2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 12A

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Find your exact ballot All Minnesota legislative districts

Candidates

Paul H. Anderson

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 12A (since 2008)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 12A; farmer, Anderson Farms

Paul H. Anderson has served as State Representative for District 12A in the Minnesota Legislature since 2008.

Paul H. Anderson was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2008. He has farmed at Anderson Farms since 1976 and served as a Pope County commissioner and on the Starbuck school board.

Anderson's committees

Agriculture Finance and Policy (Co-Chair)
Energy Finance and Policy
State Government Finance and Policy

Sources for Anderson

Paul H. Anderson: official member information (Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Senate; Minnesota House of Representatives), Public record)
Minnesota Legislature: current member roster (Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Senate; Minnesota House of Representatives), Public record)
Paul H. Anderson - Legislator Record (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Public record)
Paul H. Anderson (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Talitha Anderson

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Sustainability project coordinator, The Morris Model

Talitha Anderson has been a sustainability project coordinator with The Morris Model since 2025 and earned an environmental science, policy and management degree from the University of Minnesota in 2025.

Sources for Anderson

Talitha Anderson (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

2026 State General Election candidate file (cand.txt) (Minnesota Secretary of State, Public record)

What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, every state legislative district on the ballot and statewide ballot measures.
Everything else: Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us.
Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.