2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 2A

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Bidal Duran Jr

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 2A (since 2024)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 2A; sheriff's deputy, Hubbard County; Marine Corps veteran

Bidal Duran Jr has served as State Representative for District 2A in the Minnesota Legislature since 2024.

Bidal Duran Jr was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2024. He has been a Hubbard County sheriff's deputy since 2020, was a Bemidji police officer from 2013 to 2020, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantryman from 2007 to 2011.

Duran's committees

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law (Co-Vice Chair)
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Higher Education Finance and Policy

Sources for Duran

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

Reed J. Olson

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Beltrami County Commissioner; owner, Wild Hare Bistro

Reed J. Olson has served as a Beltrami County Commissioner since 2017 and has owned Wild Hare Bistro in Bemidji since 2005. He served on the Bemidji City Council from 2013 to 2016.

Sources for Olson

Reed J. Olson (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)

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