Minnesota State Rep. Kristin Robbins has announced her campaign for Governor of Minnesota. With Kristin Robbins’ entry into the Governor’s race, Tim Walz finally has a serious opponent. As the Chair of the Fraud Prevention Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives, Kristin has spent the last seven months fighting fraud and holding Tim Walz accountable for his complete mismanagement of our state. As a mom of three daughters, she understands firsthand the challenges Minnesota families are facing. And as an elected official who has consistently over-performed in the suburbs, Kristin knows how to WIN. In 2024, she won her district by 14 points while Harris/Walz lost it by .04 points.
On her decision to run for Minnesota’s highest office, Robbins said, “I love Minnesota, and I’ve been blessed to raise my family here. But over the last 8 years, Tim Walz has hurt families, businesses, and Minnesotan’s most vulnerable citizens. Under his mismanagement and leadership failures, our state has been heading in the wrong direction. Tim Walz burned through an $18 billion budget surplus, raised taxes by $10 billion, and allowed massive fraud to run rampant in his own agencies. Minnesotans deserve a leader who puts them first. I am committed to stopping the fraud, restoring fiscal responsibility, and bringing back common-sense leadership so the state works FOR Minnesotans, not against them.”
Robbins was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018, representing the communities of Corcoran, Greenfield, Independence, Loretto, Maple Plain, Maple Grove, and Medina. She currently serves as Chair of the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, Vice Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, and is an active member of the Taxes & Higher Education Committees.
Kristin lives in Maple Grove with her husband of 32 years, Brent, where they raised their three daughters. She has spent countless evenings and weekends cheering on her girls in soccer, basketball, softball, gymnastics and trap shooting. Kristin & Brent have also been an active in their community, volunteering regularly at school, a food shelf, and their church.