When is Election Day?

The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting and mail-ballot calendars differ by state.

Is this the official candidate list for this governor’s race?

No. Map the Midterms is not an election office. Qualified names are published by the Minnesota Secretary of State and on the official sample ballot for an address.

Are the poll numbers a forecast?

No. Tables show individual published surveys with the pollster, dates, sample, and a link. They are not a prediction and not an average unless a cited aggregator says so.

Does this page call a winner?

No. Map the Midterms does not call races and does not show vote totals on this page. Any later returns are unofficial until the election authority certifies the contest.

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Governor

Minnesota Governor — 2026

Minnesota elects a governor and lieutenant governor on November 3, 2026. The Secretary of State candidate file for that election lists three joint tickets under Governor & Lt Governor. This page does not show vote totals and does not call the race.

What this office is

A governor is the state’s chief executive. Typical duties include proposing a budget, signing or vetoing bills, appointing some officials, and commanding the state National Guard under state and federal law. Term length and term limits are set by each state’s constitution. Lieutenant-governor pairing, if any, follows that state’s ballot design. The candidate file prints each ticket as one Governor & Lt Governor row.

Why it matters in 2026

The Secretary of State’s “What’s on my ballot” page lists Governor & Lt. Governor on the 2026 general-election ballot for all voters. Names below are the joint tickets in the November 3, 2026 candidate file. Minnesota election authorities certify the contest. This site does not.

Each name is the full Governor & Lt Governor string in the candidate file, in that file’s order. Party words are the words printed for those same rows on a Minnesota Voting Information Portal sample ballot. A write-in line on that sample ballot is not listed here as a named ticket. The file order is not a ranking.

Candidates

Names below are the candidates on the official general-election list cited on this page, in that list’s order. Party labels are the labels on that list. This is not an endorsement, not a vote total, and not a call of the race.

Steven Young and Jane Kirby

Green

The November 3, 2026 candidate file lists “Steven Young and Jane Kirby” for Governor & Lt Governor with party code GP. The Voting Information Portal sample ballot prints that party as Green.

Published polls

No public polls listed yet

This page does not list an individual, dated survey it can cite for this race. An empty table is not a forecast. Aggregator pages linked below publish live surveys.

Questions readers ask

When is Election Day?: The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting and mail-ballot calendars differ by state.
Is this the official candidate list for this governor’s race?: No. Map the Midterms is not an election office. Qualified names are published by the Minnesota Secretary of State and on the official sample ballot for an address.
Are the poll numbers a forecast?: No. Tables show individual published surveys with the pollster, dates, sample, and a link. They are not a prediction and not an average unless a cited aggregator says so.
Does this page call a winner?: No. Map the Midterms does not call races and does not show vote totals on this page. Any later returns are unofficial until the election authority certifies the contest.

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