Doug Chapin
Doug Chapin (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Democratic primary on August 11, 2026.
Chapin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2026
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 11 Republican primary)
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 11 Democratic primary)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6
Incumbent Tom Emmer and Doug Chapin are running in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on November 3, 2026.
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 | Tom Emmer (R) | |
 | Doug Chapin (D)  | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kelly Doss (Unaffiliated)
- Austin Winkelman (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6
Doug Chapin advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 11, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doug Chapin | 100.0 | 48,395 |
| Total votes: 48,395 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Wicklund (D)
- Anson Amberson (D)
- Sierra Grandy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6
Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated Michael Foley and Chris Corey in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 11, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Emmer | 80.9 | 53,073 |
 | Michael Foley | 15.3 | 10,016 | |
| Chris Corey | 3.8 | 2,502 | ||
| Total votes: 65,591 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Doug Chapin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chapin's responses.
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He worked for ten years at the University of Minnesotaâs Humphrey School of Public Affairs, where he founded the nationâs first online undergraduate and graduate certificate program in Election Administration.
Doug spent over a decade leading The Pew Charitable Trustsâ elections team, where he successfully lobbied for enactment of military and overseas voting reform in Congress and state legislatures, linked state election offices and technology partners like Google to provide official voting information online; and worked with the elections community to design and implement efforts to upgrade the nationâs voter registration systems.
In 2001, Doug founded electionline.org, which is still the nationâs leading nonpartisan source for election policy news and information. He was a frequent speaker and commentator on election matters, including for the New York Times, Governing Magazine and National Public Radio.
He has been an attorney in private practice specializing in election and ethics law and served as elections counsel to the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Rules Committee.
Doug holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, a Masterâs in Public Administration from Harvardâs John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelorâs degree in Politics and Russian Studies from Princeton University.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
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