2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Minnesota, one from each of its congressional districts. Primary elections were held in six districts on August 11. The elections coincided with the 2020 United States presidential election as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate 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 Democrat Collin Peterson. 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.

District 1
The 1st district stretches across southern Minnesota from its borders with South Dakota to Wisconsin, and includes the cities of Rochester, Mankato, Winona, Austin, Owatonna, Albert Lea, New Ulm, and Worthington. The incumbent was Republican Jim Hagedorn, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.1% of the vote in 2018.

Nominee

 * Jim Hagedorn, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Dan Feehan, U.S. Army veteran, former U.S. Department of Defense official, and nominee for Minnesota's 1st congressional district in 2018

Withdrawn

 * Ralph Kaehler, farmer

Nominee

 * Bill Rood

Polling

 * with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

District 2
The 2nd district is based in the south Twin Cities area. The incumbent was Democrat Angie Craig, who defeated incumbent Republican Jason Lewis with 52.7% of the vote in 2018.

After Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Charles Weeks died on September 21, 2020, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon announced that the votes in the November election would not be counted and that a special election would take place on February 9, 2021, due to an obscure state law which said that if a major-party candidate died within 79 days of an election, the election must be postponed. Craig challenged the law in court, arguing that Minnesota did not have the authority to delay a federal election; the judge agreed, ordering that the election be held on November 3 as originally planned. Although Republicans appealed the decision, it stood after the United States Supreme Court 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.

Nominee

 * Angie Craig, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Tyler Kistner, former Marine

Withdrawn

 * Regina Barr, former state representative
 * Erika Cashin, U.S. Air Force veteran
 * Edward Moritz
 * Rick Olson, former Michigan state representative
 * Phillip Parrish, U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer
 * Kerry Zeiler

Declined

 * John Howe, former state senator and nominee for Minnesota Secretary of State in 2018
 * Jason Lewis, former U.S. representative (running for U.S. Senate)
 * Eric Pratt, state senator (running for re-election to the MN Senate)
 * Doug Wardlow, former state representative and nominee for Minnesota Attorney General in 2018

Polling

 * Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

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 Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetonka, and Wayzata to the west. The incumbent was Democrat Dean Phillips, who defeated incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen with 55.6% of the vote in 2018.

Nominee

 * Dean Phillips, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Cole Young

Nominee

 * Kendall Qualls, businessman

Eliminated in primary

 * Leslie Davis

District 4
The 4th district encompasses the Saint Paul half of the Twin Cities metro area, including Ramsey County and parts of Washington County. The incumbent was Democrat Betty McCollum, who was reelected with 66.0% of the vote in 2018.

Nominee

 * Betty McCollum, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

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

Nominee

 * Gene Rechtzigel, farmer

Eliminated in primary

 * Sia Lo, former deputy city attorney

Nominee

 * Susan Sindt, LMN candidate for Minnesota's 4th congressional district in 2016 and 2018

District 5
The 5th district encompasses eastern Hennepin County, including all of Minneapolis and the cities of St. Louis Park, Richfield, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, New Hope, and Fridley. The incumbent was Democrat Ilhan Omar, who was elected with 78.0% of the vote in 2018.

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 progressivism.

Nominee

 * Ilhan Omar, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

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

Withdrawn

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

Nominee

 * Lacy Johnson, former IT consultant

Eliminated in primary

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

Nominee

 * Michael Moore

District 6
The 6th district encompasses the northern suburbs and exurbs of Minneapolis, including all of Benton, Sherburne, and Wright counties and parts of Anoka, Carver, Stearns, and Washington counties. The incumbent was Republican Tom Emmer, who was reelected with 61.1% of the vote in 2018.

Nominee

 * Tom Emmer, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Patrick Munro, candidate for Minnesota's 6th congressional district in 2016 and 2018

Nominee

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

District 7
The 7th district covers all but the southern end of rural western Minnesota, and includes the cities of Moorhead, Willmar, Alexandria, and Fergus Falls. The incumbent was Democrat Collin Peterson, who was reelected with 52.1% of the vote in 2018.

Nominee

 * Collin Peterson, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Stephen A. Emery, sales representative
 * Alycia Gruenhagen

Nominee

 * Michelle Fischbach, former lieutenant governor of Minnesota and former president of the Minnesota Senate

Eliminated in primary

 * Noel Collis, gastroenterologist
 * Dave Hughes, U.S. Air Force veteran and nominee for Minnesota's 7th congressional district in 2016 and 2018
 * William Louwagie, farmer
 * Jayesun Sherman, former teacher and former youth pastor

Withdrawn

 * Joel Novak, U.S. Army veteran

Declined

 * Jeff Backer, state representative
 * Scott Van Binsbergen, businessman

Nominee

 * Rae Hart Anderson, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018

Eliminated in primary

 * Kevin "NeNe" Shores

Nominee

 * Slater Johnson

Debates

 * Complete video of debate, October 5, 2020

District 8
The 8th district is based in the Iron Range and home to the city of Duluth. The incumbent was Republican Pete Stauber, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.7% of the vote in 2018.

Nominee

 * Pete Stauber, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Harry Robb Welty, former teacher

Nominee

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

Withdrawn

 * Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, software engineer
 * Soren Sorensen, activist and candidate for Minnesota's 8th congressional district in 2018
 * Gaylene Spolarich, former Palisade City Clerk

Declined

 * Michelle Lee, former news anchor and candidate for Minnesota's 8th congressional district in 2018
 * Leah Phifer, former federal counterterrorism analyst and candidate for Minnesota's 8th congressional district in 2018
 * Joe Radinovich, former state representative and nominee for Minnesota's 8th congressional district in 2018
 * Roger Reinert, former state senator and former state representative

Nominee

 * Judith Schwartzbacker, Grassroots nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 2018