2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota Senate District 53

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Paul Cumings

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Executive assistant to the House Majority Leader, Minnesota House of Representatives; South St. Paul School Board member

Paul Cumings has worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives as executive assistant to the majority leader since 2019 and serves on the South St. Paul School Board. He was a tax policy manager at the Minnesota Department of Revenue from 2011 to 2019.

Sources for Cumings

Paul Cumings (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Todd Podgorski

Republican

Work: Law enforcement officer (28+ years); South St. Paul City Council member (since 2011)

Todd Podgorski has more than 28 years of experience in law enforcement and has served on the South St. Paul City Council since 2011, after earlier serving on the South St. Paul School Board.

Sources for Podgorski

Todd Podgorski (The Ballot Brief, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
City Council directory (City of South St. Paul, Public record)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

2026 State General Election candidate file (cand.txt) (Minnesota Secretary of State, Public record)

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