2022_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election
Turnout	61.0%
	Walz: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Jensen: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%;
Governor before election; Tim Walz; Minnesota DFL	Elected Governor ; Tim Walz; Minnesota DFL

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election

Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Minnesota

The 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent Democratic (DFL) Governor Tim Walz defeated the Republican nominee, former state senator Scott Jensen,^[1] winning a second term.^[2]

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Jensen's advantage in rural Greater Minnesota could not overcome Walz’s large lead in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, with Walz winning the election by a comfortable 7.7% margin. With his win, Walz gave the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party its fourth consecutive gubernatorial victory, the most in the party's history.^[3] Furthermore, the DFL held the State House and flipped the State Senate, gaining a trifecta for the first time since 2012.^[4]

Republican primary

Caucuses and conventions

Independents and others

General election

Polling

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Tim Walz vs. Michelle Benson

Tim Walz vs. Paul Gazelka

Tim Walz vs. Mike Marti

Tim Walz vs. Mike Murphy

Tim Walz vs. Kendall Qualls

Tim Walz vs. Neil Shah

Tim Walz vs. Rich Stanek

Tim Walz vs. generic Republican

Results

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Results by county

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By county

County	Tim Walz DFL		Scott Jensen GOP		James McCaskel LMN		Steve Patterson GLC		Hugh McTavish I-A		Gabrielle M. Prosser SWP		Write-in		Margin		Total votes
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	Total votes
Aitkin	35.93%	3,030	60.59%	5,110	1.42%	120	1.06%	89	0.78%	66	0.23%	19	0.00%	0	-24.66%	-2,080	8,434
Anoka	47.65%	74,515	48.97%	76,587	1.27%	1,985	1.02%'	1,600	0.76%	1,188	0.23%	361	0.05%	77	-1.33%	-2,072	156,390
Becker	32.12%	4,738	64.31%	9,486	1.48%	219	0.95%	140	0.95%	140	0.14%	21	0.02%	3	-32.20%	-4,748	14,750
Beltrami	44.90%	8,124	51.12%	9,248	1.66%	301	1.16%	209	0.76%	138	0.32%	58	0.04%	7	-6.22%	-1,124	18,092
Benton	31.99%	5,244	64.02%	10,495	1.49%	245	1.19%	195	0.94%	154	0.29%	48	0.04%	6	-32.04%	-5,251	16,393
Big Stone	35.40%	863	61.20%	1,492	1.56%	38	0.94%	23	0.70%	17	0.21%	5	0.00%	0	-25.80%	-629	2,438
Blue Earth	51.98%	13,783	44.89%	11,904	1.00%	265	0.85%	225	0.88%	234	0.34%	89	0.03%	9	7.09%	1,879	26,518
Brown	33.59%	3,915	63.83%	7,439	0.85%	99	0.75%	87	0.70%	82	0.16%	19	0.06%	7	-30.25%	-3,524	11,655
