Federal race · 2020

Minnesota U.S. House, District 8, 2020

General election: November 3, 2020

Money raised

  1. Peter Allen Stauber (R)$2.6M raised · $3K on hand
  2. Quinn Reabe Nystrom (D)$1.6M raised · $4K on hand
  3. Soren Christian Sorensen (D)$607 raised · $163 on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Peter Allen Stauber (R)Won the general election (56.7%)$2,602,490.35$2,618,059.12$2,767.462020-12-31
Quinn Reabe Nystrom (D)Lost the general election (37.6%)$1,560,763.97$1,557,163.52$3,600.452020-12-31
Soren Christian Sorensen (D)Withdrawn$606.52$443.34$163.182019-12-31

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$4,170,503.26 = candidates’ own spending $4,140,980.04 + outside spending $29,523.22

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Peter Allen Stauber$10,707.92$3,434.76$10,351.58
Quinn Reabe Nystrom$5,028.96$0.00$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RAugust 14, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe RJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely RJuly 6, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RJune 3, 2020
  • RCPLikely RJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenLikely RJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pete StauberRepublican Party of Minnesota223,43256.7%
Quinn NystromMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party147,85337.6%
Judith SchwartzbackerGrassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party22,1905.6%

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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