2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 1A

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

John Burkel

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Representative, District 1A (since 2020)
Work
State Representative, Minnesota House District 1A; farmer

John Burkel has served as State Representative for District 1A in the Minnesota Legislature since 2020.

John Burkel was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2020. He listed farming and agriculture as his occupation when first elected and attended North Dakota State University.

Burkel's committees

  • Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy (Co-Vice Chair)
  • Legacy Finance
  • Agriculture Finance and Policy

Sources for Burkel

Leanna Sandahl

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

We haven't found a sourced summary for Leanna Sandahl yet.

Where we looked, Thursday, October 15, 2026:

  • BallotReady candidate profile (ballotready.org/people/leanna-sandahl): no work history listed
  • campaign website: none found
  • retry 2026-10-15: KAXE 2026 election guide (no response from her)
  • The Ballot Brief (Education Minnesota endorsement only; no occupation)

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

Sources

Candidate list and race details

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.

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