2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 12B

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Mary Franson

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 12B (since 2010)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 12B; former licensed child care provider

Mary Franson has served as State Representative for District 12B in the Minnesota Legislature since 2010.

Mary Franson was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2010. She owned the child care business Merry Little Lambs (2006-2010) and worked as a credit representative at AT&T (2001-2006).

Franson's committees

Capital Investment (Co-Chair)
Health Finance and Policy
Human Services Finance and Policy

Sources for Franson

Mary Franson: 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)
Mary Franson - Legislator Record (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Public record)
Mary Franson (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Michael Gardner

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

We haven't found a sourced summary for Michael Gardner yet.

Where we looked, Thursday, October 15, 2026:

BallotReady: no matching 2026 candidate profile found
campaign website: none found
retry 2026-10-15: The Ballot Brief candidate page theballotbrief.com/candidate/michael-gardner-mn (no occupation stated)

That is where we have looked so far, not everywhere there is to look. If you know Michael Gardner's work or background, tell us — we'd rather print it than leave it blank.

Sources

Candidate list and race details

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

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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.

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