Minnesota gubernatorial election

Says she would not raise taxes and would seek savings through a state audit. Proposes lowering housing, child-care and health-care costs; expanding apprenticeships; and speeding permits for businesses. 2 4 8

Proposes cuts to the two lowest income-tax brackets, eliminating Minnesota’s remaining tax on Social Security income, a $99 vehicle-tab cap, and tax relief for tips and overtime. Calls for agency savings. 3 5 6

Calls for evidence-based phonics and math instruction, tutoring, less classroom screen time and restricting cell phones. Supports the proposed school-funding constitutional amendment. 2 4

Calls for a focus on reading and math, fewer state mandates, greater parent and district control, school safety funds for public and private schools, and participation in a federal education tax-credit program. 3 7

Proposes auditing agencies, modernizing IT systems, screening grants before payment, unannounced inspections, a “Do Not Pay” database and tougher fraud enforcement. 2 8

Proposes replacing agency commissioners, hiring forensic accountants, unannounced visits, cross-program checks and increased penalties. Would assign her lieutenant governor a coordinating role. 3 9

Supports protecting legal abortion access and reproductive freedom. Her campaign presents maintaining access as a health-care priority. 16

Opposes the state’s broad abortion-rights framework. Demuth was the lead author of a 2021 bill that would have barred most abortions after fetal cardiac activity was detected, with a medical-emergency exception. It did not become law. 15

Calls for hiring and retaining officers, targeting gangs and organized crime, and supporting violence prevention. Supports stronger background checks and restrictions on assault-style firearms. 2 12 13

Calls for stronger penalties for repeat violent offenders, including a “three strikes” approach, and expanded support for police and violent-crime teams. Her published public-safety agenda emphasizes sentencing and enforcement. 3 14

Supports border security and legal immigration reform, but has criticized federal immigration-enforcement operations in Minnesota and called for ICE accountability and reform. 17 31

Says she would work with federal authorities to enforce immigration law and improve the state–federal relationship. She has also publicly differed with the Trump administration on other issues. 18 32

Proposes lowering prescription costs through expanded bulk purchasing, reducing premiums, supporting rural hospitals and helping recruit medical staff. 2 4

Supports continuing the state’s reinsurance program, expanding health-plan choices, and maintaining support for rural hospitals. Points to bipartisan negotiations over hospital funding as speaker. 3 5

Emphasizes grid modernization, adding lower-cost renewable energy and protecting consumers from increasing utility bills. 4

Proposes removing Minnesota’s prohibition on new nuclear power plants and changing clean-energy requirements. Emphasizes an all-of-the-above energy strategy and electricity reliability. 5

Calls for more home construction, permitting changes, broadband completion and economic infrastructure. Her central platform gives fewer specifics on dedicated road-funding formulas. 4 8

Proposes a $99 annual vehicle-registration cap and ending automatic gas-tax inflation adjustments; she also calls for permitting changes. The public materials reviewed do not establish a comprehensive replacement plan for transportation revenue. 6

Has said new data centers should face robust environmental standards, local control and transparency, with attention to household electricity bills and water resources. 19

Did not respond to the Minnesota Reformer’s July 2026 data-center questionnaire; the campaign’s broader energy agenda emphasizes reliability and the regulatory environment. A detailed position on local data-center moratoriums was not established in that questionnaire. 19 5