt Nonpartisan

Gina M Brandt is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court June 9, 2006, and elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously an associate attorney and assistant chief of criminal prosecution at Campbell Knutson, P.A., per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 20Nonpartisan race · Daniel C. Moreno

Daniel C. Moreno Nonpartisan Incumbent

Judge Daniel C. Moreno was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District bench on May 15, 2006, and was elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. He earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and previously worked as an assistant public defender in the Hennepin County Public Defender's Office. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 25Nonpartisan race · Michelle A. Hatcher

Michelle A. Hatcher Nonpartisan

Michelle A. Hatcher is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court Jan. 18, 2019, by Governor Mark Dayton and elected in 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Has served in the Fourth Judicial District's civil, juvenile, family and criminal divisions since 2019, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 27Nonpartisan race · Matthew M. Wilcox

Matthew M. Wilcox Nonpartisan

Matthew M. Wilcox is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court by Governor Tim Walz on June 16, 2025, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously deputy general counsel at the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs and an assistant Minneapolis city attorney; served in the U.S. Army and Air Force Reserve JAG Corps, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 28Nonpartisan race · Dominick D. Mathews

Dominick D. Mathews Nonpartisan

Dominick D. Mathews is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court on January 8, 2024, by Governor Tim Walz, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously a principal attorney in the Hennepin County Attorney's Office violent crimes unit, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 29Nonpartisan race · Todd M. Fellman

Todd M. Fellman Nonpartisan

Todd M. Fellman is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 29, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 30Nonpartisan race · Jennifer Olson

Jennifer Olson Nonpartisan

Jennifer Olson is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 30, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 32Nonpartisan race · Mariam Mokri

Mariam Mokri Nonpartisan

Mariam Mokri is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 32, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 35Nonpartisan race · Sarah S. West

Sarah S. West Nonpartisan Incumbent

Judge Sarah S. West was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District bench by Governor Mark Dayton on September 12, 2018, and was elected in 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. She earned her J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law and previously worked as an assistant public defender in the Fourth Judicial District Office of the Public Defender. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 42Nonpartisan race · Luis A. Bartolomei

Luis A. Bartolomei Nonpartisan

Luis A. Bartolomei is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court by Governor Mark Dayton on Jan. 9, 2012, and elected in 2014 and 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously worked with the University of Minnesota Office of Student Legal Service and as a Tenth and Third District public defender, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 43Nonpartisan race · Bridget Ann Sullivan

Bridget Ann Sullivan Nonpartisan Incumbent

Judge Bridget Ann Sullivan was elected to the Fourth Judicial District bench in 2014 and 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. She earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School and previously worked in private practice, including at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly and Faegre & Benson. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 47Nonpartisan race · Kristen Marttila

Kristen Marttila Nonpartisan

Kristen Marttila is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court on January 8, 2024, by Governor Tim Walz, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously an attorney at Lockridge Grindal Nauen and a law clerk to two U.S. District Court judges in Minnesota, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 54Nonpartisan race · Emily J. Froehle

Emily J. Froehle Nonpartisan Incumbent

Judge Emily J. Froehle was appointed to the Fourth Judicial District bench by Governor Tim Walz in September 2024, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. She previously served as an assistant county attorney in the Dakota County Attorney's Office prosecuting felony matters and as an assistant public defender in Hennepin County, per Minnesota Lawyer. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 56Nonpartisan race · Carrie Ryan Gallia

Carrie Ryan Gallia Nonpartisan

Carrie Ryan Gallia is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court June 16, 2025, by Governor Tim Walz, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously senior associate general counsel at the University of Minnesota, 2016-2025, and a partner at Lindquist & Vennum LLP, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 57Nonpartisan race · Jeannice M. Reding

Jeannice M. Reding Nonpartisan

Jeannice M. Reding is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court Jan. 20, 2006, and elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously a Fourth Judicial District referee and child support magistrate, and an attorney at Best and Flanagan, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 61Nonpartisan race · Andrew Tweeten

Andrew Tweeten Nonpartisan

Andrew Tweeten is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court June 16, 2025, by Governor Tim Walz, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota's civil division, 2018-2025, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Judge, Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court, Seat 63Nonpartisan race · Angela Willms

