2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota Senate District 30

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Eric Lucero

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, District 30 (since 2022)
Work
State Senator, Minnesota Senate District 30; information security consultant

Eric Lucero has served as State Senator for District 30 in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Eric Lucero was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022 after serving in the Minnesota House from 2015 to 2023. He is an independent information security consultant who has worked in security operations at Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Medtronic, and served on the Dayton City Council.

Lucero's committees

  • Education Finance
  • Elections
  • Housing and Homelessness Prevention (Ranking Minority Member)

Sources for Lucero

Leah Temple

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work
Senior technical lead, Kyndryl

Leah Temple has been a senior technical lead at Kyndryl since 2021 after working as a software developer at IBM from 2017 to 2021. She holds a degree in applied mathematics and computer science from the University of Wisconsin.

Sources for Temple

  • Leah Temple (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

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