Minnesota’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature nine presidential candidates and their running mates. They are:
- Kamala Harris / Tim Walz (D)
- Donald Trump / J.D. Vance (R)
- Jill Stein / Samson LeBeau Kpadenou (G)
- Cornel West / Melina Abdullah (Justice for All)
- Chase Oliver / Mike ter Maat (L)
- Claudia De La Cruz / Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
- Rachele Fruit / Dennis Richter (Socialist Workers Party)
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Nicole Shanahan (We the People)
- Shiva Ayyadurai / Crystal Ellis (Independent)
Jill Stein’s running mate is Butch Ware, but she filed to appear on Minnesota’s ballot before selecting Ware, so she will appear on Minnesota’s ballot with Kpadenou instead. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., running as an independent, withdrew from the presidential election in August, but will still appear on Minnesota’s ballot as the We the People party’s presidential nominee.
This matches the number of candidates on Minnesota’s presidential ballot in each presidential election since 2012. In 2020, Minnesota’s ballot had nine candidates: Joe Biden (D), Trump, Jo Jorgensen (L), Howie Hawkins (G), and five other minor party candidates. Biden won Minnesota that year with 52.4% of the vote, followed by Trump with 45.3%, Jorgensen with 1.1%, and Hawkins with 0.3%. No other candidate received more than 0.2% of the vote.
As of Oct. 28, The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated the state as likely Democratic and Inside Elections rated the state as lean Democratic. Minnesota was carried by the Democratic presidential candidate in every election between 1976 and 2020.
Minnesota has 10 electoral votes, tied with four other states for the 18th most electoral votes. Minnesota neither gained nor lost electoral votes following the 2020 census.
Minnesota’s general election ballot will also feature one ballot measure and elections for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Minnesota House of Representatives, among others. Click here to use Ballotpedia’s Sample Ballot Lookup Tool to read more about the races on your ballot this November.