This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota was June 2, 2026.
This year has the highest number of candidates since 2014. Forty-one candidates — 22 Democrats and 19 Republicans — are running for Minnesota’s eight congressional districts. That’s 5.1 candidates per district. There were 3.6 candidates per district in 2024, four in 2022, 4.6 in 2020, 4.8 in 2018, 3.8 in 2016, and 2.4 in 2014.