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State executive offices

Governor • Lt. Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Schools • Insurance Commissioner • Controller • Agriculture Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commissioner

Elections

2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010

Ballotpedia covers 12 state executive offices in the state of Minnesota. The executive branch is governed by Article V of the Minnesota Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in Minnesota are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of Minnesota's state government:

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Current officeholders

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of Minnesota	Keith Ellison	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Governor of Minnesota	Tim Walz	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota	Peggy Flanagan	Democratic	January 7, 2019
Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture	Thom Petersen	Nonpartisan	2019
Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce	Grace Arnold	Nonpartisan	September 11, 2020
Minnesota Commissioner of Education	Willie Jett	Nonpartisan	March 13, 2023
Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry	Nicole Blissenbach	Nonpartisan	April 5, 2023
Minnesota Commissioner of Management and Budget	Erin Campbell	Nonpartisan	August 15, 2023
Minnesota Commissioner of Natural Resources	Sarah Strommen	Nonpartisan	2019
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission	Hwikwon Ham	Nonpartisan	January 8, 2024
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission	Valerie Means	Nonpartisan	April 22, 2019
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission	Katie Sieben	Nonpartisan	2017
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission	Joseph K. Sullivan	Nonpartisan	April 6, 2020
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission	John Tuma	Nonpartisan	February 2, 2015
Minnesota Secretary of State	Steve Simon	Democratic	January 5, 2015
Minnesota State Auditor	Julie Blaha	Democratic	January 1, 2019

Elections

2024

There are no state executive elections in Minnesota in 2024.

2023

There were no state executive elections in Minnesota in 2023.

2022

See also: Minnesota state executive official elections, 2022

The following state executive offices were up for election in Minnesota in 2022:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Auditor

2021

There were no state executive elections in Minnesota in 2021.

2020

There were no state executive offices up for election in Minnesota in 2020.

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in Minnesota in 2019.

2018

See also: Minnesota state executive official elections, 2018

The following state executive offices were up for election in Minnesota in 2018:

Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Secretary of state
Auditor

2017

There were no state executive offices up for election in Minnesota in 2017.

2016

There were no state executive offices up for election in Minnesota in 2016.

2015

There were no state executive elections in Minnesota in 2015.

2014

See also: Minnesota state executive official elections, 2014

The following offices were elected in 2014 in Minnesota:

• Governor of Minnesota
• Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Minnesota Attorney General
• Minnesota Secretary of State
• Minnesota Auditor

2013

There were no state executive elections in Minnesota in 2013.

2012

There were no state executive elections in Minnesota in 2012.