2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota Senate District 56

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Raymond David Petersen

Republican

Work: Emergency management engineer, semiconductor manufacturing facility; U.S. Navy veteran

Raymond David Petersen works as an emergency management engineer at a semiconductor manufacturing facility and has worked as a steam plant operator, heavy equipment mechanic and truck driver. He is a U.S. Navy veteran.

Sources for Petersen

Raymond David Petersen (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Erin Maye Quade

Democratic–Farmer–LaborIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 56 (since 2022)
Work: State Senator, Minnesota Senate District 56; advocacy director, Gender Justice

Erin Maye Quade has served as State Senator for District 56 in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Erin Maye Quade was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022 after serving in the Minnesota House (District 57A) from 2017 to 2019. She is advocacy director at Gender Justice.

Quade's committees

Education Policy (Vice Chair)
State and Local Government (Vice Chair)
Education Finance
Human Services

Sources for Quade

Erin Maye Quade: 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)
Erin Maye Quade (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Quade, Erin Maye - Legislator Record (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, 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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