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Keith Ellison

Attorney General, Minnesota

  • 2026
  • Minnesota
  • Spotlight
  • Incumbent
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Keith Ellison

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Attorney General, Minnesota

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    In the news

    1. MPR News

      By bus, by phone and on foot: Campaign 2026 reaches its final mile on eve of midterm

      At a St. Paul union hall rally, Ellison urged volunteers to reach Minnesotans who haven’t voted yet: “They’re waiting on you.”

    2. KTTC

      DFL candidates make Rochester stop on statewide bus tour

      Ellison joined Klobuchar and Flanagan on the DFL get-out-the-vote bus tour, focused on affordability and tariffs.

    3. Northern News Now

      Sen. Bernie Sanders promotes Peggy Flanagan, Keith Ellison at Duluth rally

      At a Duluth rally with Bernie Sanders, Ellison and Flanagan blamed Trump-backed SNAP and Medicare cuts for rising costs in Minnesota.

    4. KIMT 3

      Minnesota sues L'Oréal over cancer risks in hair relaxers

      Ellison sued L'Oréal, alleging it marketed hair relaxers to Black women and girls as safe while concealing cancer risks.

    5. The Minnesota Star Tribune

      Keith Ellison’s case against Trump is now his case for re-election

      Ellison has filed or joined 80 suits against the Trump administration, protecting $7.9B, and is making that fight his pitch.

    Checked Nov 2, 2026

    Candidate briefing

    Keith Ellison has been Minnesota’s attorney general since 2019. He represented Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District from 2007 to 2019, served as deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, and earlier served in the Minnesota House.

    He won the August 11 Democratic primary over David Madgett and faces Republican Ron Schutz on November 3. The October Minnesota Poll showed Ellison leading.

    As attorney general he has sued the Trump administration repeatedly and brought consumer, housing and Medicaid-fraud cases. Our Revolution has endorsed his re-election. Why Political Revolution supports him: he uses the attorney general’s office to take on corporate abuse and defend Minnesotans’ rights.