Secretary of State
My vote power
Average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
The Secretary of State general election in Minnesota is on November 3, 2026. 4 candidates are running: George "Chip" Tangen (Libertarian), Seth Kuhl-Stennes (Green), Steve Simon (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), and Tad Jude (Republican). Steve Simon is the incumbent. One vote here carries average weight compared with other races.
How do we calculate my vote power?
What determines the vote power 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 whether more candidates are running than there are seats.
Representation: Average · 50 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 5,739,445 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 ÷ 5,739,445) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, 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.
Average representation → My vote power: Average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
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, Election Integrity,
Who is running?
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
Democratic-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 6 for,
Republican
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 3 for, Election Integrity 1 for, 1 against, Anti-Corruption 1 for
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.mn.gov
Last updated September 24, 2026.