Lisa Demuth pulls ahead in Minnesota GOP gubernatorial race

Published February 4, 2026 1:17pm ET



Lisa Demuth, a Minnesota Republican currently serving as the state House speaker, was leading in the GOP gubernatorial primary according to the state party’s latest straw poll.

Demuth pulled ahead with more than 5,000 votes in the gubernatorial straw poll during Tuesday night’s precinct caucuses, according to the latest results released by the Republican Party of Minnesota as of Wednesday morning. Four-fifths of the results were tallied by that point.

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