2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 51B

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Nathan Coulter

Democratic–Farmer–LaborIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 51B (since 2022)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 51B; former Minnesota Senate legislative assistant

Nathan Coulter has served as State Representative for District 51B in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Nathan Coulter was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2022. He worked as a legislative assistant in the Minnesota Senate (2013-2023) and served on the Bloomington City Council (2018-2022).

Coulter's committees

Higher Education Finance and Policy (Co-Vice Chair)
Rules and Legislative Administration
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Elections Finance and Government Operations

Sources for Coulter

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

Jim Lund

Republican

We haven't found a sourced summary for Jim Lund yet.

Where we looked, Thursday, October 15, 2026:

BallotReady candidate profile (ballotready.org/people/jim-lund): no work history listed
campaign website: none found
retry 2026-10-15: The Ballot Brief candidate page theballotbrief.com/candidate/jim-lund-mn (no occupation stated)

That is where we have looked so far, not everywhere there is to look. If you know Jim Lund'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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Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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