{"id":40554,"date":"2026-08-12T09:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40554"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:50:51","slug":"minnesota-house-speaker-lisa-demuth-wins-republican-primary-in-minnesota-governors-race-cbs-news-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40554","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth wins Republican primary in Minnesota governor&#8217;s race, CBS News projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth will win the Republican primary in Minnesota&#8217;s gubernatorial race, CBS News projects.<\/p>\n<p>Demuth<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will face <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/sen-amy-klobuchar-wins-dfl-primary-in-governors-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who won the Democratic primary<\/a><\/span>, in the Nov. 3 general election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The state Republican Party earlier this year <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/kendall-qualls-minnesota-gop-governor-endorsement-lisa-demuth\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">endorsed Kendall Qualls over Demuth<\/a><\/span>. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/lisa-demuth-gop-gubernatorial-race-caucus-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Demuth said in February<\/a> she was &#8220;committed to both seek and abide by the endorsement,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/lisa-demuth-continues-governor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stayed in the race<\/a>, citing irregularities in the convention voting process.<\/p>\n<p>Qualls conceded to Demuth as her lead grew in the primary, congratulating her for &#8220;earning the support of the Republican primary voters.&#8221;\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>Demuth <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/lisa-demuth-running-for-minnesota-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">launched her campaign<\/a><\/span> while serving as the top Republican in the Minnesota Legislature during a divided session. In both her legislative work and run for governor, Demuth has targeted the hot-button fraud issue in Minnesota. She has repeatedly pinned the crisis on outgoing Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, and on her campaign website promised to &#8220;transform Minnesota&#8217;s state government into a fiscal and moral steward of our tax dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Demuth earned the primary win despite trailing MAGA candidate Mike Lindell in recent polls. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/lisa-demuth-ryan-wilson-running-mate-gubernatorial-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">running mate is Ryan Wilson<\/a>, an attorney who ran unsuccessfully for state auditor in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has not elected a Republican governor since Tim Pawlenty in 2006. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See full results for the Minnesota primary on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wcco.com\/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCCO&#8217;s results page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/esme-murphy\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Esme  Murphy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth will win the Republican primary in Minnesota&#8217;s gubernatorial race, CBS News projects. Demuth\u00a0will face Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who won the Democratic primary, in the Nov. 3 general election.\u00a0 The state Republican Party earlier this year endorsed Kendall Qualls over Demuth. 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