Angela Willms Nonpartisan

Angela Willms is a judge of the Minnesota 4th Judicial District Court. Appointed to the Hennepin County District Court on Jan. 4, 2019, and elected in 2020, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Previously a district court referee and staff attorney in Hennepin County Juvenile Court, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Hennepin County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenatePeggy Flanagan (DFL) · Michele Tafoya (R) · Marisa Simonetti (Independence-Alliance) · Rebecca Whiting (Libertarian)

Peggy Flanagan DFL

Top priorities
  • Ending corruption, which her campaign lists first among its priorities
  • Health care, which it lists second
  • Affording your life, which it lists third
About Peggy Flanagan
Peggy Flanagan

Flanagan serves as Minnesota's lieutenant governor, a position held since 2019, per the campaign site. Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Nation and holds a degree from the University of Minnesota, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Flanagan's background includes work as a nonprofit executive director, an organizational trainer, and a state legislator, and that Flanagan was elected to the Minneapolis School Board at age 25, per the campaign site.

Michele Tafoya Republican

Top priorities
  • Stop the fraud, which her campaign lists first among its four issues
  • Law and order, which it lists second
  • Cut costs and taxes for the middle class, which it lists third
About Michele Tafoya
Michele Tafoya

Michele Tafoya is a former network sports broadcaster and NFL sideline reporter, and the Republican nominee for Minnesota's open U.S. Senate seat.

Marisa Simonetti Independence-Alliance

Marisa Simonetti is the Independence-Alliance Party candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.

Rebecca Whiting Libertarian

Rebecca Whiting is the Libertarian Party candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.

GovernorAmy Klobuchar (D) · Lisa Demuth (R)

Amy Klobuchar Democrat

Top priorities
  • Lower costs for Minnesotans
  • Make government accountable and root out fraud
  • Prepare Minnesota's workforce for the future

Per the campaign site.

About Amy Klobuchar

Klobuchar is a sitting U.S. Senator seeking the Minnesota governorship; she previously served as a county prosecutor and is the granddaughter of an iron-ore miner and the daughter of a newspaperman and a second-grade teacher, per the campaign site.

Lisa Demuth Republican

Top priorities
  • Taxes and affordability, which her campaign names as her top priority
  • Eliminating fraud in state programs
  • Public safety

Per the campaign site.

About Lisa Demuth
Lisa Demuth

Lisa Demuth is speaker of the Minnesota House, a fourth-term state representative from Cold Spring, a former small-business owner and an eleven-year ROCORI school board member, and the Republican nominee for governor. She is the first Black major-party nominee for Minnesota governor.

Attorney GeneralKeith Ellison (DFL) · Ron Schutz (R)

Keith Ellison DFL Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Protect consumers, workers, and civil rights
  • Use the attorney general's office for public-safety and accountability cases
  • Defend reproductive rights and state legal authority
About Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison

Ellison is the incumbent Minnesota Attorney General running for re-election, per the campaign site. His office has worked on insulin cost reductions, consumer robocall protections and opioid settlement funds for the state, per the campaign site.

Ron Schutz Republican

Top priorities
  • Fighting fraud
  • Consumer protection
  • Tackling crime and supporting law enforcement

Per the campaign site.

About Ron Schutz
Ron Schutz

Ron Schutz is a trial lawyer who was a partner in a national litigation firm and served as its chairman from 2019 to 2024, per his campaign site, and the Republican nominee for Minnesota attorney general.

Secretary of StateSteve Simon (DFL) · Tad Jude (R) · George "Chip" Tangen (Libertarian) · Seth Kuhl-Stennes (Green)

Steve Simon DFL Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Defend democracy and strengthen the freedom to vote
  • Push back against election disinformation
  • Support small businesses and enhance protections for the most vulnerable

Per the campaign site.

About Steve Simon

Steve Simon is Minnesota's incumbent secretary of state, in office since 2015, and the DFL nominee for another term, unopposed in the August 11 primary. His office oversees elections, business filings, public records, voter information, and civic participation across Minnesota.

Tad Jude Republican

Top priorities
  • Require photo identification to vote
  • Clean up the voter rolls and verify citizenship
  • Prevent fraud in public programs

Per the campaign site.

