2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 48A

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Joe Brothers

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Home lending associate manager, Wells Fargo

Joe Brothers has been a home lending associate manager at Wells Fargo since 2020.

Sources for Brothers

Joe Brothers (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Jim Nash

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 48A (since 2014)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 48A; business owner; former mayor of Waconia

Jim Nash has served as State Representative for District 48A in the Minnesota Legislature since 2014.

Jim Nash was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2014. He is a business owner who served as mayor of Waconia (2010-2014) and on its city council, and studied political geography and GIS at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Nash's committees

State Government Finance and Policy (Co-Chair)
Ways and Means
Rules and Legislative Administration
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Housing Finance and Policy

Sources for Nash

Jim Nash: 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)
Jim Nash - Legislator Record (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, Public record)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

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

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