The Winner
If you live in Minnesota's 4th U.S. House District, you will continue to be represented in Congress by Betty McCollum (D-MN), who has been declared the winner of the 2026 congressional race, according to CBS News.
CBS News called the race on Nov. 3, and McCollum, the Democrat, took about 73.1% of the vote (about 245,699 votes) to about 26.8% (about 90,067 votes) for her Republican opponent, according to the state's official results as of Nov. 10. That is a margin of about 46 points, or about 155,632 votes.
The winner is based on the call, and the vote figures are preliminary: the counts are unofficial and may change until the state certifies them.
The Race
The Republican candidate, Paul Wikstrom, reached the general election ballot by winning the Aug. 11 Republican primary with about 20,628 votes. Cook Political Report rated the seat Solid D before the election. Inside Elections rated it Solid Democratic and Sabato's Crystal Ball rated it Safe Democratic, according to Ballotpedia.
The district covers Ramsey County and Washington County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It has about 705,500 residents, according to geographic data for the district. Median household income is about $89,200, the median age is about 37.2, about 47.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the unemployment rate is about 4.6%, and about 10.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
The district is about 63.6% white, about 13.5% Asian, about 10.5% Black, and about 7.6% Hispanic.
What's Next
McCollum is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2027, under the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. She said she will hold hearings and press the Defense Department with tough questions over the Iran war, and will not give it a "blank check," according to a guest commentary in the Minnesota Star Tribune published Nov. 7.
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