Todd Hesemann

Todd Hesemann is the Republican candidate for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A in the November 3, 2026 general election, facing Democrat Kyrstin Schuette; the Republican primary was canceled.[1] A software engineer in the energy industry and a police reserve officer, he also ran in the district in 2024.[1][2]

Todd Hesemann was born in Lakefield, Minnesota, and graduated from Lakefield High School, according to Ballotpedia.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota, Morris in 1987 and a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in 2006.[1] In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey, he said he works as a software engineer in the energy industry, designing control center solutions for electric utilities, and that he has lived in New Hope, Minnesota since 1991.[2] He also said he became a police reserve officer in 2007 and was serving as captain of the reserve unit.[2]

Hesemann was the Republican candidate in District 43A in 2024, when incumbent Cedrick Frazier defeated him in the general election, 66.3 percent to 33.5 percent.[1] In the survey, he listed taxes, spending and inflation, education, and public safety as his key messages, saying he wanted to scale back government spending, return schools to the fundamentals of reading, writing, math and science, and support police.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.