Republican. Minnesota’s 8th District. Re-elected on November 3, 2026.
Lean is the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) on the district’s 2026 election lines: R+10 and up is solidly Republican, R+5 to R+9 lean Republican, D+4 to R+4 swing, D+5 to D+9 lean Democratic and D+10 and up solidly Democratic. A 2032 redistricting flag marks one of seven states American Ascent watches for the maps drawn after the 2030 census, with who draws the map there.
Leadership posts and committees in the 119th Congress, as the Clerk of the House listed them on October 1, 2026; the 120th Congress names its own when it convenes on January 3, 2027. Chairman and Chairwoman are written as Chair. A gold mark names a leadership post. Years in the House come from the public congress-legislators record of every member’s terms.
The 2026 primary, who was on the November 3, 2026 ballot, and what recent races in the seat cost.
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Official results (opens in a new tab)5 from the state’s election office. Every name printed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the seat, from the source shown (opens in a new tab); write-in candidates are left out.
Facts from free public data: the TV markets the district sits in, what every campaign and outside group spent in recent races, and the votes cast. Spending is campaign spending, less contributions to party committees and other candidates, plus independent expenditures. A vote is any vote cast in that contest.15
| Market | TV homes | Of the district | District is, of market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN (rank 16) | 1,886,680 | 53.5% | 7.8% |
| Duluth–Superior, MN (rank 138) | 179,710 | 43.5% | 72.9% |
| Fargo–Valley City, ND (rank 113) | 269,310 | 3% | 3.3% |
Markets are Nielsen’s Designated Market Areas, matched to the district county by county on the 119th Congress lines (21 counties or parts). Shares are of people, from the 2020 Census. TV homes are Nielsen’s 2024-25 estimates. A small share of a large market means most of what a TV buy reaches lives outside the district.11
$1,308,877 spent · $19.46 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Stauber (R) | 58,139 | $1,308,877 through July 22, 2026 |
| Anthony Hamilton (R) | 9,121 | No report |
| Outside money | $0 |
67,260 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)5.
† Spending through July 22, 2026. Some spending stops at the last report filed before the primary, about 20 days before it.
$1,151,962 spent · $28.23 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Stauber (R) | 36,928 | $1,151,962 |
| Harry R Welty (R) | 3,874 | No report |
| Outside money | $0 |
40,802 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)8.
$1,739,876 spent · $4.13 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Stauber (R) | 244,498 | $1,012,464 |
| Jen Schultz (DFL) | 176,724 | $660,065 |
| Write-in (Write-in) | 384 | No report |
| Outside money: Project 218, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Indivisible Project Inc. | $67,348 |
421,606 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Outside money: $0 for the member, $0 against, $67,348 for or against others. Results (opens in a new tab)9.
$1,496,595 spent · $4.53 a vote
| Candidate | Votes | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Stauber (R) | 188,755 | $1,086,557 |
| Jen Schultz (DFL) | 141,009 | $410,038 |
| Scattered (Write-in) | 316 | No report |
| Outside money | $0 |
330,080 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)10.
$3,383,300 on the lines Google labels 2022; $1,176,700 on the lines Google labels 2012
Election ads for every race, the presidency included, served in the district on Google, YouTube and Google’s partner sites since 2018, rounded by Google to the nearest hundred dollars. Report updated Oct. 31, 2026.14
| Cycle | Raised | From individuals | Cash at year end |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,602,490 | 52% | $2,767 |
| 2022 | $2,485,203 | 56% | $428,433 |
| 2024 | $2,276,284 | 55% | $528,494 |
Cash on hand from the member’s latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. Past cycles: money raised over each two-year cycle and cash on hand on December 31 of its election year, from the same filings, in dollars as reported. From individuals is the share of money raised that came from individual donors.
Conservative average
77.1
Heritage Action and Turning Point Action are the member’s lifetime scores, read from those pages. Club for Growth is the member’s lifetime rating, and GOP Platform measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform in 2025, published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.
The scorecard average covers all four. No score means none was published, not zero, and is left out of the average: the record says “No score published”.
Each group’s name links to the member’s own page on its scorecard, opened on the date shown.
Progressive average
12.1
Mirrored for every member, of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the member’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its House table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. The progressive average covers the three; no score means none was published (Stop Corruption Now did not grade members in office for less than a year, or certain current and former House leaders).
The Immigration Accountability Project’s IAP Action score counts sponsorship, cosponsorship, and votes on immigration. A running total, not a percentage. Higher means more restrictive on immigration.
Gun Owners of America’s 2024 grades, its latest complete set, from its 2024 Voter Guide, A+ to F-.
For the 2026 race.
Endorsed: Donald Trump.
None on record: Club for Growth, Turning Point Action, MAHA PAC.
Endorsed: the group endorsed the member for 2026. None on record: no 2026 endorsement in the endorsement records. MAHA PAC is the committee at themahapac.com (Federal Election Commission ID C00821439).
One public poll of the 2026 race, newest first. Stauber’s share is always on the left. Red is a Republican candidate, blue a Democratic one.
Shares are as published, so they add up to less than 100 when some voters were undecided. The line at the middle marks half the vote. The pollster’s name links to the poll’s release or the news report of its results.
Public Policy Polling (opens in a new tab)24
Oct. 25 to 26, 2026
585 voters
Sponsored by the Swanson campaign.
Same poll, with no names given: Republican 48, Democrat 44.
Posted on the Swanson campaign’s site; the results sheet itself names no sponsor.
Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.
Record 81 of 152 in the House field, in order of state and district.