Elections: 1860-present. Minnesota voted in its first presidential election two years after statehood. The state has had four iterations of presidential primaries: 1916 (repealed in 1917), 1952-1956 (repealed in 1959), 1992 (suspended in 1996, repealed in 1999), and 2020-present.
Most recent elections
Date
Office
Stage
Winners
Details
11/05/2024
President / Vice President
General
Kamala Harris (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 1,656,979 votes (50.91%) and a winning margin of +4.24
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Kamala Harris
with Tim Walz
Woman
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,656,979
50.91
Donald J. Trump
with James (J.D.) Vance
Man
Republican
1,519,032
46.67
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
with Nicole Shanahan
Man
We The People
24,001
0.74
Jill Stein
with Samson Kpadenou
Woman
Green
16,275
0.50
Chase Oliver
with Mike ter Maat
Man
Libertarian
15,155
0.47
Scattering
Write-In
13,004
0.40
Cornel West
with Melina Abdullah
Man
Justice For All
3,136
0.10
Claudia De la Cruz
with Karina Garcia
Woman
Socialism and Liberation
2,996
0.09
Shiva Ayyadurai
with Crystal Ellis
Man
Independent
2,885
0.09
Peter Sonski
with Lauren Onak
Man
Write-In
882
0.03
Rachele Fruit
with Dennis Richter
Woman
Socialist Workers
457
0.01
Shondra Irving
with Ron DeSantis
Woman
Write-In
58
0.00
Kathleen Richardson
with Bernie Sanders
Woman
Write-In
22
0.00
Chris Garrity
with Cody Ballard
Man
Write-In
3
0.00
Dennis Schuller
with Rudy Reyes
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Brian L. Kienitz
with Christina Johnston
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
President R. Boddie
with Eric Stoneham
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Joseph Kishore
with Jerry White
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Doug Jenkins
with Kimberly Lalonde
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz each received Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes.
With this win by Harris, Minnesota extended its record for the most consecutive presidential victories by Democratic nominees outside of the South at 13 in a row. Minnesota is now tied for the 8th longest Democratic presidential election streak in U.S. history.
Joseph Biden (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) won with 1,717,049 votes (52.40%) and a winning margin of +7.11
Candidate
Gender
Party
Votes
Percent
Joseph Biden
with Kamala Harris
Man
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
1,717,049
52.40
Donald J. Trump
Incumbentwith Mike Pence
Man
Republican
1,484,048
45.29
Jo Jorgensen
with Jeremy (Spike) Cohen
Woman
Libertarian
34,976
1.07
Howie Hawkins
with Angela Walker
Man
Green
10,034
0.31
Scattering
Write-In
8,715
0.27
Kanye West
with Michelle Tidball
Man
Independent
7,939
0.24
Brock Pierce
with Karla Ballard
Man
Independent
5,651
0.17
Roque (Rocky) De La Fuente
with Darcy Richardson
Man
Independence-Alliance
5,611
0.17
Gloria La Riva
with Leonard Peltier
Woman
Socialism and Liberation
1,210
0.04
Brian Carroll
with Amar Patel
Man
Write-In
1,037
0.03
Alyson Kennedy
with Malcolm Jarrett
Woman
Socialist Workers
643
0.02
Mark Charles
with Adrian Wallace
Man
Write-In
112
0.00
Don Blankenship
with William Alan Mohr
Man
Write-In
75
0.00
Thomas Hoefling
with Andy Prior
Man
Write-In
12
0.00
Jason Stanek
with Taylor Motari
Man
Write-In
2
0.00
Michael Laboch
with Raechelle Pope
Man
Write-In
2
0.00
Frederick Michael Carl Frederickson
with Todd William Larson
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Ryan J. Gilmer
with Brent S. Duncan
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Dario Hunter
with Dawn Neptune Adams
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Shawn Howard
with Alyssa Howard
Man
Write-In
1
0.00
Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris each received Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes.
With this win by Biden, Minnesota extended its record for the most consecutive presidential victories by Democratic nominees outside of the South at 12 in a row.