[1] Starting in 2025 and as a result of the 2024 elections, the Republican Party of Minnesota does not have substantial power in the state, holding no statewide executive offices or U.S. Senate seats.

Polls conducted in the early-mid-1970s indicated people in Minnesota were more likely to vote for a candidate who identified as an "Independent" versus a "Republican".

During this time the party held both US Senate seats and briefly controlled the state House of Representatives.

In the 2008 U.S. Senate election, incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman was defeated by Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Al Franken by 312 votes out of over 2.5 million cast after a long series of dramatic, contentious, and expensive re-counts.

[4] The Chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party Tony Sutton (R) was found guilty of circumventing Finance Laws in the Gubernatorial Election Recount of 2010 and fined $33,000.

With Tom Emmer's defeat in 2010 by Mark Dayton, Republicans held the governorship for eight years.

The new headquarters is situated diagonally across from the Seward Community Cafe where it shares a building with a Pizza Luce.

In 2021, the Minnesota Republican Party became a subject of controversy when donor and strategist Anton Lazzaro was indicted for sex trafficking charges.

[13] The party ran Scott Jensen for the 2022 gubernatorial race,[14][15] who lost to incumbent Tim Walz.

"[24] For education, the platform also opposes "any element of Critical Race Theory or associated curricula and programs.

State representative Tom Emmer ran as the Republican nominee in the 2010 election and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger Mark Dayton.