Minnesota Secretary of State race is about more than just election oversight

The candidate Minnesota voters choose to oversee the state’s 2028 presidential election as Secretary of State will also gain (or retain) influence on two key issues driving voters to the polls this year: social services fraud and the state’s fraught relationship with the Trump administration.

Secretary of State Steve Simon, a DFLer, is seeking another four years on the job. His challengers include Republican Tad Jude, a former state legislator who won his party’s August primary.

Also running are Seth Kuhl-Stennes (Green Party), a representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers and Office of Professional Employees International labor unions, and Chip Tangen (Libertarian Party), who worked as a legislative staffer for the late Rep. Jim Ramstad (R) before leaving the Republican Party. Polling shows neither minor-party candidate gaining traction in the race....