Carlton	49.74%	7,913	45.73%	7,274	1.82%	289	1.23%	196	1.09%	174	0.24%	38	0.08%	12	4.02%	639	15,908
Carver	45.89%	24,888	51.77%	28,078	0.72%	391	0.70%	381	0.70%	377	0.14%	74	0.05%	25	-5.88%	-3,190	54,239
Cass	33.32%	5,071	63.25%	9,626	1.45%	220	1.10%	168	0.71%	108	0.14%	22	0.01%	2	-29.93%	-4,555	15,219
Chippewa	33.98%	1,676	63.16%	3,115	0.81%	40	0.97%	48	0.85%	42	0.14%	7	0.04%	2	-29.19%	-1,439	4,932
Chisago	35.95%	9,321	60.35%	15,647	1.28%	332	1.43%	371	0.78%	202	0.19%	48	0.02%	4	-24.40%	-6,326	25,929
Clay	50.07%	11,139	45.84%	10,199	1.81%	402	0.99%	220	0.83%	185	0.40%	89	0.03%	7	4.23%	940	22,248
Clearwater	24.60%	879	71.37%	2,550	1.43%	51	1.34%	48	0.84%	30	0.20%	7	0.11%	4	-46.82%	-1,671	3,573
Cook	67.36%	2,171	29.72%	958	0.84%	27	0.87%	28	0.87%	28	0.22%	7	0.06%	2	37.66%	1,213	3,223
Cottonwood	29.51%	1,363	66.83%	3,087	1.34%	62	1.02%	47	1.06%	49	0.24%	11	0.00%	0	-37.32%	-1,724	4,619
Crow Wing	34.86%	11,388	61.80%	20,188	1.41%	459	0.99%	324	0.75%	246	0.13%	41	0.03%	10	-26.95%	-8,800	32,666
Dakota	55.81%	112,003	41.47%	83,220	1.03%	2,061	0.71%	1,431	0.68%	1,365	0.22%	451	0.04%	82	14.35%	28,783	200,695
Dodge	34.88%	3,287	62.14%	5,855	0.88%	83	0.99%	93	0.89%	84	0.18%	17	0.02%	2	-27.26%	-2,568	9,423
Douglas	32.25%	6,358	64.91%	12,797	1.02%	201	0.83%	164	0.82%	161	0.12%	23	0.03%	6	-32.67%	-6,439	19,716
Faribault	33.17%	2,000	63.78%	3,846	1.11%	67	0.86%	52	0.88%	53	0.13%	8	0.03%	2	-30.62%	-1,846	6,030
Fillmore	40.09%	3,809	57.17%	5,432	0.91%	86	0.94%	89	0.72%	68	0.17%	16	0.01%	1	-17.08%	-1,623	9,502
Freeborn	41.04%	5,350	55.71%	7,262	1.31%	171	1.05%	137	0.75%	98	0.12%	15	0.01%	1	-14.67%	-1,912	13,035
Goodhue	43.01%	9,940	53.69%	12,407	1.15%	266	1.03%	239	0.89%	205	0.18%	42	0.02%	5	-10.68%	-2,467	23,109
Grant	35.66%	1,054	59.91%	1,771	1.52%	45	1.29%	38	1.25%	37	0.17%	5	0.10%	3	-24.28%	-717	2,956
Hennepin	70.34%	405,013	26.81%	154,393	1.03%	5,939	0.72%	4,150	0.58%	3,326	0.42%	2,412	0.05%	296	43.55%	250,620	575,825
Houston	41.21%	3,604	55.73%	4,874	1.46%	128	0.79%	69	0.70%	61	0.10%	9	0.00%	0	-14.52%	-1,270	8,745
Hubbard	34.47%	3,672	61.87%	6,590	1.46%	155	1.05%	112	0.99%	105	0.11%	12	0.03%	3	-27.40%	-2,918	10,652
Isanti	30.63%	5,778	65.04%	12,271	1.70%	320	1.47%	277	0.93%	175	0.20%	37	0.02%	4	-34.42%	-6,493	18,866
Itasca	42.17%	9,017	53.73%	11,488	1.65%	352	1.24%	265	0.94%	200	0.20%	43	0.04%	8	-11.56%	-2,471	21,381
Jackson	29.59%	1,350	66.97%	3,055	1.12%	51	1.05%	48	0.99%	45	0.20%	9	0.04%	2	-37.39%	-1,705	4,562
Kanabec	31.80%	2,277	63.99%	4,582	1.68%	120	1.58%	113	0.81%	58	0.13%	9	0.01%	1	-32.19%	-2,305	7,161
Kandiyohi	35.20%	6,421	61.85%	11,281	1.12%	204	0.81%	148	0.77%	141	0.17%	31	0.04%	7	-26.65%	-4,860	18,240
