Secretary of State
Source: electionresultsfiles.sos.mn.gov
What does this office do?
- Running elections and certifying results, in most states
- Handling voter registration and how you vote, in most states
- Keeping business filings and official state records
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties,
Candidates:
Libertarian
Chip Tangen is a business relationship manager at Enterprise Minnesota, a manufacturing consulting group, and a former legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad. He focuses on a nonpartisan elections office and on easing ballot access rules for independent and minor-party candidates.
Records: Civil Rights 3 for
Green
Seth Kuhl-Stennes is an operations specialist at the Land Stewardship Project and a former union shop steward at Eastside Food Co-op. He focuses on keeping paper ballots and same-day registration, making Election Day a paid holiday, and ending the legal line between major and minor parties.
Records: Data Privacy 1 for
Steve Simon
WonDemocratic-Farmer-Labor · Incumbent
Steve Simon is Minnesota's 22nd Secretary of State and has served since January 2015. He previously served ten years in the Minnesota House of Representatives, chaired the House Elections Committee, worked as a Minnesota assistant attorney general, and practiced law privately.
Records: Election Integrity 9 for, Data Privacy 8 for, Civil Rights 4 for,
Tad Jude
LostRepublican
Tad Jude is a former Minnesota district court judge, state senator, state representative, and Hennepin County commissioner. He served in the Legislature from 1973 through 1988 and on Minnesota's Tenth Judicial District court from 2011 through January 2022.
Records: Civil Rights 2 for, Anti-Corruption 1 for, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 1 for,
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.mn.gov