Democratic Sen. Tina Smith will not run for re-election in Minnesota
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., announced Thursday she won’t run for re-election and will instead retire after the end of her term in 2026.
In a short video posted to social media, Smith told her supporters: “I wanted you to hear directly from me that I have decided not to run for re-election to the United States Senate in 2026.”
Smith, 66, was first appointed to the Senate in 2017 to fill the vacancy left by then-Democratic Sen. Al Franken’s resignation in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. Smith won a special election the following year and then another election in 2020 to serve a full six year term.
She has been a longtime fixture in Minnesota politics since well before she joined the Senate, serving as the state’s lieutenant governor and, before that, as a top aide to key Democratic politicians.
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