Kittson	35.77%	689	60.23%	1,160	1.92%	37	1.30%	25	0.67%	13	0.10%	2	0.00%	0	-24.45%	-471	1,926
Koochiching	39.36%	2,058	56.47%	2,953	1.91%	100	1.07%	56	0.99%	52	0.11%	6	0.04%	2	-17.12%	-895	5,229
Lac qui Parle	34.98%	1,102	61.43%	1,935	0.83%	26	1.37%	43	1.21%	38	0.19%	6	0.00%	0	-26.44%	-833	3,150
Lake	52.46%	2,970	44.18%	2,501	1.27%	72	1.20%	68	0.62%	35	0.26%	15	0.00%	0	8.28%	469	5,661
Lake of the Woods	25.88%	473	70.95%	1,297	1.31%	24	0.77%	14	1.04%	19	0.05%	1	0.00%	0	-45.08%	-824	1,828
Le Sueur	34.72%	4,591	61.89%	8,184	1.28%	169	1.06%	140	0.81%	107	0.14%	19	0.05%	7	-27.18%	-3,593	13,224
Lincoln	29.09%	710	67.72%	1,653	1.31%	32	1.19%	29	0.49%	12	0.12%	3	0.04%	1	-38.65%	-943	2,441
Lyon	33.29%	3,264	63.91%	6,267	0.98%	96	0.67%	66	0.88%	86	0.15%	15	0.06%	6	-30.64%	-3,003	9,806
Mahnomen	39.48%	651	54.46%	898	2.18%	36	1.27%	21	2.06%	34	0.42%	7	0.06%	1	-14.99%	-247	1,649
Marshall	23.45%	954	73.01%	2,970	1.23%	50	1.01%	41	1.06%	43	0.20%	8	0.02%	1	-49.57%	-2,016	4,068
Martin	29.49%	2,471	67.37%	5,644	1.21%	101	0.97%	81	0.75%	63	0.12%	10	0.05%	4	-37.89%	-3,173	8,378
McLeod	31.42%	5,171	65.42%	10,768	1.15%	190	0.88%	145	0.87%	143	0.22%	37	0.02%	3	-34.01%	-5,597	16,460
Meeker	29.71%	3,214	67.01%	7,249	1.16%	125	1.00%	108	0.88%	95	0.18%	20	0.03%	3	-37.31%	-4,035	10,817
Mille Lacs	30.59%	3,390	65.05%	7,209	1.59%	176	1.45%	161	1.02%	113	0.23%	25	0.04%	4	-34.47%	-3,819	11,082
Morrison	22.32%	3,451	74.58%	11,529	1.18%	183	0.86%	133	0.85%	132	0.19%	29	0.01%	1	-52.26%	-8,078	15,459
Mower	46.58%	6,573	49.91%	7,043	1.36%	192	1.20%	170	0.67%	94	0.28%	40	0.00%	0	-3.33%	-470	14,112
Murray	26.83%	1,051	69.67%	2,729	1.23%	48	0.64%	25	1.25%	49	0.28%	11	0.05%	2	-42.86%	-1,678	3,917
Nicollet	51.78%	7,929	45.46%	6,962	1.01%	154	0.65%	99	0.80%	122	0.25%	38	0.03%	5	6.32%	967	15,314
Nobles	30.48%	1,854	65.97%	4,013	1.43%	87	0.72%	44	1.12%	68	0.25%	15	0.02%	1	-35.50%	-2,159	6,083
Norman	37.01%	929	57.69%	1,448	2.07%	52	1.31%	33	1.24%	31	0.20%	5	0.24%	6	-20.73%	-519	2,510
Olmsted	55.00%	37,471	42.66%	29,068	0.85%	576	0.65%	445	0.60%	412	0.20%	136	0.02%	13	12.34%	8,403	68,134
Otter Tail	31.37%	8,950	65.26%	18,618	1.25%	358	0.97%	278	0.89%	254	0.16%	47	0.05%	13	-33.90%	-9,668	28,531
Pennington	31.75%	1,734	63.42%	3,464	1.94%	106	1.08%	59	1.50%	82	0.27%	15	0.02%	1	-31.68%	-1,730	5,462
Pine	34.61%	4,290	61.32%	7,601	1.70%	211	1.44%	178	0.73%	90	0.16%	20	0.02%	3	-26.72%	-3,311	12,396
Pipestone	22.89%	872	74.01%	2,819	1.00%	38	0.97%	37	0.95%	36	0.18%	7	0.00%	0	-51.12%	-1,947	3,809
Polk	31.08%	3,400	65.64%	7,180	1.35%	148	0.90%	98	0.73%	80	0.21%	23	0.05%	5	-34.57%	-3,780	10,939
Pope	34.70%	1,970	62.50%	3,549	0.88%	50	0.76%	43	0.83%	47	0.16%	9	0.09%	5	-27.83%	-1,579	5,678
Ramsey	71.42%	155,850	25.10%	54,771	1.20%	2,626	1.03%	2,247	0.61%	1,338	0.51%	1,118	0.06%	127	46.35%	101,079	218,204
