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Filing For Office
2020 State Primary and General Election
- Filings begin May 19, 2020
2020 Election Dates
Primary Election - August 11th
General Election - November 3rd
Requirements for Running for Office
The filing requirements, filing dates and filing locations depend on which office you are running for. To run for any office, a candidate must meet the following requirements:
- Be a citizen of the United States.
- Be an eligible voter.
- Pay all filing fees or present a Petition in Place of Filing Fee as allowed by statute. Complete an Affidavit of Candidacy.
- Complete and file Campaign Finance Reports.
Additional information and forms can be found online.
Candidate Filing Dates
May 19th - June 2nd for the following offices
- All Federal Offices (file with the Office of the Secretary of State)
- Ten Presidential Electors
- US Senator
- US Representative
- All State Offices (file with Secretary of State, or the county auditor)
- State Senator
- State Representative - Districts 27A and 27B
- Judicial Offices
- All County Offices (File with county auditor)
- County Commissioner District 1
- County Commissioner District 3
- County Commissioner District 5
- Soil & Water Conservation Supervisor, District 1
- Soil & Water Conservation Supervisor, District 2
- Soil & Water Conservation Supervisor, District 5
- City of Albert Lea Offices (file with city clerk)
- Councilor, First Ward
- Councilor Third Ward
- Councilor, Fifth Ward
July 28th - August 11th
- All other cities (file with city clerk)
- Townships with November elections (file with town clerk)
- School board (file with school district administrative officer)
Filing fees
Filing fees are non-refundable per Minnesota Statute 204B.11
- U.S. Senator: $400
- U.S. Representative: $300
- State Senator or Representative: $100
- Judicial Officer: $300
- County Office: $50
- Soil & Water Conservation Dist. Supervisor: $20
- City of Albert Lea Offices: $25
- Township Offices: $2
- School District Offices: $2
Additional Candidate Resources