Counties

Dakota

Dakota County is located in east-central Minnesota and includes a portion of the southern Twin Cities metro area. It has three county commissioner races, one of which is contested, and three contested soil and water supervisor races. There are six school board races that are contested.

Cities including Apple Valley and Lakeville, as well as a number of townships have municipal races, some of which are uncontested. Below is candidate information for contested races. All other races can be found on Populist.

Jump to a contested race:

County commissioner | School board | Soil and water supervisor | Apple Valley | Burnsville | Eagan | Farmington | Hastings | Inver Grove Heights | Lakeville | Lilydale | Mendota | Randolph | Rosemount | South St. Paul | West St. Paul

Click on each question and scroll down to see the candidates’ responses.


County commissioner


School board


Soil and water supervisor

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Apple Valley


Burnsville

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Eagan


Farmington


Hastings

Inver Grove Heights

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Lakeville


Lilydale


Mendota


Randolph


Rosemount

South St. Paul

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West St. Paul

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Cities and Townships with uncontested races:

  • Coates

  • Eagan

  • Empire

  • Hampton

  • Hastings

  • Mendota Heights

  • Miesville

  • New Trier

  • Randolph

  • Randolph Township

  • Sunfish

  • Vermillion

County’s uncontested races also include:

  • School Board ISD #891 and ISD #2190

  • Soil and Water Supervisor District 1, 2 and 5