State Representative District 26A
State House District 26A; 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 42,350 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 ÷ 42,350) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.69, 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
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Lifelong Winona area resident and former city council member, in his first term in the Minnesota House. He serves on the health, public safety and veterans committees and campaigns on the cost of state mandates for schools and businesses.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · declared
Winona County cattle farmer who spent six years as a live-in volunteer at Bethany House and helped lead the campaign that banned frac sand mining in the county. He co-chairs the Winona Economic Development Authority and campaigns on affordability.
Records: Environment and Public Health 1 against, Social Programs and Welfare 1 for
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.mn.gov2