Election 2023

Election 2023

Minnesota voters are deciding the makeup of dozens of school board and municipal elections in 2023. Election Day is Nov. 7. Polls close at 8 p.m.

Minnesota school board election results
It’s an off-year for Minnesota school board races, with 29 districts holding regularly scheduled school board elections and 16 holding special elections to fill empty positions.
New voices emerge in Minnesota city, school board elections
Votes were still being counted late Tuesday but some history was already made with Nadia Mohamed’s election as mayor of St. Louis Park and Mayor Emily Larson’s loss in Duluth. In the state’s largest school district, two candidates endorsed by a conservative group won seats.
‘My voice matters’: Felons vote at polls for first time after voting rights restored
Tuesday marked the first time roughly 55,000 Minnesotans with a convicted felony were able to go to the polls after having their voting rights restored in June.
School board member Virnig wins DFL primary for Minnesota House seat
Bianca Virnig, a school board member for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district, won a four-way DFL primary for a Minnesota House seat. The general election is in December.
Jost's victory completes all-female, highly diverse St. Paul City Council
St. Paul officials confirmed civil engineer Saura Jost as the winner of the Ward 3 race, setting up the council to be the city’s youngest and most diverse council ever when it convenes in January.
St. Paul City Council on track to be all-female, most diverse in history
It’s likely to be the city’s youngest and most diverse council ever, and it could be the most politically progressive, with winning candidates focused on housing, racial equity and climate action, among other issues.
What a progressive majority city council could mean for Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis is a mostly DFL town, city politics in recent years have been divided between liberal Democrats and a more progressive alliance of Democrats and democratic socialists.
Minnesota voters backed school funding, union-endorsed candidates at the polls
Minnesota voters on Tuesday approved the majority of funding questions from school districts. Union-endorsed candidates took significant school board wins. Here’s a look at what happened.