U.S. House of Representatives · District 7 · Minnesota · 2026

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The party winning this district last changed in 2020, when Michelle Fischbach (Republican) won it after a Democratic win in 2018. Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House)
The closest result we hold for this district was in 1986: Arlan Stangeland won by 121 votes, 0.1 points of all votes counted. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House)
Nine different people won the 52 regular elections for this district from 1920 to 2024. Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House)

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Past results

Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024Percent of all votes counted in each regular general election. A gap means the party had no candidate or no count was published.

Democratic candidate
Republican candidate

District lines are redrawn after each census and sometimes in between, so the same district number did not always cover the same ground. A break in a line means no figure was published or held for that year. It does not mean zero.

Data table: Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024

Share of the vote for this district, 1920 to 2024
Year	Democratic candidate	Republican candidate
1920	6.91%	47.48%
1922	No figure	40.3%
1924	No figure	41.48%
1926	No figure	41.04%
1928	No figure	33.11%
1930	No figure	18.8%
1934	40.68%	No figure
1936	17.53%	32.8%
1938	16.66%	42.57%
1940	16.75%	50.69%
1942	24.93%	54.79%
1944	34.09%	65.91%
1946	34.64%	65.36%
1948	47.53%	52.47%
1950	38.32%	61.68%
1952	37.35%	62.65%
1954	47.38%	52.62%
1956	44.1%	55.9%
1958	46.7%	53.3%
1960	47.55%	52.45%
1962	48.02%	51.98%
1964	49.22%	50.78%
1966	36.77%	63.23%
1968	48.75%	51.25%
1970	54.12%	45.88%
1972	59.05%	40.95%
1974	75.01%	24.99%
1976	72.04%	26.62%
1978	45.13%	51.69%
1980	47.87%	52.13%
1982	49.72%	50.28%
1984	42.95%	57.04%
1986	49.61%	49.68%
1988	45.4%	54.56%
1990	53.51%	46.39%
1992	50.42%	No figure
1994	51.2%	48.64%
1996	67.94%	31.85%
1998	71.71%	28.09%
2000	68.68%	29.27%
2002	65.27%	34.64%
2004	66.07%	33.84%
2006	69.66%	28.99%
2008	72.2%	27.67%
2010	55.2%	37.6%
2012	60.38%	34.85%
2014	54.21%	45.66%
2016	52.47%	47.44%
2018	52.1%	47.84%
2020	39.85%	53.39%
2022	27.61%	66.95%
2024	29.44%	70.45%

Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House). As of Nov 5, 2026.

Winners and margins, 1920 to 2024

Winners and margins
Year	Most votes	Margin over the runner-up
2024	Michelle Fischbach (Republican)	160,119 votes (41.0 points)
2022	Michelle Fischbach (Republican)	120,311 votes (39.3 points)
2020	Michelle Fischbach (Republican)	49,226 votes (13.5 points)
2018	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	12,004 votes (4.3 points)
2016	Collin Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	16,637 votes (5.0 points)
2014	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	20,591 votes (8.5 points)
2012	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	83,640 votes (25.5 points)
2010	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	42,444 votes (17.6 points)
2008	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	140,125 votes (44.5 points)
2006	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	104,607 votes (40.7 points)
2004	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	101,279 votes (32.2 points)
2002	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	79,892 votes (30.6 points)
2000	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	106,596 votes (39.4 points)
1998	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	103,345 votes (43.6 points)
1996	Collin C. Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	90,804 votes (36.1 points)
1994	Collin C Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	5,400 votes (2.6 points)
1992	Collin C Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	3,490 votes (1.3 points)
1990	Collin C Peterson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)	14,250 votes (7.1 points)
1988	Arlan Stangeland (Republican)	20,385 votes (9.2 points)
1986	Arlan Stangeland (Republican)	121 votes (0.1 points)
1984	Arlan Stangeland (Republican)	33,367 votes (14.1 points)
1982	Arlan Stangeland (Republican)	1,192 votes (0.6 points)
1980	Arlan Stangeland (Republican)	11,058 votes (4.3 points)
1978	Arlan Stangeland (Republican)	13,518 votes (6.6 points)
1976	Bob Bergland (Democratic)	109,747 votes (45.4 points)
1974	Bob Bergland (Democratic)	86,153 votes (50.0 points)
1972	Bob Bergland (Democratic)	40,784 votes (18.1 points)
1970	Bob Bergland (Democratic)	12,082 votes (8.2 points)
1968	Odin Langen (Republican)	4,046 votes (2.5 points)
1966	Odin Langen (Republican)	35,526 votes (26.5 points)
1964	Odin Langen (Republican)	2,586 votes (1.6 points)
1962	Odin Langen (Republican)	5,385 votes (4.0 points)
1960	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	6,878 votes (4.9 points)
1958	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	7,576 votes (6.6 points)
1956	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	16,103 votes (11.8 points)
1954	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	5,980 votes (5.2 points)
1952	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	35,316 votes (25.3 points)
1950	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	24,859 votes (23.4 points)
1948	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	6,016 votes (4.9 points)
1946	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	27,202 votes (30.7 points)
1944	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	36,366 votes (31.8 points)
1942	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	25,378 votes (29.9 points)
1940	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	23,602 votes (18.1 points)
1938	H. Carl Andersen (Republican)	6,822 votes (5.9 points)
1936	Paul John Kvale (Farmer-Labor)	19,120 votes (16.9 points)
1934	Paul J. Kvale (Farmer-Labor)	20,499 votes (18.6 points)
1930	Paul J. Kvale (Farmer-Labor)	44,828 votes (62.4 points)
1928	O. J. Kvale (Farmer-Labor)	28,294 votes (33.8 points)
1926	O. J. Kvale (Farmer-Labor)	12,510 votes (17.9 points)
1924	O. J. Kvale (Farm.-Lab.)	12,684 votes (17.0 points)
1922	O. J. Kvale (Independent)	13,914 votes (19.4 points)
1920	Andrew J. Volstead (Republican)	1,452 votes (1.9 points)

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