Electoral history of Tim Walz

Last updated December 31, 2025

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

Nomination

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

General election

Electoral college map of the 2024 election ElectoralCollege2024.svg — Electoral college map of the 2024 election

Electoral results
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Count	Percentage	Electoral vote	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

↑ Chosen by acclamation.

References

↑ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2006 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2008 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2010 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2012 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 2014 U.S. House Campaigns" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "Minnesota Secretary of State – 2018 General Election Results". sos.state.mn.us. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020.
↑ "2022 General Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
↑ "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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[chosen_by_acclamation-10] Chosen by acclamation.

[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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