CandidateDemocratic-Farmer-Labor

Matt Little

U.S. House District 2

2026 Minnesota U.S. House — District 2 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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2026 Minnesota U.S. House — District 2 — General Election on November 3, 2026
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U.S. House District 2 · Democratic-Farmer-Labor · Candidate
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Certified August 18, 2026 primary nominee: Matt Little

Votes: 41792; Percent: 47.23%

The Minnesota State Canvassing Board certified the August 11, 2026 State Primary results on August 18, 2026.

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Fighting for the Future

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I’m running to fight for my home. I’m fighting for every underdog who works hard but still can’t get ahead, and for families who can’t afford groceries, child care, health care, or assisted living. I grew up in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District (MN CD2) in my folks’ home in Lakeville, went to high school in Rosemount, and I now live in New Market Township. I understand what people in this area need.

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I’m running to fight for my home. I’m fighting for every underdog who works hard but still can’t get ahead, and for families who can’t afford groceries, child care, health care, or assisted living. I grew up in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District (MN CD2) in my folks’ home in Lakeville, went to high school in Rosemount, and I now live in New Market Township. I understand what people in this area need.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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But they have failed. We are not afraid. We will not give up. And if elected to Congress, I will not forget. If elected, I will fight for this Anti-ICE Bill of Rights:

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But they have failed. We are not afraid. We will not give up. And if elected to Congress, I will not forget. If elected, I will fight for this Anti-ICE Bill of Rights:

Increasing Affordability and Accessibility

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When my Mom was seriously sick, she spent years battling the health care system, so trust me, this fight is personal. America has the best medical care in the world – if you can afford it. But too many families are just one illness or accident from bankruptcy. Outrageous out-of-pocket emergency or critical care costs make it nearly impossible to save enough to cover a serious medical condition.

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When my Mom was seriously sick, she spent years battling the health care system, so trust me, this fight is personal. America has the best medical care in the world – if you can afford it. But too many families are just one illness or accident from bankruptcy. Outrageous out-of-pocket emergency or critical care costs make it nearly impossible to save enough to cover a serious medical condition.

Supporting Brave First Responders

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While I was Mayor of Lakeville, we worked hard to ensure first responders had the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to do their jobs effectively and safely. I fought to secure funding for new computer equipment and dedicated personnel to fight against the growing problem of online crime, a program that has led to numerous leads and arrests. At the MN Capitol, I fought to prioritize public safety by ensuring that our public safety departments have the support they need to succeed. That included preserving the pensions for police officers and firefighters, funding the Dakota County SMART center for best practices training, opposing cuts to police staff.

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While I was Mayor of Lakeville, we worked hard to ensure first responders had the technology, equipment, and personnel needed to do their jobs effectively and safely. I fought to secure funding for new computer equipment and dedicated personnel to fight against the growing problem of online crime, a program that has led to numerous leads and arrests. At the MN Capitol, I fought to prioritize public safety by ensuring that our public safety departments have the support they need to succeed. That included preserving the pensions for police officers and firefighters, funding the Dakota County SMART center for best practices training, opposing cuts to police staff.

Fighting for the Future

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I’m running for the underdogs, for families struggling to get ahead, and for my home district, where I was raised and now raise my family.

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I’m running for the underdogs, for families struggling to get ahead, and for my home district, where I was raised and now raise my family.

Candidate biography

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I’m a local guy, born and raised in Lakeville, Minnesota. I’ve lived in CD2 my whole life–I attended Parkview Elementary School (still a proud Panda!) and graduated from Rosemount High School (go Irish!). I then received my BA in Political Science at the University of Minnesota-Morris (Cougars!) and my law degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Ski-U-Mah!).

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I’m a local guy, born and raised in Lakeville, Minnesota. I’ve lived in CD2 my whole life–I attended Parkview Elementary School (still a proud Panda!) and graduated from Rosemount High School (go Irish!). I then received my BA in Political Science at the University of Minnesota-Morris (Cougars!) and my law degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Ski-U-Mah!).

