State Auditor — Minnesota 2026

N/RJay ReevesForward

Retired U.S. Army major; Forward (Forward Independence) Party candidate for state auditor.

No meaningful positions on the six values found; says he will avoid hot-button issues outside the office's purview. iVoterGuide rates him Liberal.

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BScott JensenRepublican

Physician and former state senator (2017-2021); 2022 GOP nominee for governor; Republican candidate for state auditor.

Scored 100% with MCCL and the Minnesota Family Council as a state senator, with an 82% ACU score but a 46% Taxpayers League score; did not respond to MCCL's 2026 survey.

• Life: MCCL 100% (2018-19) as a state senator.
• Family: Minnesota Family Council 100% (2018).
• Religious liberty: No specific religious-liberty record found.
• 2nd Amendment: No specific position found.
• Limited gov’t: American Conservative Union Minnesota 82% (2019), 84% lifetime; NFIB Minnesota 100% (2019-20); pledges to reduce unfunded mandates on local governments.
• Fiscal: Taxpayers League of Minnesota 46% (2018), 61% lifetime.

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DZack FilipovichDemocratic

Duluth finance manager and former Duluth city councilor; DFL candidate for state auditor.

No specific positions on the six values found; running as a DFL candidate with labor endorsements and an iVoterGuide rating of Liberal.

• Life: No specific position found; did not respond to MCCL's 2026 survey; party inference.
• Family: No specific position found; party inference.
• Religious liberty: No specific position found.
• 2nd Amendment: No specific position found; party inference.
• Limited gov’t: No specific position found; party inference.
• Fiscal: No specific position found; party inference.

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