In the early morning after Election Day, a sprinkling of people stopped by Alex Pretti’s memorial with an intention—to place their “I Voted” sticker somewhere on the memorial. By late morning, the number had grown.
Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents on Jan. 24, 2026 during Operation Metro Surge.
One by one, people continued to place their “I Voted” stickers on the memorial at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
“All day long, it was just a line of people,” memorial caretaker Jeff Wendelberger said about the previous day’s crowd. “They had a mission.”
"I Voted" stickers are adorned to a light post within Alex Pretti's memorial at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue (Photo by Melody Hoffmann)
Across the street at Glam Doll Donuts, the workers stayed busy as people streamed in for “celebration donuts” after Democrats regained a trifecta with the Minnesota Legislature and the State’s first woman governor Amy Klobuchar. Peggy Flanagan’s win makes her the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
Southwest Minneapolis had a hyper-local race in its at-large school board race. Results for that race and others follow below.
Christin Crabtree and Collin Beachy will serve as at-large Minneapolis Public School school board members starting in January 2027. Crabtree received 36.9% of the votes, Beachy received 30.5%. Stephanie Johnson and Michael Baskins also ran for the two seats but lost with 19.7% and 12.2% of the vote respectively.
Collin Beachy and Christin Crabtree
In the closest local race, Cedrick Frazier won the Hennepin County attorney seat with 50.55% of the vote. Andres Folk received 48.92% of the vote–a difference of 8,300 votes.
Ilhan Omar was reelected to her District 5 U.S. House seat with 76.5% of the vote. Her opponent, John Nagel, received 16% of the vote.
Incumbent District 3 Hennepin County Commissioner Marion Greene won reelection, receiving 73% of the vote. Her opponent, Abdihakim Arabow Ibrahim, received 26% of the vote.
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt won reelection with 67% of the vote. Her opponent, Joseph Banks, received 33% of the vote.
Amy Klobuchar won the Minnesota governor seat with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Lisa Demuth who received 42.6% of the vote–a difference of about 363,300 votes.
Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota U.S. Senate seat with 53.7% of the vote. Her opponent, Michele Tafoya received 43.5% of the vote–a difference of about 287,600 votes.
Steve Simon speaks to students during “Youth Day at the Capitol” on March 3, 2026.
Steve Simon won reelection in the Secretary of State race with 54.7% of the vote. His opponent, Tad Jude, received 41.2% of the vote.
Keith Ellison won election as the State’s attorney general with 54% of the vote. His opponent, Ronald J. Schutz, received 45.5% of the vote.
Based on voter numbers available this morning about 2.8 million people cast a ballot in the 2026 midterm election. The State reports that 4.4 million people are eligible to vote–putting the voter turn out at 64% (this number may change with more data from the Secretary of State)
During the 2022 midterm election, 61% of eligible voters, about 2.5 million people, turned out to vote.
Minnesota did not beat the 2024 voter turn out which was 76%, about 3.3 million people.
The Secretary of State Office uses the governor race to determine voter turnout.
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