Lakeville City Council

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After a year of teaching English abroad in Chile, I came home inspired to serve and was elected to the Lakeville City Council in 2010. On the Council, I served on various committees and boards, including the Public Safety Committee, the Downtown Lakeville Business Association, the Municipal Legislative Coalition, and the Economic Development Commission.

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After a year of teaching English abroad in Chile, I came home inspired to serve and was elected to the Lakeville City Council in 2010. On the Council, I served on various committees and boards, including the Public Safety Committee, the Downtown Lakeville Business Association, the Municipal Legislative Coalition, and the Economic Development Commission.

Mayor of Lakeville

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What was my proudest achievement as mayor? Obviously, bringing Chipotle to my hometown!

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What was my proudest achievement as mayor? Obviously, bringing Chipotle to my hometown!

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Fighting for the Future

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I’m running to fight for my home. I’m fighting for every underdog who works hard but still can’t get ahead, and for families who can’t afford groceries, child care, health care, or assisted living. I grew up in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District (MN CD2) in my folks’ home in Lakeville, went to high school in Rosemount, and I now live in New Market Township. I understand what people in this area need.

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I’m running to fight for my home. I’m fighting for every underdog who works hard but still can’t get ahead, and for families who can’t afford groceries, child care, health care, or assisted living. I grew up in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District (MN CD2) in my folks’ home in Lakeville, went to high school in Rosemount, and I now live in New Market Township. I understand what people in this area need.

Fighting for Fair Student Loans

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Fighting for Safe Neighborhoods

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Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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Big Tech is coming to Minnesota, and they want to drain our aquifers, gobble up our farmland, and hand the bill to taxpayers. Most AI corporations are fighting to remain completely unregulated, with no safeguards against the potential existential risks AI poses to our planet, our economy, and our democracy.

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Big Tech is coming to Minnesota, and they want to drain our aquifers, gobble up our farmland, and hand the bill to taxpayers. Most AI corporations are fighting to remain completely unregulated, with no safeguards against the potential existential risks AI poses to our planet, our economy, and our democracy.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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ICE agents in Minnesota are trying to scare and provoke us. They’re NOT actually here to investigate fraud, reduce crime, or even deport undocumented immigrants. If that were their real mission, they wouldn’t have sent the largest ICE force in history to a state with one of the lowest populations of undocumented immigrants, and they wouldn’t be roaming our neighborhoods like lawless street gangs. The one thing law enforcement must do is follow the law. Armed forces that don’t follow the law are nothing more than thugs.

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ICE agents in Minnesota are trying to scare and provoke us. They’re NOT actually here to investigate fraud, reduce crime, or even deport undocumented immigrants. If that were their real mission, they wouldn’t have sent the largest ICE force in history to a state with one of the lowest populations of undocumented immigrants, and they wouldn’t be roaming our neighborhoods like lawless street gangs. The one thing law enforcement must do is follow the law. Armed forces that don’t follow the law are nothing more than thugs.

The American Dream is for Everyone

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Our tax code should promote fairness and opportunity for working people, small businesses, and family farms. That includes things like the permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit and standing up to reckless tariff policy that hurts Minnesota farmers, construction workers, and tradespeople who make an honest living building houses and products we use every day. It means telling the richest Americans that they don’t get to live by a different set of rules than the rest of us.

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Our tax code should promote fairness and opportunity for working people, small businesses, and family farms. That includes things like the permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit and standing up to reckless tariff policy that hurts Minnesota farmers, construction workers, and tradespeople who make an honest living building houses and products we use every day. It means telling the richest Americans that they don’t get to live by a different set of rules than the rest of us.

Increasing Affordability and Accessibility

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In the State Senate, I led the fight for affordable insulin and improved prescription drug coverage. The federal government has the power to fix this; it provides health services and has massive purchasing power. But big insurance and pharmaceutical companies are standing in the way, protecting their profits. Medicare only began negotiating drug prices in 2025, but the current list of drugs is too limited. We should expand Medicare and Medicaid’s ability to negotiate for lower prices on most prescription medicines. That would not only lower costs for patients, but it would save billions in taxpayer dollars.

