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2026 Minnesota U.S. Senate — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Certified August 18, 2026 primary nominee: Michele Tafoya
Votes: 211813; Percent: 52.07%
The Minnesota State Canvassing Board certified the August 11, 2026 State Primary results on August 18, 2026.
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FEC committee ID: C00935528
FEC committee name: TAFOYA FOR SENATE
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Published website: https://micheletafoya.com/
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The status quo politicians let criminals steal billions of dollars of Minnesota taxpayers’ hard-earned money. They let fraudsters rob us blind rather than ask basic questions that might have seemed politically incorrect. We need to clean up our state and lead the way toward a nationwide anti-fraud agenda.
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The status quo politicians let criminals steal billions of dollars of Minnesota taxpayers’ hard-earned money. They let fraudsters rob us blind rather than ask basic questions that might have seemed politically incorrect. We need to clean up our state and lead the way toward a nationwide anti-fraud agenda.
Stand with law enforcement. As our Senator, Michele will push for more funding, top-quality equipment and training for the men and women who put their own safety at risk to protect us all, and fight against efforts to remove the legal protections they need to do their job.
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Stand with law enforcement. As our Senator, Michele will push for more funding, top-quality equipment and training for the men and women who put their own safety at risk to protect us all, and fight against efforts to remove the legal protections they need to do their job.
We need outsiders who will make Congress spend less, borrow less and tax less — and invest in American workers instead of selling them out.
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We need outsiders who will make Congress spend less, borrow less and tax less — and invest in American workers instead of selling them out.
Above all, Minnesota has a crisis of leadership. Some of the career politicians who run and represent our state are crazy, some are cowards and some are both. We need an outsider with a backbone who will never take orders from special interests or deny the truth to avoid making waves.
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Above all, Minnesota has a crisis of leadership. Some of the career politicians who run and represent our state are crazy, some are cowards and some are both. We need an outsider with a backbone who will never take orders from special interests or deny the truth to avoid making waves.
3500 Vicksburg Ln N, Ste 267, Plymouth, MN 55447 [email protected]
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3500 Vicksburg Ln N, Ste 267, Plymouth, MN 55447 [email protected]
Minnesotans deserve better than chaos and corruption. Minnesota and the country need leaders who will restore accountability, rebuild public trust, and get results.
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Minnesotans deserve better than chaos and corruption. Minnesota and the country need leaders who will restore accountability, rebuild public trust, and get results.
Whether it’s knocking on doors, making calls, or hosting events, your energy will fuel our victory.
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Whether it’s knocking on doors, making calls, or hosting events, your energy will fuel our victory.
Any immigrant who is a guest in our country and gets convicted of fraud must be deported. As our Senator, Michele will cosponsor and lead the Deporting Fraudsters Act with Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and John Cornyn.
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Any immigrant who is a guest in our country and gets convicted of fraud must be deported. As our Senator, Michele will cosponsor and lead the Deporting Fraudsters Act with Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and John Cornyn.
Restore Minnesota’s commonsense, tough-on-crime voice in Congress. For most Minnesotans, public safety isn’t partisan. But Tina Smith has the fifth most extreme liberal voting record in the Senate. She voted against the bipartisan Laken Riley Act and tried to block the detention of illegal immigrants who have admitted to committing crimes. As our Senator, Michele will fight for what Minnesotans want: tougher penalties, safer neighborhoods and the rights of victims and innocent families to live in peace.
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Restore Minnesota’s commonsense, tough-on-crime voice in Congress. For most Minnesotans, public safety isn’t partisan. But Tina Smith has the fifth most extreme liberal voting record in the Senate. She voted against the bipartisan Laken Riley Act and tried to block the detention of illegal immigrants who have admitted to committing crimes. As our Senator, Michele will fight for what Minnesotans want: tougher penalties, safer neighborhoods and the rights of victims and innocent families to live in peace.
Protect working families’ tax cuts. The far left wants to repeal the Working Family Tax Cuts that just put thousands of dollars back in Minnesotans’ pockets. As our Senator, Michele will oppose any tax increase on the middle class and stand up for us, not the IRS.
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Protect working families’ tax cuts. The far left wants to repeal the Working Family Tax Cuts that just put thousands of dollars back in Minnesotans’ pockets. As our Senator, Michele will oppose any tax increase on the middle class and stand up for us, not the IRS.
Get men out of women’s sports. The radical social experiments on our daughters have to stop. As our Senator, Michele will protect Minnesota kids from insane ideologies and keep men out of women’s sports and locker rooms.
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Get men out of women’s sports. The radical social experiments on our daughters have to stop. As our Senator, Michele will protect Minnesota kids from insane ideologies and keep men out of women’s sports and locker rooms.
Stop treating fraud as a second-class crime. As our Senator, Michele will fight for tough new mandatory minimum sentences that put fraudsters in federal prison and keep them there.
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Stop treating fraud as a second-class crime. As our Senator, Michele will fight for tough new mandatory minimum sentences that put fraudsters in federal prison and keep them there.
