2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 4B

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Jim Joy

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 4B (since 2022)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 4B; business owner; former mayor of Hawley

Jim Joy has served as State Representative for District 4B in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Jim Joy was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2022. He is a business owner who served as mayor of Hawley from 2017 to 2022 and on the Hawley City Council from 2014 to 2017.

Joy's committees

Taxes (Co-Vice Chair)
Transportation Finance and Policy
State Government Finance and Policy

Sources for Joy

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

Thaddeus Laugisch

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Owner, Glassology; former designer and safety director, Kava Construction

Thaddeus Laugisch has owned Glassology since 2016 and worked at Kava Construction from 2008 to 2026 designing commercial agricultural facilities and as safety director.

Sources for Laugisch

Thaddeus Laugisch (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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