2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election

The 2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Minnesota. Incumbent DFLer Steve Simon won re-election to a third term.

2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election

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Nominee Steve Simon Kim Crockett Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Popular vote 1,345,685 1,119,949 Percentage 54.53% 45.38%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Simon:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Crockett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Secretary of State before election Steve Simon Democratic (DFL) Elected Secretary of State Steve Simon Democratic (DFL)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Steve Simon, incumbent secretary of state

Eliminated in primary

• Steve Carlson, perennial candidate

Endorsements

Steve Simon

Organizations

• Minnesota AFL–CIO^[1]
• Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party^[2]
• TakeAction Minnesota^[3]

Results

Results by county:

  Simon

•   50–60%
•   60-70%
•   70-80%
•   80-90%

  Carlson

•   50-60%

Democratic primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Steve Simon (incumbent)	285,314	72.51
	Democratic (DFL)	Steve Carlson	108,144	27.49
Total votes			393,458	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated

• Kim Crockett, former vice president of the Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank^[5][6]

Eliminated in primary

• Erik van Mechelen

Dropped out at convention

• Kelly Jahner-Byrne, candidate in the 2020 Minnesota House of Representatives election for seat 53B^[7]

Withdrew before convention

• Phillip Parrish, former U.S. naval intelligence officer^[8]

Results

Results by county:

  Crockett

•   50–60%
•   60-70%
•   70-80%

Republican primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim Crockett	190,156	63.15
	Republican	Eric van Mechelen	110,940	36.85
Total votes			301,096	100.00

General election

Debate

A debate was held on October 2 by WCCO.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9]	Leans D	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[10]	Leans D	November 7, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Steve Simon (DFL)

U.S. Representatives

• Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district (2011–2023) (Republican)^[11]

Newspapers

• Star Tribune^[12]

Kim Crockett (R)

U.S. Presidents

• Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017–2021)^[13]

State legislators

• Mary Kiffmeyer, state senator from the 30th district and former Minnesota Secretary of State (1999–2007)^[14]
• Dean Urdahl, state representative (2003–)^[14]

Organizations

• Republican Party of Minnesota^[15]
• Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund^[16]

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Steve Simon (DFL)	Kim Crockett (R)	Undecided
SurveyUSA[17][A]	Oct. 26 – 30, 2022	836 (LV)	± 3.9%	47%	41%	12%
St. Cloud State University[18]	Oct. 10 – 30, 2022	212 (A)	± 8%	52%	37%	11%
Trafalgar Group (R)[19][B]	Oct. 17 – 19, 2022	1,091 (LV)	± 2.9%	46.6%	44.6%	8.9%
Embold Research[20]	Oct. 10 – 14, 2022	1,585 (LV)	± 2.6%	47.9%	40.8%	11.3%
SurveyUSA[21]	Sep. 30 – Oct. 3, 2022	604 (LV)	± 4.4%	42%	40%	18%
Trafalgar Group (R)[22][C]	Sep. 14, 2022	1,079 (LV)	± 2.9%	46.2%	45.2%	8.5%
Mason-Dixon[23]	Sep. 12 – 14, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	47.6%	40.0%	12.4%
SurveyUSA[24]	Aug. 30 – Sep. 4, 2022	562 (LV)	± 4.9%	42%	38%	20%

Results

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +7.5-10%
•   Democratic — +5-7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
•   Democratic — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +5-7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

Trend by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +7.5-10%
•   Democratic — +5-7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
•   Democratic — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +5-7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

2022 Minnesota Secretary of State election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Steve Simon (incumbent)	1,345,685	54.53%	+2.28%
	Republican	Kim Crockett	1,119,949	45.38%	+1.76%
	Write-in		2,095	0.08%	+0.03%
Total votes			2,467,729	100.0%
	Democratic (DFL) hold

