State Representative District 16B
State House District 16B; 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 42,938 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 ÷ 42,938) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.62, measured against a statewide vote in MN (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, 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
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Willmar small-business owner who studied sales and management at the St. Cloud Area Vocational Institute. First elected in 2014 and now in his sixth term, he co-chairs the Workforce, Labor and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · declared
Willmar small-business owner who grew up on a family farm near Raymond and holds a degree from the University of Minnesota Morris. She has worked in direct care at the Willmar State Hospital and as a long-term care administrator.
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.mn.gov