What We Do

We inform Minnesotans about the climate choices they have in elections.  

Climate Vote MN quickly became a major player in Minnesota’s electoral landscape after being founded in 2020. During our first campaign cycle, we invested over $700,000, running the largest environmental independent expenditure campaign in Minnesota history. That year, we helped elect two climate champions to the Minnesota State Senate.

In 2022, we shattered our own record by investing over $1 million in elections to ensure Minnesotans knew which candidates planned to act on climate change and protect the Great Outdoors. We helped secure Governor Tim Walz’s reelection and claimed a climate majority in the Senate by helping to flip three senate seats, one by only 321 votes! 

By electing climate champions in 2022 we helped set up Minnesota for major policy advances in 2023. Our success helped empower a governor and Legislature to prioritize climate action for the next decade. Within 35 days the newly elected climate majority passed Minnesota’s 100% clean energy by 2040 bill—proof that elections have consequences.

Our work isn’t done. We will continue to invest in future races and work to elect candidates that will protect our Great Outdoors for future generations of Minnesotans.