By county

County	Steve Simon DFL		Kim Crockett GOP		Write-in		Margin		Total votes
	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Aitkin	38.87%	3,164	61.08%	4,971	0.05%	4	-22.20%	-1,807	8,139
Anoka	49.80%	76,983	50.11%	77,463	0.09%	142	-0.31%	-480	154,588
Becker	33.67%	4,896	66.26%	9,636	0.07%	10	-32.60%	-4,740	14,542
Beltrami	48.15%	8,622	51.78%	9,272	0.08%	14	-3.63%	-650	17,908
Benton	35.83%	5,797	64.10%	10,372	0.07%	12	-28.27%	-4,575	16,181
Big Stone	39.65%	952	60.27%	1,447	0.08%	2	-20.62%	-495	2,401
Blue Earth	53.03%	13,824	46.90%	12,227	0.07%	18	6.13%	1,597	26,069
Brown	35.70%	4,091	64.26%	7,364	0.04%	5	-28.56%	-3,273	11,460
Carlton	51.96%	8,166	47.98%	7,541	0.06%	10	3.98%	625	15,717
Carver	47.65%	25,398	52.28%	27,863	0.07%	38	-4.62%	-2,465	53,299
Cass	36.21%	5,450	63.76%	9,596	0.03%	5	-27.55%	-4,146	15,051
Chippewa	38.24%	1,878	61.74%	3,032	0.02%	1	-23.50%	-1,154	4,911
Chisago	38.30%	9,752	61.65%	15,698	0.05%	13	-23.35%	-5,946	25,463
Clay	51.60%	11,256	48.28%	10,532	0.13%	28	3.32%	724	21,816
Clearwater	26.43%	929	73.54%	2,585	0.03%	1	-47.11%	-1,656	3,515
Cook	68.18%	2,192	31.76%	1,021	0.06%	2	36.42%	1,171	3,215
Cottonwood	32.90%	1,506	66.90%	3,062	0.20%	9	-34.00%	-1,556	4,577
Crow Wing	37.95%	11,919	62.00%	19,470	0.05%	16	-24.04%	-7,551	31,405
Dakota	57.75%	111,687	42.10%	81,422	0.15%	286	15.65%	30,265	193,395
Dodge	35.33%	3,267	64.61%	5,975	0.06%	6	-29.28%	-2,708	9,248
Douglas	35.94%	7,013	63.97%	12,484	0.09%	18	-28.03%	-5,471	19,515
Faribault	34.92%	2,079	65.02%	3,871	0.07%	4	-30.10%	-1,792	5,954
Fillmore	40.33%	3,759	59.58%	5,553	0.10%	9	-19.25%	-1,794	9,321
Freeborn	41.84%	5,386	58.11%	7,480	0.05%	7	-16.27%	-2,094	12,873
Goodhue	45.91%	10,475	53.99%	12,318	0.10%	22	-8.08%	-1,843	22,815
Grant	39.53%	1,154	60.26%	1,759	0.21%	6	-20.73%	-605	2,919
Hennepin	72.42%	411,144	27.49%	156,073	0.08%	480	44.93%	255,071	567,697
Houston	42.31%	3,659	57.64%	4,985	0.05%	4	-15.33%	-1,326	8,648
Hubbard	37.60%	3,977	62.36%	6,596	0.05%	5	-24.76%	-2,619	10,578
Isanti	33.74%	6,278	66.20%	12,320	0.06%	11	-32.47%	-6,042	18,609
Itasca	44.65%	9,415	55.30%	11,660	0.05%	10	-10.65%	-2,245	21,085
Jackson	33.95%	1,533	65.99%	2,980	0.07%	3	-32.04%	-1,447	4,516
Kanabec	35.06%	2,468	64.91%	4,569	0.03%	2	-29.85%	-2,101	7,039
Kandiyohi	39.11%	7,013	60.86%	10,913	0.03%	5	-21.75%	-3,900	17,931
Kittson	39.28%	738	60.72%	1,141	0.00%	0	-21.45%	-403	1,879
Koochiching	40.98%	2,132	58.98%	3,068	0.04%	2	-17.99%	-936	5,202
Lac qui Parle	40.51%	1,263	59.43%	1,853	0.06%	2	-18.92%	-590	3,118
Lake	53.53%	3,009	46.34%	2,605	0.12%	7	7.19%	404	5,621
Lake of the Woods	26.01%	464	73.82%	1,317	0.17%	3	-47.81%	-853	1,784
Le Sueur	37.79%	4,919	62.15%	8,090	0.06%	8	-24.36%	-3,171	13,017
Lincoln	32.43%	781	67.52%	1,626	0.04%	1	-35.09%	-845	2,408
Lyon	37.52%	3,622	62.43%	6,026	0.05%	5	-24.90%	-2,404	9,653
Mahnomen	43.21%	690	56.73%	906	0.06%	1	-13.53%	-216	1,597
Marshall	26.51%	1,055	73.41%	2,921	0.08%	3	-46.90%	-1,866	3,979
Martin	32.16%	2,656	67.83%	5,602	0.01%	1	-35.67%	-2,946	8,259
McLeod	34.75%	5,644	65.18%	10,586	0.07%	11	-30.43%	-4,942	16,241
