General elections for all 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives will take place on Nov. 8, 2022. State house primary elections were held on Aug. 9, 2022.

This article details the five candidates in each party who raised the most money and lost their primary election. In the 2022 election cycle, 15 of 122 Republican primaries and 15 of 130 Democratic primaries were contested. The losing candidates are shown along with the percentage of the vote they received compared to the primary winner. In cases where the race was pushed to a runoff, vote percentages for both advancing candidates are included.

Top fundraisers with unsuccessful primary campaigns this cycle

This information comes from candidate reports to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board covering the period of Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Democratic candidates who raised the most money and lost their primary were:

• Arik Forsman – $43,005 – District 8B (Lost primary 44% – 56%)
• Andrew Carlson – $23,127 – District 50B (Lost primary 41% – 59%)
• Anna Botz – $9,357 – District 65B (Lost primary 18% – 82%)
• Osman Ahmed – $7,815 – District 62A (Lost primary 31% – 69%)
• Sandra Masin – $7,700 – District 52A (Lost primary 39% – 61%)

The Republican candidates who raised the most money and lost their primary were:

• Sheldon Monson – $21,435 – District 5B (Lost primary 50% – 50%)
• Blake Paulson – $19,142 – District 10B (Lost primary 34% – 58%)
• Bob Loonan – $13,725 – District 54A (Lost primary 45% – 55%)
• Tina Riehle – $8,535 – District 33B (Lost primary 40% – 60%)
• Doug Kern – $3,968 – District 6B (Lost primary 19% – 81%)

Top fundraisers with unsuccessful primary campaigns last cycle

This information comes from candidate reports to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board covering the period of Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2020.

The Democratic candidates who raised the most money and lost their primary in 2020 were:

• John Lesch – $36,034 – District 66B (Lost primary 49% – 51%)
• Raymond Dehn – $28,204 – District 59B (Lost primary 42% – 48%)
• Jessica Intermill – $20,575 – District 60A (Lost primary 30% – 0%)
• Sonia Neculescu – $17,833 – District 60A (Lost primary 24% – 0%)
• Mike Maguire – $13,930 – District 51B (Lost primary 36% – 64%)

The Republican candidates who raised the most money and lost their primary in 2020 were:

• Bob Loonan – $28,813 – District 55A (Lost primary 45% – 55%)
• Marianne Stebbins – $22,131 – District 33B (Lost primary 30% – 70%)
• Michael Sukalski – $20,551 – District 23A (Lost primary 43% – 57%)
• Kathy Ziebarth – $14,675 – District 30A (Lost primary 100% – 0%)
• Yvonne Simon – $9,241 – District 23B (Lost primary 21% – 79%)

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Minnesota PACs submitted to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.