From Morton to Minneapolis and St. Louis County to Shakopee, candidates running for office in Minnesota’s 2026 midterm election have spent months working town halls and candidate forums, knocking on doors and joining picket lines. Meanwhile, Minnesotans staffed phone banks, planted yard signs and filled campaign rallies. Some cast early ballots while others went through election judge training.
Here are a few scenes from the last three months.
Ross Beckstrand carries a large sign that reads “Amy Klobuchar” outside a DFL field office in Red Wing, Minn. on Oct. 27, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaMinnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, Republican candidate for governor, speaks with members of the media after a forum hosted by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce at Madden’s On Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minn. on Oct. 19, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaVoters cast their ballots early at the Elections and Voter Services building in Minneapolis, Minn. on Oct. 7, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaJake Johnson, Democratic candidate for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, speaks with campaign volunteers and community members at a DFL field office in Red Wing, Minn. on Oct. 27, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaSignage in support of Republicans seen on the side of the road in Kenyon, Minn. on Oct. 27, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaState Sen. Grant Hauschild, DFL-Hermantown, canvasses a neighborhood in Two Harbors, Minn., on Sunday, July 19, 2026. Hauschild, who represents Senate District 3, is running for reelection this year. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaFaribault Woolen Mill Co. worker George Cloutier, left, shakes hands with Rep. Brad Finstad, Republican incumbent running for reelection for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, during a mill tour in Faribault, Minn. on Oct. 27, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaRepublican candidate for US Senate Michele Tafoya during a debate at Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul, Minn. on Oct. 16, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaRep. Brad Tabke, Democrat running for reelection in district 54A, speaks with resident Santi Prasarnsuk as he knocks doors in Shakopee, Minn. on Oct. 21, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaA slide regarding federal officers at polling locations is discussed during a training for election judges at the Elections and Voter Services building in Minneapolis, Minn. on Oct. 7, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaStickers read “I voted early” at the Elections and Voter Services building in Minneapolis, Minn. on Oct. 7, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaMinnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, joins AFSCME workers on the picket line outside Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn. on Sept. 30, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaAttendees gather to hear politicians speak during Farmfest in Morgan, Minn., on Aug. 5, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaRep. Brad Tabke, Democrat running for reelection in district 54A, knocks doors in Shakopee, Minn. on Oct. 21, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaSen. Amy Klobuchar, DFL candidate for governor, speaks during a forum hosted by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce at Madden’s On Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minn. on Oct. 19, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for AmericaEric Pratt, Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district, visits with people at a coffeeshop in Montgomery, Minn. on Oct. 15, 2026. Credit: Bridget Bennett/MinnPost/CatchLight Local/Report for America
