Minnesota U.S. Senate election

Would end federal tax preferences she describes as benefiting billionaires, eliminate certain AI/data-center incentives, raise the federal minimum wage to at least $17, and expand paid leave and child-care support. She argues that higher earners should contribute more to federal programs. 4 6

Opposes middle-class tax increases and supports retaining recent federal tax cuts. Would prioritize less federal spending, regulatory reductions and stronger anti-fraud enforcement. Her WCCO answers promise to protect Social Security, Medicare and defense funding but do not identify a comprehensive list of spending cuts. 5 7

Says fraud should be prosecuted and proposes restoring dismissed federal inspectors general, improving federal agency oversight, restricting stock trading by federal officials, and tightening ethics and disclosure rules. At the Oct. 16 debate, she said Gov. Walz bore primary responsibility for executive oversight while emphasizing other priorities she led. 6 4 8

Proposes federal penalties and funding consequences for states that fail to implement audit controls, longer mandatory sentences for federal fraud, better state–federal coordination, and co-sponsoring a bill to deport noncitizens convicted of fraud. She argues that Flanagan bears responsibility as lieutenant governor during state oversight failures. 5 7 8

Supports the Women’s Health Protection Act to establish federal abortion-access protections and repealing the Hyde Amendment’s federal abortion-funding restrictions. She supported Minnesota’s 2023 Protect Reproductive Options Act and favors continued federal support for reproductive-health providers. 4 8

Describes herself as a “pro-choice Republican” and supports access to abortion in roughly the first 12 weeks of pregnancy; she opposes public funding for abortion and says she would confirm conservative, strict-constructionist judges. At the October 16 debate, she did not spell out what “reasonable access” would require and said she did not seek to change Minnesota’s law from the Senate. 8

Advocates dismantling and replacing ICE with a different enforcement structure, along with secure borders, due process, increased immigration-judge capacity and a pathway to legal status for long-settled undocumented residents. She criticizes Operation Metro Surge and federal enforcement tactics in Minnesota. 4 6 8

Calls for stronger border security, cooperation between federal and local enforcement, deporting noncitizens convicted of crimes and guest-worker / high-skilled legal pathways. She criticized the management of Operation Metro Surge during the debate but also faulted state leaders for the unrest surrounding it. 5 7 8

Supports Medicare for All as a long-term goal, restoring Affordable Care Act premium credits and Medicaid funding, expanded vision/dental/hearing benefits, and broader Medicare prescription-drug price negotiations. Proposes restricting insurers’ prior-authorization denials. 4 6

Calls for maintaining core Medicare and Medicaid programs, keeping or expanding patient choice, reducing prescription-drug and hospital charges, and reining in insurer prior authorizations. Opposes a government-run single-payer transition and has highlighted a federal rural-health investment fund. 5 7

Supports expanded Head Start and universal pre-K, more federal funding for special education, increased federal K–12 support rather than voucher programs, and more student-loan relief for certain public-service workers. Points to state universal school meals and paid family leave as priorities during her tenure. 4 9 19

Calls for more parental authority over schooling, school-accountability measures, stronger academic performance, and federal policies restricting transgender participation in girls’ and women’s school sports and locker rooms. Her published education platform gives fewer specific funding figures. 5

Supports increased resources and training for police, reentry and violence-prevention programs, and federal bans on assault-style firearms, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns. 4

Calls for tougher penalties for violent crime, increased support, training and equipment for law enforcement, and broader federal–state cooperation. Her published campaign issues do not specify an equivalent detailed federal firearms bill. 5

Would raise the payroll-tax contribution ceiling for higher earners and supports the Social Security Expansion Act. At the October 16 debate she cited taxing income above $250,000 as part of her proposal and argued it would avoid benefit cuts. 4 8

Says she would protect Social Security and Medicare while reducing waste and fraud. At the October 16 debate, she declined to specify whether she would support benefit reductions or higher taxes as part of a long-term solvency plan. 7 8

Criticizes broad Trump-era tariffs as damaging agricultural export markets; supports congressional oversight of tariff authority, a new multiyear farm bill, farmers’ right to repair equipment, biofuels and protections for Minnesota iron producers. 4 6 8

Says she opposes permanent high tariffs but supports temporary tariffs as leverage to negotiate trade deals. She has singled out Canada as a market where she wanted a different U.S. negotiating approach and favors renewing the USMCA trade agreement. 7 8

Advocates wind, solar, clean-energy investment, biofuels, grid and infrastructure support, and environmental safeguards, tying such investment to union jobs and emissions reductions. Supports federal housing construction and infrastructure spending. 4

Advocates an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy, including reliable domestic energy supplies, and fewer regulations that she argues increase energy costs. She emphasizes cutting household electricity and fuel costs. 5

Opposed the 2026 Iran war and told the Oct. 16 debate she would vote to end it. Supports aid for Ukraine, NATO partnerships, a Gaza ceasefire and two-state solution, and restrictions on offensive weapons sales to Israel under Prime Minister Netanyahu. 4 8

Initially supported U.S. intervention in Iran, but said at the debate the conflict had gone on too long and should end strategically. Expressed strong support for Israel and rejected characterizing its Gaza campaign as genocide. Her published campaign material offers fewer details on Ukraine and NATO. 8

Supports federal voting-rights legislation, campaign-finance disclosure, a ban on trading stocks by federal officeholders and Supreme Court ethics rules. Opposes fixed term limits for senators, arguing voters can decide when to replace them. 4 8

Supports photo identification, paper ballots and the SAVE Act. Says she would support confirming conservative judges and favors limiting senators to two or three terms. 5 8