Governor and Lieutenant Governor — Minnesota 2026

N/RSteven YoungGreen

Running mate: Jane Kirby

Minneapolis attorney, Marine veteran and light-rail operator; Green Party candidate for governor.

No meaningful positions on the six values found; did not respond to MCCL's survey and iVoterGuide rates him Verified Liberal.

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FAmy KlobucharDemocratic

Running mate: Ben Schierer

U.S. Senator since 2007 and former Hennepin County Attorney; DFL candidate for governor.

Rated F by SBA Pro-Life America and NRA-PVF, 0% with National Right to Life and FRC Action, 100% with Planned Parenthood, and a 6% lifetime Club for Growth score.

• Life: Rated F by SBA Pro-Life America (2025) and 0% by National Right to Life (2025-26); Planned Parenthood 100% (2025-26); MCCL says she has committed to maintaining Minnesota's current abortion law.
• Family: FRC Action 0% (2024) and Concerned Women for America 0% (2024); Human Rights Campaign 100% (2024).
• Religious liberty: Faith and Freedom Coalition 8% (2017-18), 2% lifetime; Christian Coalition 0% (2014).
• 2nd Amendment: Rated F by NRA-PVF for 2026.
• Limited gov’t: Heritage Action 0% (2025-26), 4% lifetime; American Conservative Union 3% (2024).
• Fiscal: Club for Growth 12% (2025), 6% lifetime; National Taxpayers Union F (2025); Citizens Against Government Waste 0% (2025).

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BLisa DemuthRepublican

Running mate: Ryan Wilson

Speaker of the Minnesota House and former ROCORI school board member; Republican candidate for governor.

Endorsed by MCCL, National Right to Life and NRA-PVF (A), with 100% scores from MCCL and the Minnesota Family Council; proposes income-tax cuts and returning surpluses, though her 2025 ACU score was 41%.

• Life: Endorsed by MCCL PAC and National Right to Life; answered yes to all 11 MCCL gubernatorial survey questions; MCCL 100% (2021); Pro-Choice Minnesota C- (2021-22).
• Family: Minnesota Family Council 100% (2025); pledges to keep 'woke gender and racial ideology' out of classrooms and preserve girls' sports.
• Religious liberty: No specific religious-liberty record found.
• 2nd Amendment: Rated A and endorsed by NRA-PVF for 2026; endorsed by Minnesota Gun Owners PAC; Gun Owners Caucus 100% (2019-20).
• Limited gov’t: NFIB Minnesota 100% (2023-24) and ABC Minnesota 100%, but American Conservative Union Minnesota 41% (2025), 77% lifetime.
• Fiscal: Proposes cutting the two lowest income-tax brackets, ending the tax on Social Security benefits and returning surpluses to taxpayers; cites a $5 billion budget cut as Speaker. ACU's 41% 2025 score keeps this at B.

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