Electoral history of Tim Walz

Tim Walz is the 41st and current governor of Minnesota. He previously represented Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019. He also ran for the U.S. Vice Presidency in 2024.

U.S. House elections

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1[1]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz 26,475 100.0
Total votes 26,475 100.0
General election
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz 141,556 52.7
Republican Gil Gutknecht (incumbent) 126,486 47.1
Write-in 379 0.1
Total votes 268,421 100.0
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1[2]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 20,998 100.0
Total votes 20,998 100.0
General election
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 207,753 62.5
Republican Brian J. Davis 109,453 32.9
Independence Gregory Mikkelson 14,904 4.5
Write-in 290 0.1
Total votes 332,110 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 122,365 49.3
Republican Randy Demmer 109,242 44.0
Independence Steven Wilson 13,242 5.3
Independent Lars Johnson 3,054 1.2
Write-in 102 0.0
Total votes 248,035 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1[4]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 15,697 100.0
Total votes 15,697 100.0
General election
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 193,211 57.5
Republican Allen Quist 142,164 42.3
Write-in 505 0.2
Total votes 335,880 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 19,983 100.0
Total votes 19,983 100.0
General election
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 122,851 54.2
Republican Jim Hagedorn 103,536 45.7
Write-in 308 0.1
Total votes 226,695 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 13,538 100.0
Total votes 13,538 100.0
General election
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz (incumbent) 169,074 50.4
Republican Jim Hagedorn 166,526 49.6
Write-in 277 0.1
Total votes 335,877 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

Gubernatorial elections

2018

2018 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party gubernatorial primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz 242,832 41.60%
Democratic (DFL) Erin Murphy 186,969 32.03%
Democratic (DFL) Lori Swanson 143,517 24.59%
Democratic (DFL) Tim Holden 6,398 1.10%
Democratic (DFL) Olé Savior 4,019 0.69%
Total votes 583,735 100%
2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz/Peggy Flanagan 1,393,096 53.84% +3.77%
Republican Jeff Johnson/Donna Bergstrom 1,097,705 42.43% −2.08%
Grassroots Chris Wright/Judith Schwartzbacker 68,667 2.65% +1.07%
Libertarian Josh Welter/Mary O'Connor 26,735 1.03% +0.11%
Write-in 1,084 0.04% 0.00%
Total votes 2,587,287 100.0% N/A
Democratic (DFL) hold

2022

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic (DFL) Tim Walz/Peggy Flanagan (incumbent) 1,312,311 52.27% −1.57%
Republican Scott Jensen/Matt Birk 1,119,911 44.61% +2.18%
Legal Marijuana Now James McCaskel/David Sandbeck 29,435 1.17% N/A
Grassroots—LC Steve Patterson/Matt Huff 22,604 0.90% −1.75%
Independence Hugh McTavish/Mike Winter 18,156 0.72% N/A
Socialist Workers Gabrielle Prosser/Kevin Dwire 7,240 0.29% N/A
Write-in 1,026 0.04% 0.00%
Total votes 2,510,683 100.0%
Democratic (DFL) hold

Vice presidential elections

2024

See also: Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign

Nomination

2024 Democratic National Convention, vice presidential tally
Candidate Votes %
Tim Walz _[a] 100.00
Total votes 100.00

General election

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote 		Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Donald Trump Republican Florida 77,236,275 49.9% 312 JD Vance Ohio 312
Kamala Harris Democratic California 74,938,474 48.4% 226 Tim Walz Minnesota 226
Jill Stein Green Massachusetts 782,068 0.5% 0 Butch Ware California 0
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent New York 755,018 0.5% 0 Nicole Shanahan California 0
Other — Other —
Total 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270

Notes

  1. ^ Chosen by acclamation.

References

  1. ^ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2006 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  2. ^ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2008 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  3. ^ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2010 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2012 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  5. ^ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2014 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  6. ^ "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  7. ^ "Minnesota Secretary of State – 2018 General Election Results". sos.state.mn.us. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "2022 General Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Minnesota Statewide Reporting Statistics - Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
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