Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday announced his plans to seek a third term in office in 2026.
Ellison, a former Democratic Congressman elected attorney general in 2018, said he would use another four years in office to continue protecting Minnesota consumers from “greedy corporations.”
The attorney general said he would also continue to oppose the agenda of President Donald Trump. Ellison has been involved in numerous lawsuits against the Republican administration, including action this year to challenge Trump’s executive order banning transgender youth from girls’ sports.
“I’m running for re-election to keep Minnesota a fair place, where rule of law prevails over power and privilege,” Ellison said in his campaign announcement. “Since Minnesota elected me seven years ago, we’ve won tough fights to help Minnesotans afford their lives. We don’t bow down to kings in America, not presidents, not billionaires, not giant corporations, because everyone deserves to afford their life.”
During his first seven years in office, Ellison has negotiated settlements with insulin manufacturers to lower the cost of the drug and brought a lawsuit against JUUL to obtain millions in funding to address youth e-cigarette addiction.
So far, Ellison is the only major Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate to announce his intention to run for attorney general.
Republican Ron Schutz, an attorney who sits on the board of Minnesota conservative think tank the Center of the American Experiment, launched his campaign for attorney general earlier this month.
Ellison is the second of statewide DFL leaders to announce plans to seek another consecutive term in office. Gov. Tim Walz announced he’d seek a third four-year term in September.
State Auditor Julie Blaha, who is serving her second term, doesn’t plan to run again in 2026. Secretary of State Steve Simon, also a DFLer, is serving his third four-year term and has not announced his 20206 plans.
Democrats have held all statewide constitutional offices since Gov. Mark Dayton took office in early 2011. No Republican has held the office of Minnesota attorney general since 1971.
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