State Representative District 1B
State House District 1B; 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 42,078 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 ÷ 42,078) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.72, 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
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · declared
Family resource coordinator at the East Grand Forks Family Resource Center and a certified peer recovery specialist. She serves on a local corrections advisory board and campaigns on closing gaps in rural health and human services.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Optometrist of 39 years in East Grand Forks and Crookston, in his first term in the Minnesota House. Former mayor of East Grand Forks and city council member at large, he sits on the Agriculture, Education Finance and Human Services committees.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.mn.gov · electionresults.sos.mn.gov