Electoral history of Tim Walz

This is the electoral history of Tim Walz, 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.

U.S. House elections

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz	141,622	53.7	–
	Republican	Gil Gutknecht (incumbent)	126,487	47.1	−13

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	207,748	62.5	+9.5
Republican	Brian J. Davis	109,446	32.9	–
Independence	Gregory Mikkelson	14,903	4.5	–

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	122,390	49.4	−13.1
Republican	Randy Demmer	109,261	44.1	+11.2
Independence	Steven Wilson	13,243	5.3	+0.8

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	193,211	57.5	+8.1
	Republican	Allen Quist	142,164	42.3	−1.8

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	122,851	54.2	−3.3
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	103,536	45.7	+3.4

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (incumbent)	169,076	50.4	−3.8
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	166,527	49.6	+3.9

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^[1]
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%
	n/a	Write-ins	1,084	0.04%	0.00%
Total votes			2,587,287	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election^[2]^[3]
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
	n/a	Write-ins	1,026	0.04%	0.00%
Total votes			2,510,683	100.0%
	Democratic (DFL) hold

^ "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.