Red Lake	30.13%	483	65.32%	1,047	1.87%	30	0.87%	14	1.50%	24	0.19%	3	0.06%	1	-35.21%	-564	1,603
Redwood	26.37%	1,698	71.13%	4,581	1.10%	71	0.67%	43	0.54%	35	0.16%	10	0.02%	1	-44.77%	-2,883	6,440
Renville	29.89%	1,883	66.55%	4,192	1.43%	90	1.11%	70	0.81%	51	0.14%	9	0.03%	2	-36.67%	-2,309	6,299
Rice	50.21%	14,252	46.44%	13,182	1.24%	353	0.94%	267	0.69%	195	0.45%	127	0.01%	3	3.77%	1,070	28,382
Rock	27.51%	1,139	69.49%	2,877	0.99%	41	0.97%	40	0.82%	34	0.17%	7	0.02%	1	-41.99%	-1,738	4,140
Roseau	23.61%	1,535	73.57%	4,783	1.08%	70	0.78%	51	J0.82%	53	0.14%	9	0.00%	0	-49.96%	-3,248	6,501
Scott	45.40%	30,870	51.90%	35,289	1.05%	716	0.71%	484	0.66%	446	0.18%	124	0.05%	31	-6.50%	-4,419	67,991
Sherburne	32.90%	13,697	63.70%	26,517	1.29%	537	1.06%	443	0.83%	345	0.18%	74	0.02%	8	-30.80%	-12,820	41,629
Sibley	28.80%	1,907	68.24%	4,519	1.10%	73	0.82%	54	0.77%	51	0.21%	14	0.03%	2	-39.46%	-2,612	6,622
St. Louis	57.66%	53,551	38.08%	35,372	1.74%	1,616	1.25%	1,159	0.83%'	769	0.36%	334	0.04%	39	19.58%	18,179	92,879
Stearns	36.88%	24,162	59.79%	39,171	1.17%	767	1.02%	665	0.83%	542	0.23%	151	0.04%	27	-22.92%	-15,009	65,512
Steele	39.28%	6,498	57.33%	9,485	1.26%	208	1.06%	176	0.80%	133	0.21%'	34	0.03%	5	-18.06%	-2,987	16,544
Stevens	36.93%	1,490	60.40%	2,437	0.89%	36	0.69%	28	0.69%	28	0.30%	12	0.05%	2	-23.48%	-947	4,035
Swift	35.42%	1,389	61.42%	2,409	1.15%	45	0.84%	33	0.71%	28	0.20%	8	0.13%	5	-26.04%	-1,020	3,922
Todd	24.39%	2,649	71.63%	7,780	1.48%	161	1.10%	120	1.08%	117	0.28%	30	0.02%	2	-47.25%	-5,131	10,861
Traverse	33.51%	519	62.49%	968	1.55%	24	1.10%	17	1.10%	17	0.13%	2	0.06%	1	-29.01%	-449	1,549
Wabasha	37.46%	4,020	59.32%	6,366	1.11%	119	0.89%	96	0.96%	103	0.24%	26	0.01%	1	-21.86%	-2,346	10,732
Wadena	25.25%	1,511	71.20%	4,260	1.39%	83	1.12%	67	0.87%	52	0.17%	10	0.00%	0	-45.95%	-2,749	5,983
Waseca	33.91%	2,843	62.16%	5,212	1.41%	118	1.12%	94	1.11%	93	0.25%	21	0.02%	2	-28.26%	-2,369	8,385
Washington	54.15%	70,814	43.18%	56,472	0.93%	1,212	0.78%	1,019	0.68%	889	0.19%	254	0.04%	54	10.97%	14,342	130,768
Watonwan	37.35%	1,445	60.09%	2,325	1.06%	41	0.90%	35	0.44%	17	0.10%	4	0.03%	1	-22.75%	-880	3,869
Wilkin	27.13%	704	68.71%	1,783	1.58%	41	0.89%	23	1.08%	28	0.39%	10	0.12%	3	-41.63%	-1,079	2,595
Winona	48.35%	9,889	48.47%	9,913	1.22%	250	0.86%	176	0.78%	159	0.30%	62	0.00%	1	-0.12%	-24	20,451
Wright	34.90%	23,116	61.88%	40,993	1.10%	729	1.01%	671	0.87%	579	0.17%	114	0.03%	21	-27.00%	-17,877	66,244
Yellow Medicine	29.77%	1,299	66.90%	2,919	1.33%	58	0.99%	43	0.87%	38	0.05%	2	0.05%	2	-37.15%	-1,620	4,363
Totals	52.25%	1,312,349	44.59%	1,119,941	1.17%	29,346	0.90%	22,599	0.72%	18,156	0.29%	7,241	0.04%	1,029	7.66%	192,408	2,511,690

