2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota Senate District 54

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Ben Bakeberg

Republican

In office now: State Representative, District 54B (since 2022)
Work: State Representative, Minnesota House District 54B (since 2023); middle school principal, Jordan Public Schools

Ben Bakeberg has served as State Representative for District 54B in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Ben Bakeberg has represented District 54B in the Minnesota House since 2023 and has been middle school principal for Jordan Public Schools since 2016. He previously served as a principal or assistant principal at Heritage Christian Academy, St. Michael-Albertville and Milaca, and taught and coached in Jordan.

Bakeberg's committees

Education Finance (Co-Vice Chair)
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Sources for Bakeberg

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

Rick Olson

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Former Michigan state representative (2011-2012); attorney, certified financial planner and agricultural economist by background (Prior Lake)

Rick Olson served as a Michigan state representative from 2011 to 2012. He has worked as an attorney for the Washington State Legislature and the Washington Governor's Office, as a certified financial planner, and as an agricultural economist and president of a corn grower cooperative. He holds a law degree from Stanford Law School and has lived in Prior Lake since 2014.

Sources for Olson

About Rick (Rick Olson campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

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

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