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In the State Senate, I led the fight for affordable insulin and improved prescription drug coverage. The federal government has the power to fix this; it provides health services and has massive purchasing power. But big insurance and pharmaceutical companies are standing in the way, protecting their profits. Medicare only began negotiating drug prices in 2025, but the current list of drugs is too limited. We should expand Medicare and Medicaid’s ability to negotiate for lower prices on most prescription medicines. That would not only lower costs for patients, but it would save billions in taxpayer dollars.

Fighting for the Future

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Sure, I’m in favor of cutting red tape and eliminating wasteful spending, but this administration has made incoherent, overnight cuts to life-saving programs either accidentally or deliberately, and then refused to fix their own mistakes. If you’re going to cut medical treatments and food supplies for kids who need them to live, at least have the guts to look those kids in the eyes. Cruelty isn’t kindness. It isn’t Christian. It isn’t policy. And it sure as hell isn’t American.

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Sure, I’m in favor of cutting red tape and eliminating wasteful spending, but this administration has made incoherent, overnight cuts to life-saving programs either accidentally or deliberately, and then refused to fix their own mistakes. If you’re going to cut medical treatments and food supplies for kids who need them to live, at least have the guts to look those kids in the eyes. Cruelty isn’t kindness. It isn’t Christian. It isn’t policy. And it sure as hell isn’t American.

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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Meanwhile, one hyperscale facility could increase Minnesota’s electricity demand by 4% – the equivalent of adding 285,000 homes. Data centers threaten to drive up energy bills for working families and businesses.

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Meanwhile, one hyperscale facility could increase Minnesota’s electricity demand by 4% – the equivalent of adding 285,000 homes. Data centers threaten to drive up energy bills for working families and businesses.

Increasing Affordability and Accessibility

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Medicare for All: We CAN guarantee affordable healthcare for everyone by simply making Medicare available for all Americans. Beware of people pushing for more incremental patchwork fixes- that has failed for over fifty years. Medicare for All will lower the cost of both Medicare and private insurance by lowering the average age and utilizing a cost-neutral system that already exists. Despite what so many people want you to think, this problem can be solved if we just have the will to fight for affordable health care for everyone.

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Medicare for All: We CAN guarantee affordable healthcare for everyone by simply making Medicare available for all Americans. Beware of people pushing for more incremental patchwork fixes- that has failed for over fifty years. Medicare for All will lower the cost of both Medicare and private insurance by lowering the average age and utilizing a cost-neutral system that already exists. Despite what so many people want you to think, this problem can be solved if we just have the will to fight for affordable health care for everyone.

Fighting for the Future

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I’m running for Democracy; standing up for all the rebels, mavericks, and misfits. People who believe that Democracy and the rule of law are what separates America from tin-pot dictatorships, and the worst devils of our natures. Lying to judges, arresting people without due process, and disregarding legitimate court orders are all examples of how democracies die, but now they are happening here, in America.

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I’m running for Democracy; standing up for all the rebels, mavericks, and misfits. People who believe that Democracy and the rule of law are what separates America from tin-pot dictatorships, and the worst devils of our natures. Lying to judges, arresting people without due process, and disregarding legitimate court orders are all examples of how democracies die, but now they are happening here, in America.

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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I’ll ensure that if data centers want to operate in Minnesota, they pay their full costs. No taxpayer dollars should go to the world’s richest corporations. No draining our aquifers. Transparent, public decision-making – not secret NDA deals. And if we’re going to build them, they must be powered by clean energy and meet our environmental standards.

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I’ll ensure that if data centers want to operate in Minnesota, they pay their full costs. No taxpayer dollars should go to the world’s richest corporations. No draining our aquifers. Transparent, public decision-making – not secret NDA deals. And if we’re going to build them, they must be powered by clean energy and meet our environmental standards.

Fighting for the Future

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I’m fighting for the healthcare my Mom needs, the retirement my Dad needs, and the future my daughter deserves. I’m running because if we don’t win back Congress, there will be nothing left of our country for her to inherit.

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I’m fighting for the healthcare my Mom needs, the retirement my Dad needs, and the future my daughter deserves. I’m running because if we don’t win back Congress, there will be nothing left of our country for her to inherit.