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Anoka (Largest city: Blaine)
Beltrami (Largest city: Bemidji)
Freeborn (Largest city: Albert Lea)
Houston (Largest city: La Crescent)
Koochiching (Largest city: International Falls)
Mahnomen (Largest city: Mahnomen)
Mower (Largest city: Austin)
Norman (Largest city: Ada) (tied in 2018)

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[92] Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.

[Key-93] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[95] McCaskel with 1.2%, Patterson with 0.9%, and Prosser with 0.4%

[97] McCaskel (LMN) with 1.4%, Prosser (SW) with 1.0%, and Patterson (GLC) with 0.9%

[99] McCaskel (LMN) with 1.2%, Prosser (SW) with 1.2%, and Patterson (GLC) with 0.6%

[100] McCaskel with 1.4%, Patterson with 0.2%, and Prosser with 0.1%

[102] "The candidate from either one of the legalize marijuana parties (Legal Marijuana Now or Grassroots Legalize Cannabis)"

[KSTP-94] This poll was sponsored by KSTP-TV

[MinnPost-96] This poll was sponsored by MinnPost

[Jensen-98] This poll was sponsored by Jensen's campaign

[McTavish-101] This poll was sponsored by McTavish's campaign

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	416,973	96.54%
	Democratic (DFL)	Ole Savior	14,950	3.46%
Total votes			431,923	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Jensen	288,499	89.31%
	Republican	Joyce Lynne Lacey	21,308	6.60%
	Republican	Bob "Again" Carney Jr.	13,213	4.09%
Total votes			323,020	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Grassroots—LC	Steve Patterson	1,003	59.14%
	Grassroots—LC	Darrell Paulsen	693	40.86%
Total votes			1,696	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Legal Marijuana Now	James McCaskel	1,461	51.86%
	Legal Marijuana Now	Chris Wright	1,356	48.14%
Total votes			2,817	100.0%

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Republican	DFL
Key: P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn
				Scott Jensen	Tim Walz
1	August 3, 2022	Minnesota Farmfest	Blois Olson	P	P
2	October 18, 2022	KTTC/Gray Television	Caitlin Alexander, Jusitn Betti, Stacy Steinhagen, Dan Wolfe	P	P
3	October 23, 2022	KSTP/Hubbard Broadcasting	Lindsey Brown, Tom Hauser, Laura Lee, Peter Callaghan	P	A
4	October 28, 2022	Minnesota Public Radio^[59]	Mike Mulcahy	P	P
3	November 4, 2022	Twin Cities PBS - Almanac	Eric Eskola, Cathy Wurzer	P	A

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[60]	Likely D	March 4, 2022
Inside Elections^[61]	Lean D	November 3, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[62]	Likely D	October 12, 2022
Politico^[63]	Lean D	April 1, 2022
RCP^[64]	Tossup	June 10, 2022
Fox News^[65]	Lean D	May 12, 2022
538^[66]	Likely D	October 17, 2022
Elections Daily^[67]	Likely D	November 7, 2022

