2026 results · Minnesota · county

Benton County, Minnesota

Tafoya carried Benton County by 31.3 points in the Senate race, 4.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+35.9). 6 races have votes counted here.

Benton County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 18,658; 82% of the 22,763 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+31.3
2024 president: R+35.9
Shift from 2024: 4.6 pts → D
In Minnesota: 54th of 87; The 54th best county for Flanagan of the 87 counted; 56th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Minnesota SenatePeggy Flanagan won · D+10.2 across the state
32.7% Peggy Flanagan64.1% Michele Tafoya
R+31.318,658 votes
4.6 pts → D2024 R+35.9
Minnesota GovernorAmy Klobuchar won · D+12.9 across the state
34.2% Amy Klobuchar63.9% Lisa Demuth
R+29.718,664 votes
6.2 pts → D2024 R+35.9
Minnesota Attorney GeneralKeith Ellison won · D+8.8 across the state
33.4% Keith Ellison66.4% Ronald J. Schutz
R+33.018,475 votes
2.9 pts → D2024 R+35.9
Minnesota AuditorZack Filipovich won · D+8.8 across the state
32.5% Zack Filipovich64.5% Scott Jensen
R+32.018,446 votes
3.9 pts → D2024 R+35.9
Minnesota Secretary of StateSteve Simon won · D+12.9 across the state
34.4% Steve Simon62.0% Tad Jude
R+27.618,444 votes
8.3 pts → D2024 R+35.9

The House

Minnesota 6th DistrictBenton County's part of the district · Tom Emmer won · R+11.6 across the district
35.9% Doug Chapin64.0% Tom Emmer
R+28.218,578 votes
6.8 pts → D2024 R+34.9

Also in this county: MN-07, with no votes counted in this county's part. Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.