About Tad Jude
Tad Jude

Tad Jude is a former district court judge in the 10th Judicial District and a former member of the Minnesota House, Minnesota Senate and Hennepin County Board, and the Republican nominee for secretary of state.

George "Chip" Tangen Libertarian

Top priorities
  • Nonpartisan administration of Minnesota elections
  • Ballot access for independent and minor-party candidates
  • Maximizing both voter participation and election security
About George "Chip" Tangen

George "Chip" Tangen is a Libertarian candidate for Minnesota secretary of state who qualified for the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot by nominating petition. An attorney raised in Eden Prairie, he previously served as legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad in Washington.

Seth Kuhl-Stennes Green

Top priorities
  • Expand voting access and ballot access
  • Increase election transparency
  • Support civic participation and community accountability
About Seth Kuhl-Stennes
Seth Kuhl-Stennes

Kuhl-Stennes is a Baudette, Minnesota native who has spent 20 years working across cooperatives, for-profit businesses and nonprofits, including seven years in union roles with UFCW Local 663 and OPEIU Local 12, per the campaign site. He holds a political science degree from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, per the campaign site.

AuditorZack Filipovich (DFL) · Scott Jensen (R) · Jay Reeves (Forward-Independence)

Zack Filipovich DFL

Top priorities
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Strengthening our communities
  • Communicating and building trust

Per the campaign site.

About Zack Filipovich
Zack Filipovich

Zack Filipovich is a certified management accountant and nonprofit finance manager and a former Duluth city councilor and council president, and the DFL nominee for state auditor, unopposed in the August 11 primary. The seat is open because Julie Blaha announced in September 2025 that she would not seek re-election. His campaign emphasizes local-government oversight, financial accountability, transparency, and support for communities managing public dollars.

Scott Jensen Republican

Top priorities
  • Stop fraud
  • Accountability and internal controls
  • Compliance and ongoing audits

Per the campaign site.

About Scott Jensen

Jensen is a candidate for Minnesota State Auditor and a family medicine physician with 40 years of practice in Carver County; he previously served in the Minnesota Senate and has served on a bank's board of directors as Audit Committee Chair and on his local school district board, per the campaign site.

Jay Reeves Forward-Independence

Top priorities
  • Offer independent oversight of public finances
  • Strengthen accountability and transparency
  • Bring military service experience to statewide office
About Jay Reeves
Jay Reeves

Jay Reeves is a Forward-Independence Party candidate for Minnesota state auditor and an Army veteran. His campaign emphasizes independent oversight, public accountability, and non-major-party representation in statewide fiscal review.

Associate Justice, Supreme Court Seat 1Nonpartisan race · Sarah Hennesy

Sarah Hennesy Nonpartisan Incumbent

Sarah Hennesy serves as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of justices. Hennesy is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

Associate Justice, Supreme Court Seat 4Nonpartisan race · Paul Thissen

Paul Thissen Nonpartisan Incumbent

Paul Thissen serves as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of justices. Thissen is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

Judge, Court of Appeals Seat 1Nonpartisan race · Elizabeth Bentley

Elizabeth Bentley Nonpartisan Incumbent

Elizabeth Bentley serves as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of Court of Appeals judges. Bentley is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

Judge, Court of Appeals Seat 7Nonpartisan race · Rachel Bond

Rachel Bond Nonpartisan Incumbent

Rachel Bond serves as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of Court of Appeals judges. Bond is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

Judge, Court of Appeals Seat 13Nonpartisan race · Jeanne Cochran

Jeanne Cochran Nonpartisan Incumbent

Jeanne Cochran serves as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of Court of Appeals judges. Cochran is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

Judge, Court of Appeals Seat 15Nonpartisan race · Kevin G. Ross

Kevin G. Ross Nonpartisan Incumbent

Kevin G. Ross serves as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of Court of Appeals judges. Ross is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

Judge, Court of Appeals Seat 18Nonpartisan race · JaPaul J. Harris

JaPaul J. Harris Nonpartisan Incumbent

JaPaul J. Harris serves as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, per the Minnesota Judicial Branch's roster of Court of Appeals judges. Harris is the only name certified for this seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's candidate table.

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