The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the eight

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from the

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, one from each of its

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. Primary elections were held in six districts on August 11. The elections coincided with the

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as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,

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to the

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and other state and local elections. Due to changing political alignments, the Republican Party flipped the 7th district, which was held by 15-term incumbent

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. This marked the first time since the 1944 election that Republicans won every district in Minnesota outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area, after Democrats had done the same just four years prior. This subsequently erased the slim Democratic majority in the state congressional delegation and gave both political parties a tied 4–4 delegation.

Overview

District 1

The 1st district stretches across southern Minnesota from its borders with

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, and includes the cities of

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, Winona,

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, Owatonna,

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, New Ulm, and

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. The incumbent was Republican

Jim Hagedorn James Lee Hagedorn ( ; August 4, 1962 – February 17, 2022) was an American politician from Minnesota. A Republican, he was the U.S. Representative for from 2019 until his death. The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border ...

, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.1% of the vote in

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Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Dan Feehan, U.S. Army veteran, former

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official, and nominee for

Minnesota's 1st congressional district Minnesota's 1st congressional district extends across southern Minnesota from the border with South Dakota to the border with Wisconsin. It is a primarily rural district built on a strong history of agriculture, though this is changing rapidly d ...

=Withdrawn

= *Ralph Kaehler, farmer

=Endorsements

Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Bill Rood

General election

Polling

;with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Predictions

Results

District 2

The 2nd district is based in the south

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area. The incumbent was Democrat

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, who defeated incumbent Republican Jason Lewis with 52.7% of the vote in

. After

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candidate Adam Charles Weeks died on September 21, 2020,

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announced that, pursuant to state law, the votes in the November election would not be counted and that a special election would take place on February 9, 2021. A judge later ruled that the election would take place on November 3, as originally planned. Although Republicans appealed the decision, it stood after the

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refused to hear the appeal. A month after Weeks's death, and a week before the November 3 election, a friend of Weeks publicized a voicemail recording in which Weeks says that Republican donors offered him $15,000 to mount a campaign in order to siphon votes away from Craig. Jeff Schuette, Minnesota Republican Party chair for the Second District, denied involvement in the offer to fund Weeks's campaign.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Tyler Kistner, former Marine

=Withdrawn

= *

Regina Barr Regina Barr (born February 17, 1965) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 52B in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan a ...

, former state representative *Erika Cashin, U.S. Air Force veteran *Edward Moritz *Rick Olson, former

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state representative *Phillip Parrish, U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer *Kerry Zeiler

=Declined

= * John Howe, former state senator and nominee for

* Jason Lewis, former U.S. Representative ( running for U.S. Senate) * Eric Pratt, state senator (running for re-election to the MN Senate) *

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, former state representative and nominee for

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=Endorsements

General election

Polling

;Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Predictions

Results

District 3

The 3rd district encompasses the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, including Brooklyn Park, Coon Rapids to the northeast, Bloomington to the south, and

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, Maple Grove,

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, and

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to the west. The incumbent was Democrat

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, who defeated incumbent Republican

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with 55.6% of the vote in

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Cole Young

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Kendall Qualls, businessman

=Eliminated in primary

= *Leslie Davis

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

The 4th district encompasses the

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half of the

metro area, including Ramsey County and parts of Washington County. The incumbent was Democrat

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, who was reelected with 66.0% of the vote in

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Alberder Gillespie *Tiffini Flynn Forslund *Reid Rossell *David Sandbeck, activist

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Gene Rechtzigel, farmer

=Eliminated in primary

= * Sia Lo, former deputy city attorney

Primary results

Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Susan Sindt, LMN candidate for Minnesota's 4th congressional district in

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and

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

The 5th district encompasses eastern

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, including all of

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and the cities of St. Louis Park, Richfield,

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, Golden Valley, New Hope, and

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. The incumbent was Democrat

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, who was elected with 78.0% of the vote in

Democratic primary

Omar defeated Melton-Meaux in the primary by a significant margin, a win which was seen as unsurprising, as the 5th has a reputation as being a strong base of

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Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Antone Melton-Meaux, attorney *Daniel Patrick McCarthy *John Mason, activist *Les Lester, author and teacher

Withdrawn

* Ervan Katari Miller *Leila Shukri Adan (endorsed Melton-Meaux) *Haji Yussuf (endorsed Omar)

=Endorsements

=Polling

=Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Lacy Johnson, former IT consultant

=Eliminated in primary

= *Dalia al-Aqidi, journalist *Danielle Stella, teacher

Endorsements

Primary results

Legal Marijuana Now primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Michael Moore

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

The 6th district encompasses the northern suburbs and exurbs of

, including all of Benton, Sherburne, and

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counties and parts of Anoka, Carver, Stearns, and

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counties. The incumbent was Republican

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, who was reelected with 61.1% of the vote in

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Patrick Munro, candidate for Minnesota's 6th congressional district in

and

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Tawnja Zahradka, broadcaster and former Ms. Minnesota-America

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 7

The 7th district covers all but the southern end of rural western Minnesota, and includes the cities of Moorhead,

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and Willmar. The incumbent was Democrat

, who was reelected with 52.1% of the vote in

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Stephen A. Emery, sales representative *Alycia Gruenhagen

=Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Michelle Fischbach Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach (; born November 3, 1965) is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district, which is very rural, is Minnesota's largest congressional ...

, former

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and former

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=Eliminated in primary

= *Noel Collis,

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*Dave Hughes, U.S. Air Force veteran and nominee for Minnesota's 7th congressional district in

and

*William Louwagie, farmer *Jayesun Sherman, former teacher and former youth pastor

=Withdrawn

= *Joel Novak, U.S. Army veteran

=Declined

= *

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, state representative *Scott Van Binsbergen, businessman

=Endorsements

Primary results

Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Rae Hart Anderson, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in

=Eliminated in primary

= *Kevin "NeNe" Shores

Primary results

Legalize Marijuana Now primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Slater Johnson

Primary results

General election

Polling

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 5, 2020

Predictions

Results

District 8

The 8th district is based in the

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and home to the city of

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. The incumbent was Republican

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, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.7% of the vote in

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Harry Robb Welty, former teacher

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Quinn Nystrom, diabetes issues advocate and former Baxter city councilwoman

=Withdrawn

= *Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, software engineer *Soren Sorensen, activist and candidate for

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* Gaylene Spolarich, former

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City Clerk

=Declined

= *Michelle Lee, former news anchor and candidate for

*Leah Phifer, former federal counterterrorism analyst and candidate for

* Joe Radinovich, former state representative and nominee for

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, former state senator and former state representative

=Endorsements

Primary results

Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Judith Schwartzbacker, Grassroots nominee for

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Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

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