Minnesota Secretary Of State - 2022 Election Statistics
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2022 Election Statistics


On the Ballot

  • U.S. Representative: 8
  • State Senator: 67
  • State Representative: 134
  • Governor & Lt. Governor: 1
  • Secretary of State: 1
  • State Auditor: 1
  • Attorney General: 1
  • Supreme Court Associate Justices: 2
  • Court of Appeals Judges: 10
  • District Court Judges: 93
  • County Races: 539
  • City Races: 1,871
  • Township Races: 1,657
  • School Board Races: 370
  • Hospital District Races: 87
  • Soil & Water Conservation District Races: 213
  • Park District Races: 5
  • County Questions: 3
  • City Questions: 52
  • Township Questions: 31
  • School District Questions: 76

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  • Congressional Districts: 8
  • State Senate Districts: 67
  • State Legislative Districts: 134
  • Counties: 87
  • Cities: 854
  • Townships: 1,780
  • Counties with Unorganized Territory: 16
  • School Districts: 328
  • Hospital Districts: 15
  • Soil & Water Conservation Districts: 88
  • Park Districts: 2

Candidate Filing

Filed Candidates for Partisan Offices:

  • Legal Marijuana Now: 16
  • Grassroots - Legalize Cannabis: 8
  • Republican: 235
  • Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL): 238
  • Other: 15

Candidates for Judicial Offices:

  • Incumbent only: 104
  • Candidates with challengers: 1
  • Open seat: 0

Registered Write-ins: 18

Filed Candidates for:

  • County Offices: 878
  • City Races: 3,558
  • Township Races: 1,604
  • School Board Offices: 1,625
  • Hospital District Offices: 69
  • Soil & Water Conservation Offices: 220
  • Park Offices: 6

Races with no candidate filed:

  • County Offices: 2
  • City Races: 84
  • Township Races: 173
  • School Board Offices: 2
  • Hospital District Offices: 24
  • Soil & Water Conservation Offices: 12
  • Park Offices: 0

Voter Registration

Minnesota voters may pre-register up to three weeks before Election Day. Total voters who pre-registered before the general election was 3,562,753. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of eligible voters pre-registered. County percentages ranged from 71.5% to 99.5%. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Pre-registration by county. Counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of voters pre-registered
11 Precincts with most pre-registered voters
Precinct County Registered at 7 am Election Day
Cottage Grove P-1 Washington 6826
Otsego City P-3B Wright 5854
Lake Elmo P-1 Washington 5188
Buffalo P-1 Wright 4854
Woodbury P-9 Washington 4633
St Michael City P-2 Wright 4561
Delano Wright 4551
Rogers P-2 Hennepin 4535
Woodbury P-11 Washington 4533
Chaska W-1 P-2 Carver 4460
Belle Plaine Scott 4460

 Find pre-registered data for all precincts in the 2022 Precinct Results Spreadsheet

Minnesota voters may register when they vote. 141,095 voters registered when they voted in the general election. Note that these might be new voters, or voters re-registering after changing their name or address. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of voters that registered when voting. County percentages ranged from 2.4% to 9.5%. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Election day registration by county. Counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of voters register when they voted
10 Precincts with Most Election Day Registrations
Precinct County Election Day Registrations
Minneapolis W-2 P-6 Hennepin 967
Northfield W-4 P-2 Rice 736
Duluth P-10 St. Louis 699
Minneapolis W-2 P-1 Hennepin 694
St. Peter W-2 P-1 Nicollet 542
Minneapolis W-1 P-11 Hennepin 474
St. Paul W-4 P-5 Ramsey 472
Duluth P-11 St. Louis 434
Minneapolis W-2 P-4 Hennepin 416
Northfield W-1 P-1 Rice 402

 Find election day registration data for all precincts in the 2022 Precinct Results Spreadsheet


Voter Turnout

Voter turnout is the number of voters divided by the number of eligible voters. The total number of voters in the 2022 general election was 2,525,873. This office does not have exact eligible voter data, so uses statewide data from the United States Election Project on election night. Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) data from the U.S. Census is less exact, but available by county. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had higher turnout. County percentages ranged from 44.4% to 74.5%. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Voter turnout by county. Counties with darker shades had a higher turnout of estimated eligible voters.
10 Precincts with Most Total Votes
Precinct County Total Votes Cast
Cottage Grove P-1 Washington 4617
Otsego City P-3B Wright 3919
Lake Elmo P-1 Washington 3651
Delano Wright 3498
Woodbury P-11 Washington 3380
Saint Michael City P-2 Wright 3355
Rogers P-2 Hennepin 3354
Chaska W-1 P-2 Carver 3353
Shoreview P-6 Ramsey 3261
Lake Elmo P-2 Washington 3241

Find polling place voting data for all precincts in the 2022 Precinct Results Spreadsheet