Meeker	33.33%	3,573	66.58%	7,137	0.08%	9	-33.25%	-3,564	10,719
Mille Lacs	33.88%	3,718	66.02%	7,246	0.10%	11	-32.15%	-3,528	10,975
Morrison	26.03%	3,954	73.90%	11,226	0.07%	10	-47.87%	-7,272	15,190
Mower	47.87%	6,657	52.07%	7,241	0.06%	8	-4.20%	-584	13,906
Murray	30.77%	1,182	69.17%	2,657	0.05%	2	-38.40%	-1,475	3,841
Nicollet	52.78%	7,947	47.11%	7,093	0.11%	16	5.67%	854	15,056
Nobles	32.89%	1,956	67.05%	3,988	0.07%	4	-34.16%	-2,032	5,948
Norman	41.79%	1,023	58.09%	1,422	0.12%	3	-16.30%	-399	2,448
Olmsted	55.02%	36,930	44.94%	30,165	0.04%	24	10.08%	6,765	67,119
Otter Tail	32.82%	9,219	67.10%	18,846	0.08%	22	-34.28%	-9,627	28,087
Pennington	35.58%	1,921	64.33%	3,473	0.09%	5	-28.75%	-1,552	5,399
Pine	37.52%	4,603	62.40%	7,655	0.08%	10	-24.88%	-3,052	12,268
Pipestone	24.94%	935	75.01%	2,812	0.05%	2	-50.07%	-1,877	3,749
Polk	32.87%	3,522	67.08%	7,188	0.05%	5	-34.21%	-3,666	10,715
Pope	39.16%	2,190	60.68%	3,394	0.16%	9	-21.53%	-1,204	5,593
Ramsey	74.15%	158,893	25.73%	55,129	0.13%	276	48.42%	103,764	214,298
Red Lake	34.31%	537	65.50%	1,025	0.19%	3	-31.18%	-488	1,565
Redwood	30.12%	1,921	69.81%	4,452	0.06%	4	-39.69%	-2,531	6,377
Renville	35.20%	2,197	64.74%	4,041	0.06%	4	-29.54%	-1,844	6,242
Rice	53.50%	14,953	46.44%	12,980	0.07%	19	7.06%	1,973	27,952
Rock	29.41%	1,193	70.56%	2,862	0.02%	1	-41.15%	-1,669	4,056
Roseau	25.11%	1,615	74.86%	4,814	0.03%	2	-49.74%	-3,199	6,431
Scott	46.83%	30,679	53.09%	34,784	0.08%	50	-6.27%	-4,105	65,513
Sherburne	35.37%	14,192	64.58%	25,911	0.05%	21	-29.21%	-11,719	40,124
Sibley	32.55%	2,125	67.36%	4,397	0.09%	6	-34.80%	-2,272	6,528
St. Louis	60.13%	55,261	39.78%	36,555	0.09%	81	20.36%	18,706	91,897
Stearns	40.28%	25,998	59.63%	38,485	0.09%	55	-19.35%	-12,487	64,538
Steele	42.43%	6,923	57.52%	9,385	0.06%	9	-15.09%	-2,462	16,317
Stevens	39.66%	1,585	60.29%	2,409	0.05%	2	-20.62%	-824	3,996
Swift	39.87%	1,551	60.10%	2,338	0.03%	1	-20.23%	-787	3,890
Todd	29.04%	3,126	70.85%	7,626	0.10%	11	-41.81%	-4,500	10,763
Traverse	37.25%	570	62.68%	959	0.07%	1	-25.42%	-389	1,530
Wabasha	40.08%	4,242	59.85%	6,335	0.08%	8	-19.77%	-2,093	10,585
Wadena	28.34%	1,668	71.66%	4,218	0.00%	0	-43.32%	-2,550	5,886
Waseca	36.68%	3,027	63.24%	5,219	0.08%	7	-26.56%	-2,192	8,253
Washington	55.79%	71,895	44.15%	56,897	0.06%	74	11.64%	14,998	128,866
Watonwan	39.64%	1,508	60.28%	2,293	0.08%	3	-20.64%	-785	3,804
Wilkin	29.51%	753	70.38%	1,796	0.12%	3	-40.87%	-1,043	2,552
Winona	49.63%	10,012	50.29%	10,145	0.09%	18	-0.66%	-133	20,175
Wright	37.45%	24,372	62.48%	40,666	0.07%	44	-25.04%	-16,294	65,082
Yellow Medicine	34.67%	1,504	65.33%	2,834	0.00%	0	-30.66%	-1,330	4,338
Totals	54.53%	1,345,685	45.38%	1,119,949	0.08%	2,095	9.15%	225,736	2,467,729

By congressional district

Simon and Crockett each won 4 of 8 congressional districts.^[26]

District	Simon	Crockett	Representative
1st	46%	54%	Brad Finstad
2nd	55%	45%	Angie Craig
3rd	61%	39%	Dean Phillips
4th	70%	30%	Betty McCollum
5th	83%	17%	Ilhan Omar
6th	42%	57%	Tom Emmer
7th	34%	65%	Michelle Fischbach
8th	46%	53%	Pete Stauber

See also

• 2022 Minnesota elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear