06/17/2026
Latest Poll Confirms Minnesotans Are Rejecting the Walz-Flanagan DFL Record
Edina, MN — The Republican Party of Minnesota today released the following statement from Chairman Alex Plechash after the latest Minnesota Poll showed Governor Tim Walz’s approval rating collapsing to 39 percent, the lowest mark of his tenure.
“The latest Minnesota Poll confirms what Minnesotans already know: the DFL brand is collapsing because Tim Walz, Peggy Flanagan, Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, and Steve Simon offer nothing but more of the same,” said Chairman Alex Plechash. “This year’s DFL ticket is Walz-Flanagan 2.0 — the same failed politicians, the same broken priorities, the same excuses, and the same disastrous results.”
Walz leaves office with the lowest approval rating of his career because his administration turned Minnesota into a national symbol of fraud, failure, high taxes, and broken government. But this is not just a Tim Walz problem. Peggy Flanagan stood beside him every step of the way. Now she is the DFL’s top-of-ticket candidate for U.S. Senate, asking Minnesotans to reward the same administration that gave us fraud scandals, declining schools, rising costs, and a government that stopped working for taxpayers.
“Amy Klobuchar is trying to pretend she is new to Minnesota politics, but she is not,” Plechash continued. “She stood with the same political machine that spent an $18 billion surplus, raised taxes by billions, and looked the other way while fraud exploded. On education, Walz slammed the door on families by refusing to opt Minnesota into the federal scholarship tax credit program that could help students trapped in failing schools find alternatives. Klobuchar should tell Minnesotans today whether she would reverse that decision — but her endorsement by the teachers union and her long record against school choice make clear she is another politician putting special interests ahead of parents and kids.”
The DFL record is clear: more fraud, more taxes, more bureaucracy, more sweetheart deals for politically connected nonprofits, and fewer opportunities for Minnesota families.
Keith Ellison has also failed Minnesotans. As Minnesota’s chief legal officer, Ellison should have been leading the fight against fraud. Instead, Minnesotans watched the federal government do the work while Ellison minimized the scandal, offered excuses, and failed to hold the political insiders and bureaucrats accountable.
Steve Simon is part of the same DFL bureaucracy that tells Minnesotans to trust the system while that system fails working families again and again.
“The DFL ticket in 2026 is Walz-Flanagan 2.0,” Plechash said. “Same machine. Same failures. Same results. More fraud. More taxes. More families priced out. More kids who cannot read or do math at grade level. More crime and decline in our urban core. More national embarrassment for a state that should be leading the country.”
While Democrats offer more of the same, Republicans are offering Minnesota a real alternative. The Republican-endorsed ticket is ready to bring accountability, competence, and common sense back to state government.
Kendall Qualls will lead the fight to end the Walz-Flanagan era and restore accountability in the governor’s office. Adam Schwarze, a Navy veteran with nine deployments, will give Minnesotans a U.S. Senator who puts service, safety, and taxpayers first. Ron Schutz will bring serious leadership to the Attorney General’s Office and make clear that fraud, corruption, and political favoritism will no longer be tolerated. Tad Jude will restore confidence, transparency, and integrity to the Secretary of State’s Office. Nate George will give taxpayers an independent watchdog in the State Auditor’s Office.
Together, the Republican ticket is offering a clear plan: end the fraud, prosecute those involved, hold politicians and bureaucrats accountable, roll back gas tax increases and tab fee hikes, restore affordability, clean up our cities, expand educational opportunity, and rebuild a culture that keeps families, workers, and businesses here.
“Minnesota is not done,” Plechash concluded. “Walz, Flanagan, Klobuchar, Ellison, Simon, and the DFL have damaged Minnesota, but they have not destroyed it. Kendall Qualls, Adam Schwarze, Ron Schutz, Tad Jude, Nate George, and Republicans up and down the ballot are have a plan to bring Minnesota back.”
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