2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota Senate District 19

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

John R. Jasinski

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, District 19 (since 2016)
Work
State Senator, Minnesota Senate District 19; real estate broker; former mayor of Faribault

John R. Jasinski has served as State Senator for District 19 in the Minnesota Legislature since 2016, and holds the leadership post of Deputy Minority Leader.

John R. Jasinski was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016. He was mayor of Faribault for eight years through 2016, works as a real estate broker with MDC Real Estate Services, and served in the U.S. Navy.

Jasinski's committees

  • Capital Investment
  • Finance
  • Transportation (Ranking Minority Member)

Sources for Jasinski

Sam Powell

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work
People lead (human resources), Walmart; former pastor

Sam Powell works in human resources as a people lead at Walmart, after earlier roles in food service management and at Hy-Vee. He previously worked as a pastor.

Sources for Powell

  • Sam Powell (The Ballot Brief, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

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