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Rochester, MN politics & representatives

Rochester is represented in Congress by Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Representative Brad Finstad. Tim Walz is governor.

Who represents Rochester in Washington and in Minnesota, with how to reach each office.

Elections · 2024 general election

How Olmsted County voted in 2024

Official results for all of Olmsted County. Rochester's own results aren't published in a form we can match to the town exactly, so these are the county's.

President 90,924 votes

Kamala D HarrisDemocrat
54.0%
Donald J TrumpRepublican
43.4%
Others
2.6%

Minnesota: Harris 50.9%, Trump 46.7%

U.S. Senate 89,148 votes

Amy KlobucharDemocrat
58.7%
Royce WhiteRepublican
38.2%
Others
3.1%

Minnesota: Klobuchar 56.2%, White 40.5%

U.S. House · Minnesota's 1st District 377,601 votes

Brad FinstadRepublican
58.5%
Rachel BohmanDemocrat
41.4%
Others
0.1%

Whole-district result

Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, official 2024 precinct returns (statewide totals from its official state files). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren't counted.

In Washington

Who represents Rochester in Congress

U.S. Senate Both senators represent all of Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar
Amy KlobucharU.S. SenatorDemocrat · Serving since 2007 Official site ↗202-224-3244
Tina Smith
Tina SmithU.S. SenatorDemocrat · Serving since 2018 Official site ↗202-224-5641

U.S. House · Minnesota's 1st District

Brad Finstad
Brad FinstadU.S. RepresentativeRepublican · Serving since 2022 Official site ↗202-225-2472
In Minnesota

Who represents Rochester in state government

Tim WalzGovernor of MinnesotaDemocratic-Farmer-Labor · Serving since 2019 Official site ↗651-201-3400

State Senate · District 24 Covers about 51% of Rochester

Carla NelsonState SenatorRepublican Official site ↗Email

State Senate · District 25 Covers about 49% of Rochester

Liz BoldonState SenatorDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Official site ↗Email

State House Rochester is split between 4 districts

  • District 24B35% of Rochester
    Tina Liebling Democratic-Farmer-Labor
  • District 25A27% of Rochester
    Kim Hicks Democratic-Farmer-Labor
  • District 25B21% of Rochester
    Andy Smith Democratic-Farmer-Labor
  • District 24A17% of Rochester
    Duane Quam Republican

Rochester is split between state legislative districts. Find yours by address ↗

Rochester's own government: Town Hall →

Sources: congressional and state legislative districts from the U.S. Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); members of Congress from the congress-legislators project (portraits public domain); governors and state legislators from Open States. Districts are matched to Rochester by land area, so if the town is split, your street decides which one is yours.

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