Most Minnesota voters vote at their polling place on Election Day. In 2022, about 1.85 million voters voted at a polling place. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of votes cast in polling places. County percentages ranged from 14.1% to 90.7%. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Polling place voting by county. Counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of voting via polling places on election day.
10 Precincts with Most Polling Place Votes
Precinct County Votes Cast in Polling Place
Otsego City P-3B Wright 3174
Cottage Grove P-1 Washington 3066
Delano Wright 2600
Lake Elmo P-1 Washington 2462
Stewartville Olmsted 2414
Rogers P-2 Hennepin 2388
Buffalo P-1 Wright 2346
Shoreview P-6 Ramsey 2304
Byron Olmsted 2300
Belle Plaine Scott 2293

 Find polling place voting data for all precincts in the 2022 Precinct Results Spreadsheet

Voters throughout Minnesota may vote early as absentees without excuse, in person or by mail. The total number of accepted absentee ballots was about 567 thousand for the 2022 general election. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of votes cast by absentee voting. County percentages range from 5.5% to 30.7%. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Absentee voting by county. Counties with darker shades had a larger percent of ballots cast via absentee voting.
10 Precincts with Most Absentee Ballot Votes
Precinct County Absentee Ballot Votes
Cottage Grove P-1 Washington 1551
Minneapolis W-3 P-7 Wright 1241
Lake Elmo P-1 Washington 1191
Wayzata P-1 Hennepin 1155
Woodbury P-9 Washington 1153
Chaska W-1 P-2 Carver 1145
Woodbury P-11 Washington 1134
St Michael City P-2 Wright 1103
Edina P-7 Hennepin 1102
Champlin W-2 P-1 Hennepin 1099

 Find absentee voting data for all precincts in the 2022 Precinct Results Spreadsheet

Some areas in Minnesota are designated to vote by "mail ballot" which means that ballots are mailed to registered voters and voters do not go to a normal polling place on Election Day. About 107 thousand voters voted this way for the 2022 general election. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of votes cast by mail voting. Thirteen counties had no mail balloting, and other counties had up to 80.4% of voting by mail ballot. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Mail voting by county. Counties with darker shades had a larger percent of ballots cast via mail ballots.
10 Precincts with Most Mail Ballot Votes
Precinct County Mail Ballot Votes
Lanesburgh Twp Le Sueur 963
Munson Twp Stearns 737
Bass Lake Itasca 658
Sugar Lake Itasca 657
Kasota Twp P-2 Le Sueur 605
Belgrade Twp Nicollet 567
Ellsworth Twp Meeker 539
Langola Twp Benton 507
Washington Twp Le Sueur 491
Cottonwood Twp Brown 463

Find which precincts voted by mail ballot in the 2022 Precinct Results Spreadsheet

Voters throughout Minnesota may vote before election day as absentees without excuse, in person or by mail. Voting absentee in person at a county or city location is sometimes called "early voting." About 331 thousand voters completed their absentee ballots in person before Election Day. In the map image below, counties with darker shades had a higher percentage of votes cast via early voting. County percentages range from zero to 18.5%. Note that these "early votes" are also counted in the absentee voting counts above. Click on the image to view a pdf with rates for each county.

Early voting by county. Counties with darker shades had a larger percent of total voting cast via in-person absentee voting.
10 Precincts with Most Early Voting
Precinct County Early Votes
Cottage Grove P-1 Washington 1106
St Michael City P-2 Wright 858
Wayzata P-1 Hennepin 851
Edina P-7 Hennepin 824
Cottage Grove P-5 Washington 813
St Louis Park W-1 P-1 Hennepin 808
Woodbury P-11 Washington 805
Minneapolis W-3 P-7 Hennepin 787
Chaska W-1 P-2 Carver 740
Champlin W-2 P-1 Hennepin 739

Precincts and Polling Places

  • Precincts: 4,103
  • Mail Ballot Precincts: 1,140
  • Cities with multiple precincts: 212
  • Towns with multiple precincts: 47
  • Municipalities offering absentee voting: 126

Some counties have purchased electronic pollbooks to replace paper rosters in some or all of their precincts. Click on the image to view a pdf with more information about voting equipment used in 2022.

ePollbook usage by county. Counties with darkest shade used ePollbooks throughout the county, lighter shade used it in some parts of the county, no shading did not use ePollbooks at all.
  • ePollbooks used in entire county: 41
  • ePollbooks used in part of county: 18
  • ePollbooks not used in county: 28

The table below shows the model of equipment that was used for tabulating votes, including votes from polling places, absentee ballots, and mail ballots. Data as reported by Minnesota counties. Click on the image to view a pdf with more information about voting equipment used in 2022.

Voter tabulation equipment by precinct. Colors represent different models of equipment, see pdf for details.
Vote Tabulation Equipment
Equipment Model Number Used
ES&S Digital Scan 200 2,437
Dominion ImageCast Evolution 287
Hart Verity Scan 194
ES&S Digital Scan 450 28
Dominion ImageCast Central 19
ES&S Digital Scan 950 9
ES&S Digital Scan 850 7
Hart Verity Central 6
Hand Count  50