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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That’s why I’ll fight for a national data center NDA ban, moratoriums on building data centers to let local and state governments assess the real costs without being rolled by mega-corporations bullying them, and serious environmental protections that safeguard our neighborhoods and peaceful communities.

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That’s why I’ll fight for a national data center NDA ban, moratoriums on building data centers to let local and state governments assess the real costs without being rolled by mega-corporations bullying them, and serious environmental protections that safeguard our neighborhoods and peaceful communities.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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Ban federal agents from wearing masks in the course of their duties

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Ban federal agents from wearing masks in the course of their duties

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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And for the AI images and content these data centers produce? I’ll require companies to build guardrails, and I’ll fight to create public-interest safety oversight agencies for these groups and to establish legal causes of action to hold corporations accountable.

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And for the AI images and content these data centers produce? I’ll require companies to build guardrails, and I’ll fight to create public-interest safety oversight agencies for these groups and to establish legal causes of action to hold corporations accountable.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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Require federal agents to identify themselves, their agency, their mission, and charges when detaining or arresting someone.

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Require federal agents to identify themselves, their agency, their mission, and charges when detaining or arresting someone.

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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The ability to create highly realistic images and sound, combined with the ability to transmit them to millions instantly, poses risks to our democracy and to all free societies worldwide. Only governments have the resources and power needed to hold in check a potential tide wave of lies, deepfakes, identity theft, and disinformation that threaten our nation.

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The ability to create highly realistic images and sound, combined with the ability to transmit them to millions instantly, poses risks to our democracy and to all free societies worldwide. Only governments have the resources and power needed to hold in check a potential tide wave of lies, deepfakes, identity theft, and disinformation that threaten our nation.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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Ban federal agents from detaining or arresting people without probable cause or a judicial warrant

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Ban federal agents from detaining or arresting people without probable cause or a judicial warrant

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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AI technology holds the promise of accelerating many beneficial discoveries in fields as far-ranging as medicine, engineering, and urban planning. But none of that promise can be realized without government safeguards and public input. Many of these mega-corporations possess more money and power than many entire nations. Left on their own, they have proven inconsistent in self-regulation at best, disastrously reckless at worst. A consistent, public-first set of guardrails is a vital prerequisite for making AI safe enough to actually serve the public good rather than only AI’s billionaire (or trillionaire!) shareholders.

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AI technology holds the promise of accelerating many beneficial discoveries in fields as far-ranging as medicine, engineering, and urban planning. But none of that promise can be realized without government safeguards and public input. Many of these mega-corporations possess more money and power than many entire nations. Left on their own, they have proven inconsistent in self-regulation at best, disastrously reckless at worst. A consistent, public-first set of guardrails is a vital prerequisite for making AI safe enough to actually serve the public good rather than only AI’s billionaire (or trillionaire!) shareholders.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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Restrict qualified immunity for federal agents by amending section 1983 of the civil rights act to explicitly include all federal agents, and codify and extend the Supreme Court’s Biven standard to include law enforcement actions.

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Restrict qualified immunity for federal agents by amending section 1983 of the civil rights act to explicitly include all federal agents, and codify and extend the Supreme Court’s Biven standard to include law enforcement actions.

Fighting to Regulate AI and Data Centers

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By creating legal guardrails and oversight, we put AI where it belongs: back in the hands of public accountability, not in the hands of malicious actors and corporate bosses seeking to mint more billions for themselves.

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By creating legal guardrails and oversight, we put AI where it belongs: back in the hands of public accountability, not in the hands of malicious actors and corporate bosses seeking to mint more billions for themselves.

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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Require federal agencies to notify families and attorneys of the locations where their relatives are being detained and what charges they face

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Require federal agencies to notify families and attorneys of the locations where their relatives are being detained and what charges they face

Fighting to Get ICE OUT of Minnesota Now

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Protect First Amendment rights by changing federal agent guidelines on the use of force guidelines to narrowly define what counts as impending or obstructing federal agents to

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Protect First Amendment rights by changing federal agent guidelines on the use of force guidelines to narrowly define what counts as impending or obstructing federal agents to

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