Minnesota State Representative District 8B
State House District 8B; Minnesota
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 72 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 44,429 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,739,445 ÷ 44,429) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.46, measured against a statewide vote in MN (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · Incumbent · declared
Community relations officer born and raised in Duluth, with an MBA from the College of St. Scholastica, in a second term in the Minnesota House. Co-vice chair of the Housing Finance and Policy Committee, campaigning on guaranteed healthcare, housing and thriving wages.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Republican · declared
Duluth software consultant of more than 25 years with bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from the University of Minnesota Duluth. He campaigns on the cost of living, careful spending of tax money, safe neighbourhoods and stronger schools.
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.state.mn.us · sos.mn.gov