State Representative District 7B
State House District 7B; 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 42,376 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 ÷ 42,376) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.68, 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
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Iron miner, welder and 28-year union steelworker who also serves as a Clinton Township supervisor and is a former RAMS board member. He is in his first term in the Minnesota House, on the environment, public safety and taxes committees.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · declared
Fifth-generation Iron Ranger and hourly labourer at Nelson Williams Linings who is a member of United Steelworkers Local 6860 and sits on the Iron Range Labor Assembly board. He campaigns on affordability, healthcare access and more job options on the Range.
Sources: candidates.sos.mn.gov · sos.mn.gov2