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Tim Walz (DFL)	Scott Jensen (R)	Other ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Margin
Real Clear Politics	Oct. 10 – Oct. 30, 2022	Nov. 1, 2022	48.0%	43.7%	8.3%	Walz +4.3
FiveThirtyEight	Sep. 24 – Oct. 30, 2022	Nov. 4, 2022	49.7%	40.9%	9.4%	Walz +8.8
Average			48.9%	42.3%	8.8%	Walz +6.6

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Scott Jensen (R)	Hugh McTavish (I-A)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Oct. 26 – 30, 2022	836 (LV)	± 3.9%	51%	43%	–	2%	4%
St. Cloud State University	Oct. 10 – 30, 2022	235 (A)	± 8%	56%	40%	–	4%	–
Trafalgar Group (R)	Oct. 17 – 19, 2022	1,091 (LV)	± 2.9%	45.8%	46.3%	1.4%	2.5%^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3.9%
Embold Research^{[upper-alpha 2]}	Oct. 10 – 14, 2022	1,585 (LV)	± 2.6%	47.0%	42.4%	1.3%	3.3%^{[lower-alpha 4]}	6.0%
SurveyUSA	Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, 2022	604 (LV)	± 4.4%	50%	40%	–	4%	7%
Cygnal (R)^{[upper-alpha 3]}	Sep. 24 – 26, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	47.6%	44.2%	0.4%	3.0%^{[lower-alpha 5]}	4.8%
Trafalgar Group (R)	Sep. 14, 2022	1,079 (LV)	± 2.9%	47.7%	45.0%	0.8%	1.7%^{[lower-alpha 6]}	4.9%
Mason-Dixon	Sep. 12 – 14, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	48.0%	41.0%	–	0.8%	10.3%
SurveyUSA	Aug. 30 – Sep. 4, 2022	562 (LV)	± 4.9%	51%	33%	–	4%	12%
Gravis Marketing (I-A)^{[upper-alpha 4]}	Aug. 17 – 19, 2022	510 (LV)	± 4.3%	53%	36%	6%	5%	–
Cygnal (R)^{[upper-alpha 3]}	Jul. 18 – 19, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.3%	49.8%	45.6%	–	–	4.7%
Change Research^{[upper-alpha 2]}	Jun. 3 – 8, 2022	1,551 (LV)	± 2.6%	41.8%	39.8%	2.7%	6.6%^{[lower-alpha 7]}	9.0%
SurveyUSA	May 5 – 10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	44%	39%	–	4%	13%
SurveyUSA	Jan. 25 – 30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	43%	40%	–	4%	13%
SurveyUSA	Dec. 2 – 6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	48%	36%	–	5%	11%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Michelle Benson (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	45%	37%	8%	10%
SurveyUSA	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	47%	35%	4%	14%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Margin of error	Tim Walz (DFL)	Paul Gazelka (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA	May 5–10, 2022	513 (LV)	± 4.9%	43%	36%	7%	15%
SurveyUSA	January 25–30, 2022	501 (LV)	± 5.7%	42%	37%	6%	15%
SurveyUSA	December 2–6, 2021	506 (LV)	± 5.1%	47%	34%	5%	14%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent) Peggy Flanagan (incumbent)	1,312,349	52.27%	-1.57%
	Republican	Scott Jensen Matt Birk	1,119,941	44.61%	+2.18%
	Legal Marijuana Now	James McCaskel David Sandbeck	29,346	1.17%	N/A
	Grassroots—LC	Steve Patterson Matt Huff	22,599	0.90%	-1.75%
	Independence	Hugh McTavish Mike Winter	18,156	0.72%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Gabrielle Prosser Kevin Dwire	7,241	0.29%	N/A
	Write-in		1,029	0.04%	±0.0%
Total votes			2,510,661	100.0%
Turnout			2,525,873	61.01%
Registered electors			4,140,218
	Democratic (DFL) hold

District	Walz	Jensen	Representative
1st	45%	52%	Brad Finstad
2nd	53%	45%	Angie Craig
3rd	59%	38%	Dean Phillips
4th	68%	29%	Betty McCollum
5th	81%	16%	Ilhan Omar
6th	40%	57%	Tom Emmer
7th	31%	65%	Michelle Fischbach
8th	44%	52%	Pete Stauber

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