Enforce our laws, deport criminal illegal aliens and let federal, state and local law enforcement work together. Democratic mayors, Governors and Attorneys General do not have veto power over federal law. The American people overwhelmingly agree with President Trump that our border should be secure, our laws should be enforced and criminal illegal immigrants should be deported. As our Senator, Michele will fight tooth and nail against the far left’s campaign to abolish ICE and reopen America’s borders.
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Enforce our laws, deport criminal illegal aliens and let federal, state and local law enforcement work together. Democratic mayors, Governors and Attorneys General do not have veto power over federal law. The American people overwhelmingly agree with President Trump that our border should be secure, our laws should be enforced and criminal illegal immigrants should be deported. As our Senator, Michele will fight tooth and nail against the far left’s campaign to abolish ICE and reopen America’s borders.
Real solutions for healthcare. Healthcare inflation is hammering Minnesotans and the career politicians have done nothing. For decades, we had one party establishment trying to hand our healthcare decisions to faceless government bureaucrats that would leave us waiting longer for worse care, and another party establishment that let faceless corporate bureaucrats deny claims and overcharge patients for insurance premiums, procedures and prescription drugs. As our Senator, Michele will fight ALL the bureaucrats, middlemen and price-gougers, cut prescription drug costs and keep power in the hands of patients.
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Real solutions for healthcare. Healthcare inflation is hammering Minnesotans and the career politicians have done nothing. For decades, we had one party establishment trying to hand our healthcare decisions to faceless government bureaucrats that would leave us waiting longer for worse care, and another party establishment that let faceless corporate bureaucrats deny claims and overcharge patients for insurance premiums, procedures and prescription drugs. As our Senator, Michele will fight ALL the bureaucrats, middlemen and price-gougers, cut prescription drug costs and keep power in the hands of patients.
Stronger schools and parents’ rights. Minnesota’s schools used to be a crown jewel. Now they’ve become a jobs program for grownups while students’ test scores have fallen. As our Senator, Michele will fight for education reform that restores parents’ say, increases transparency and accountability and reverses the decline in test scores.
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Stronger schools and parents’ rights. Minnesota’s schools used to be a crown jewel. Now they’ve become a jobs program for grownups while students’ test scores have fallen. As our Senator, Michele will fight for education reform that restores parents’ say, increases transparency and accountability and reverses the decline in test scores.
Make state leaders do their job. As our Senator, Michele will push to strip federal funding from any state that refuses to implement anti-fraud controls or follow basic audit and recovery practices.
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Make state leaders do their job. As our Senator, Michele will push to strip federal funding from any state that refuses to implement anti-fraud controls or follow basic audit and recovery practices.
All-of-the-above affordable energy. The far left talks about “affordability,” but they’ve spent decades at war against the sources of power that actually work. Our family budgets and national security depend on affordable, clean-burning American energy that doesn’t stop when the sun sets or the wind stops blowing. As our Senator, Michele will support all U.S. energy sources so Minnesotans can see lower utility bills and gas prices while continuing to protect our environment.
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All-of-the-above affordable energy. The far left talks about “affordability,” but they’ve spent decades at war against the sources of power that actually work. Our family budgets and national security depend on affordable, clean-burning American energy that doesn’t stop when the sun sets or the wind stops blowing. As our Senator, Michele will support all U.S. energy sources so Minnesotans can see lower utility bills and gas prices while continuing to protect our environment.
Strengthen elections. It should be easy to vote and hard to cheat. We have to show photo ID to drive a car, board an airplane or open a bank account. There is no excuse for not protecting our democracy with voter ID and paper ballots. As our Senator, Michele will fight for the SAVE Act and other commonsense steps to protect the ballot.
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Strengthen elections. It should be easy to vote and hard to cheat. We have to show photo ID to drive a car, board an airplane or open a bank account. There is no excuse for not protecting our democracy with voter ID and paper ballots. As our Senator, Michele will fight for the SAVE Act and other commonsense steps to protect the ballot.
Ask tough questions, follow the facts and get the truth. Michele isn’t a career politician, but an award-winning journalist who spent decades asking tough questions, following the facts and finding the truth. As our Senator, Michele will use the investigatory and oversight powers of the U.S. Senate to fight corruption, call out lies and give everyday Minnesotans a voice on Capitol Hill.
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Ask tough questions, follow the facts and get the truth. Michele isn’t a career politician, but an award-winning journalist who spent decades asking tough questions, following the facts and finding the truth. As our Senator, Michele will use the investigatory and oversight powers of the U.S. Senate to fight corruption, call out lies and give everyday Minnesotans a voice on Capitol Hill.
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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2025 through July 22, 2026.
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Candidate ID: S6MN00556
Name: TAFOYA, MICHELE
Office: Senate
State: MN
District: 00
Coverage start: 2025-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-07-22
Total receipts: $5337941.77
Total disbursements: $3965545.21
Cash on hand: $1372727.66
Debts owed by committee: $294847.11
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