Ascent

On the ballot

3 candidates

Lisa DemuthRepublican
Amy KlobucharDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Steven YoungGreen

Ran in the primaries

12 candidates

The primaries took them off the ballot. Voters who choose to can still rate them on their mountain, to see how approval would have treated them.

Loner BlueOff the ballot; ran in the Republican primary
Raul J EstradaOff the ballot; ran in the Republican primary
Thomas EvenstadOff the ballot; ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
Bill E GatesOff the ballot; ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
John KrhinOff the ballot; ran in the Republican primary
Kobey J LayneOff the ballot; ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
Mike LindellOff the ballot; ran in the Republican primary
Ross NovaOff the ballot; ran in the Republican primary
Kendall QuallsOff the ballot; ran in the Republican primary
Ole SaviorOff the ballot; ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
Po VangOff the ballot; ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary
Mohammad WazwazOff the ballot; ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary

The office

Office: Governor of Minnesota
Position: Governor
Where: Minnesota

The election

Election: Minnesota General Election 2026
Date: Nov 3, 2026 · in 2 days
Kind: General

12 other races on this ballot

Source

Minnesota elects the Governor and Lieutenant Governor jointly: candidates file as a ticket, and both the Aug 11 primary and the Nov 3 general ballot list them together, with one vote for both (Minn. Const. art. V sec. 1; Minn. Stat. 204D.10). The Secretary of State results files list each ticket as one candidate under 'Governor & Lt Governor'. Ascent has no ticket record, so the two offices keep separate races and candidacies, paired by ticket. Vote for: 1. Candidates per the Minnesota Secretary of State 2026 State General Election candidate file (https://electionresultsfiles.sos.mn.gov/20261103/cand.txt; office title 'Governor & Lt Governor').