2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 5A

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Krista Knudsen

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Representative, District 5A (since 2022)
Work
State Representative, Minnesota House District 5A; business owner; former mayor of Lake Shore

Krista Knudsen has served as State Representative for District 5A in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Krista Knudsen was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2022. She is a business owner who served on the Lake Shore City Council for eight years and as mayor beginning in 2020, and holds degrees in social work and alcohol and drug studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Knudsen's committees

  • Education Finance
  • Health Finance and Policy
  • Human Services Finance and Policy
  • Public Safety Finance and Policy

Sources for Knudsen

Dan S. Mitchell

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work
Cybersecurity professional; U.S. Air Force veteran

Dan S. Mitchell works in cybersecurity and served in the U.S. Air Force.

Sources for Mitchell

  • Dan S. Mitchell (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

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