2026 results · Minnesota · county

Pennington County, Minnesota

Tafoya carried Pennington County by 25.0 points in the Senate race, 6.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+31.5). 6 races have votes counted here.

Pennington County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 5,461; 74% of the 7,361 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+25.0
2024 president: R+31.5
Shift from 2024: 6.5 pts → D
In Minnesota: 34th of 87; The 34th best county for Flanagan of the 87 counted; 87th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Minnesota SenatePeggy Flanagan won · D+10.2 across the state
36.1% Peggy Flanagan61.1% Michele Tafoya
R+25.05,461 votes
6.5 pts → D2024 R+31.5
Minnesota GovernorAmy Klobuchar won · D+12.9 across the state
37.4% Amy Klobuchar60.6% Lisa Demuth
R+23.25,467 votes
8.2 pts → D2024 R+31.5
Minnesota Attorney GeneralKeith Ellison won · D+8.8 across the state
37.4% Keith Ellison62.5% Ronald J. Schutz
R+25.15,420 votes
6.4 pts → D2024 R+31.5
Minnesota AuditorZack Filipovich won · D+8.8 across the state
35.1% Zack Filipovich62.1% Scott Jensen
R+27.05,429 votes
4.4 pts → D2024 R+31.5
Minnesota Secretary of StateSteve Simon won · D+12.9 across the state
37.2% Steve Simon59.3% Tad Jude
R+22.05,426 votes
9.5 pts → D2024 R+31.5

The House

Minnesota 7th DistrictPennington County's part of the district · Michelle Fischbach won · R+29.9 across the district
39.0% Erik Osberg60.9% Michelle Fischbach
R+22.05,458 votes
9.4 pts → D2024 R+31.4

Also in this county: MN-08, 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.