Melisa Lopez Franzen

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Melisa Lopez Franzen ran for U.S. Senate in MN in 2026 as a Democratic (lost).

American politician

U.S. Senate - MNDemocraticLostVugol ID VM-KWB-VWE8 FEC S6MN00465

Ran for U.S. Senate, MN, 2026 · Lost to Peggy Flanagan (Democratic). Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia

On the Minnesota ballot, Nov 3, 2026 Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.

Link: vugol.me/p/melisa-lopez-franzen

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Races

2026 · U.S. Senate, MN · General · Democratic · on the ballot
2020 · State Senate, MN District 49 · General · Democratic · won · 36,149 votes (62.8%) · source

Background

Melisa López Franzen is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 49 in the southwest Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the Minneapolis…

suburbs of Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, and Minnetonka.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-11-06 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisa_L%C3%B3pez_Franzen

Campaign finance

$299,376total raised (2026 cycle)

$299,376total spent (2026 cycle)

$0cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2025-07-15 · Source: FEC

Sources

Portrait, Stop1307 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-06 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisa_L%C3%B3pez_Franzen
Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6MN00465/

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