2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota Senate District 7

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Robert Farnsworth

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 7 (since 2022)
Work: State Senator, Minnesota Senate District 7; special education teacher, Hibbing School District; real estate agent

Robert Farnsworth has served as State Senator for District 7 in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Robert Farnsworth was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022. He teaches special education in the Hibbing School District and works as a real estate agent with Village Realty.

Farnsworth's committees

Education Finance
Higher Education
Transportation

Sources for Farnsworth

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

Kim (Kotonias) McLaughlin

Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Work: Business manager, Northeast Higher Education District; Hibbing School Board member

Kim McLaughlin has been business manager of the Northeast Higher Education District since 2017, after working as an internal auditor for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities from 1998 to 2017. She serves on the Hibbing School Board and holds an accounting degree from the University of Minnesota.

Sources for McLaughlin

Kim (Kotonias) McLaughlin (BallotReady, 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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