RepublicanNot in office · last served 2020Lost the 2026 general

Scott Jensen

Last held office: Minnesota State Senate, District 47 (2016–2020). Lost the 2026 race for Minnesota Auditor.

Last office: Minnesota State Senate, District 47Born 1954Anti-vaccine activist

Last margin: −8.8; Lost 2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 11:01 PM ET

Career

Offices held, and every time Jensen was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Minnesota State Senate, District 47Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Jensen has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Jensen won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Baseline
2026	Minnesota Auditor	General	Lost	Zack Filipovich (D), Jay Reeves (FWD)	44.2%	D+8.8	D+4.3
2022	Governor of Minnesota	General	Lost	Timothy J. Walz (D), James McCaskel (I), Steve Patterson (I)	44.6%	D+7.7	—
2016	Minnesota State Senate, District 47	General	Won	Darryl Scarborough (D)	67.3%	R+34.7	—