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Minnesota State Representative District 6A

State House District 6A; 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 43,482 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 ÷ 43,482) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.56, 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

Pastor from the Brainerd lakes area, in his second term in the Minnesota House. He is co-vice chair of the State Government Finance and Policy Committee and also serves on the Veterans and Military Affairs Division and the elections committee.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor · declared

Grand Rapids security officer for Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital and the city police department, and a police reserve member. He has worked in the public sector for more than three decades as an emergency medical technician, firefighter and state fire instructor.

Sources: sos.mn.gov · candidates.sos.mn.gov