Minnesota State Representative District 5A
State House District 5A; 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 43,963 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 ÷ 43,963) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.51, 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
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · declared
Cybersecurity engineer from Pequot Lakes who served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a communications specialist and has 20 years in emergency medical services and firefighting. He campaigns on green energy, data privacy, affordable housing and small family farms.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Business owner from the Lake Shore area with degrees in alcohol and drug studies and in social work from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is in her second term in the Minnesota House and serves on the education, health, human services and public safety committees.
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · leg.mn.gov