Duluth: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (open; Smith not running: Flanagan DFL, Tafoya R, Whiting L, Simonetti I); U.S. Representative MN-8 (Stauber (I) R, Swanson DFL); Governor & Lt Governor (Klobuchar/Schierer DFL, Demuth/Wilson R, Young/Kirby Green); Secretary of State, State Auditor, Attorney General; Minnesota Senate SD-8 (McEwen (I) DFL, Law R) and House HD-8A (Johnson (I) DFL, Kehr II R) at City Hall; St. Louis County offices (Commissioner D1, Auditor/Treasurer, Sheriff, Attorney), Soil & Water, judges; Constitutional Amendment 1 and two ISD 709 referendum questions. No City of Duluth office is on the 2026 ballot..

Holding office16
the sitting council
On the ballot16
4 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Duluth is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Minnesota's 8th congressional district (City Hall, 411 W 1st St, and all 23 sampled points inside Duluth city) — Pete Stauber (Republican)

1

Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Roger Reinert ✉️ Elected Mayor Independent City of Duluth
2

City Councilor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Arik Forsman ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Duluth
David Clanaugh ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent District 4 City of Duluth
Diane Desotelle ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent District 2 City of Duluth
Janet Kennedy ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent District 5 City of Duluth
Jordon Johnson ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Duluth
Lynn Marie Nephew ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Duluth
Roz Randorf ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent District 3 City of Duluth
Terese Tomanek ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent At-Large City of Duluth
Wendy Durrwachter ✉️ Elected City Councilor Independent District 1 City of Duluth
3

Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Tim Walz Elected Governor Democratic Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
Amy Klobuchar Elected U.S. Senator → Winner 1,569,094 votes · 55.47% for Governor Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Lisa Demuth Governor Concede 1,205,788 votes · 42.63% Republican Minnesota Secretary of State
Steven Young Governor Concede 51,384 votes · 1.82% Green Minnesota Secretary of State
4

Lieutenant Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Ben Schierer Lieutenant Governor Winner 1,569,094 votes · 55.47% Democratic Minnesota Secretary of State
Jane Kirby Lieutenant Governor Concede 51,384 votes · 1.82% Green Minnesota Secretary of State
Ryan Wilson Lieutenant Governor Concede 1,205,788 votes · 42.63% Republican Minnesota Secretary of State
5

State Representative — HD-8A

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Pete Johnson ✉️ Elected State Representative → Winner 14,302 votes · 75.76% Democratic Minnesota House of Representatives
Allan Kehr II State Representative Concede 4,551 votes · 24.11% Republican Minnesota Secretary of State
6

State Senator — SD-8

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jennifer A. McEwen ✉️ Elected State Senator → Winner 31,668 votes · 76.03% Democratic Minnesota Senate
Darrick Law State Senator Concede 9,951 votes · 23.89% Republican Minnesota Secretary of State
7

U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Tina Smith Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Marisa Simonetti U.S. Senator Concede 41,549 votes · 1.47% Independent Minnesota Secretary of State
Michele Tafoya U.S. Senator Concede 1,232,677 votes · 43.55% Republican Minnesota Secretary of State
Peggy Flanagan U.S. Senator Winner 1,520,295 votes · 53.71% Democratic Minnesota Secretary of State
Rebecca Whiting U.S. Senator Concede 32,476 votes · 1.15% Libertarian Minnesota Secretary of State
8

U.S. Representative — MN-8

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Pete Stauber Elected U.S. Representative → Winner 190,744 votes · 53.07% Republican U.S. House of Representatives
Trina Swanson U.S. Representative Concede 168,350 votes · 46.84% Democratic Minnesota Secretary of State
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Candidates: Minnesota Secretary of State MyBallotMN sample-ballot data (myballotmn.sos.mn.gov; robots.txt 404). Street ranges for ZIP 55802 from /api/Streets/GetStreets; City Hall (411 W 1st St) falls in range 307891 (odd 303-513 W 1st St), whose /api/PollingPlaceData returns precinct DULUTH P-19, St. Louis County, CD 8, SD 8, HD 8A, County Commissioner 01, ISD 709 sub-district 3, election 8334 '11/03/2026 STATE GENERAL ELECTION'. Retrieved 2026-10-31. Write-ins skipped. Parties as printed (DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR stored as 'Democratic-Farmer-Labor', partyShort 'Democratic'). Governor/Lt Governor tickets recorded one row per person. Campaign websites as printed on the ballot data.
  • Recorded as people: U.S. Senate, MN-8, Governor/Lt Governor, SD-8, HD-8A. On the ballot but NOT recorded (brief scope): Secretary of State (Simon DFL, Kuhl-Stennes Green, Jude R, Tangen L), State Auditor (Reeves Forward Independence, Jensen R, Filipovich DFL), Attorney General (Ellison DFL, Schutz R), St. Louis County Commissioner District 1 (Annie Harala, Kris Eilers — nonpartisan), County Auditor/Treasurer (Nancy Nilsen), Sheriff (Gordon Scott Ramsay), County Attorney (Kimberly J. Maki), Soil & Water supervisors, appellate and 6th District judges.
  • Municipal: Mayor from https://duluthmn.gov/mayor/ ('took office as the 40th Mayor of the City of Duluth in January 2024'); nine City Councilors (four at-large, five districts — 'Each of the five council districts elects its own councilor. There are also four at large councilors') from each councilor's page under /city-council/city-councilors/, retrieved 2026-10-31, with official @duluthmn.gov emails and portraits as printed (linked). 'Term Expires' per page: January 3, 2028 (Nephew, Forsman, Durrwachter D1, Randorf D3, Kennedy D5) and January 7, 2030 (Johnson, Tomanek, Desotelle D2, Clanaugh D4). Non-partisan: party null. Nephew's page shows no portrait. Next City of Duluth municipal election: November 2027 (Mayor — elected 2023, four-year term — and the five seats expiring January 2028); inferred from those term dates, not read from a dated city election calendar. MyBallotMN at City Hall lists no city office for 2026.
  • Districts: Census geocoder (robots 404) at City Hall gave CD-8 (120th), SD-8, HD-8A. An 8x8 coordinate grid over 46.64-46.86 N, 92.30-91.99 W: 23 points inside 'Duluth city', all in CD-8; Senate 8 (21 points) and 3 (2); House 8A (11), 8B (10), 3B (2). So two Senate and three House districts cover the city; only City Hall's are recorded (8B is Liish Kozlowski, DFL; 3B Natalie Zeleznikar, R; SD-3 Grant Hauschild, DFL — per the House and Senate member lists, not recorded as rows). Coarse sample.
  • Sitting members: MN-8 from house.gov/representatives (robots allows; read 2026-10-31). Senators Klobuchar and Smith and Governor Walz carried from the us-minneapolis record (CC0 @unitedstates list and the Legislative Reference Library, read 2026-10-22), not re-read; Klobuchar is the DFL nominee for Governor (runningSource updated to the Duluth ballot). SD-8 from the Minnesota Senate member feed (www.senate.mn/api/members, which redirects to www.mnsenate.gov; robots.txt there 404). HD-8A from house.mn.gov/members/list (robots disallows /Fiscal2/ only). Official legislative emails kept; Capitol phone numbers and office addresses not copied.
  • No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read). Nothing was blocked for Duluth; www.sos.mn.gov (Radware CAPTCHA per earlier runs) and mn.gov were not requested.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.