Angie Craig MN-02

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 2 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District:  south Twin Cities metro area and contains all of Scott, Dakota, and Le Sueur counties. It also contains part of northern and eastern Rice County including the city of Northfield, as well as southern Washington County including the city of Cottage Grove. Lakeville and Eagan are the largest cities in the district 
Upcoming Election:

Craig worked in journalism and corporate communications. She moved to Minnesota in 2005 for a job at St. Jude Medical. Craig first ran for Congress in 2016, losing to Jason Lewis, whom she defeated in their 2018 rematch.[1]

Craig is the first openly LGBT+ member of Congress from Minnesota and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress.

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This week, I was proud to receive the 2021 Retiree Hero Award from @ActiveRetirees
for my 100% pro-retiree voting record in Congress. I’ll always work to ensure our nation’s seniors receive the benefits they’ve earned and deserve.

The Equality Act: Rep. Angie Craig

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Brad Finstad MN-01

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 1 since 2022
Affiliation: Republican
District:   primarily rural district built on a strong history of agriculture, though this is changing rapidly due to strong population growth in the Rochester combined statistical area. The district is also home to several of Minnesota’s major mid-sized cities, including Rochester, Mankato, Winona, Austin, Owatonna, Albert Lea, Red Wing, New Ulm, Worthington, and Lake City. 
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Finstad previously served as an area director for the Minnesota Farm Bureau and as the agricultural policy advisor to U.S. Representative Mark Kennedy. In 2002, he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he served three terms.

President Donald Trump appointed Finstad as the USDA Rural Development director for Minnesota. He served until shortly after Trump left office in 2021. In addition to his government service, Finstad operates a family farm.

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Kelly Morrison MN-03

Kelly Louise Morrison (born February 2, 1969) is an American physician and politician who is the U.S. Representative-elect for Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district. Morrison was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 45 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Minnetonka, Mound, Minnetrista, and Orono in Hennepin County. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.

On November 9, 2023, Morrison announced she would run in the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district in the 2024 House elections, after the incumbent, Dean Phillips, announced his run against President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries. She was elected on November 5, 2024.

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Betty McCollum MN-04

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 4 since 2001
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 1993 – 2001
Other Positions:  Defense Subcommittee – House Appropriations Committee
District:  nearly all of Ramsey County, and part of Washington County. It includes all of St. Paul, and most of its northern and eastern suburbs   
Upcoming Election:

McCollum has worked as a high school social sciences teacher and as a sales manager. She first won election to the North St. Paul city council in 1986

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My @AppropsDems colleagues and I are currently working to ensure Congress passes funding bills that improve the lives of all Americans. Watch this video to see how we make it happen #ForThePeople

“It Is Called Apartheid” – Rep. Betty McCollum Speech at USCPR National Conference

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Ilhan Omar MN-05

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 5 since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2017 – 2019
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations –  House Foreign Affairs Committee
District:  eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties 
Upcoming Election:

Omar serves as deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has advocated for a $15 minimum wage, universal healthcare, student loan debt forgiveness, the protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A frequent critic of Israel, Omar supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and has denounced Israel’s settlement policies and military campaigns in the occupied Palestinian territories,.

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We urge @POTUS to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, reissue State Department & customs guidances to clarify that settlements are inconsistent with international law, & oppose the forced expulsion of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem & throughout Palestinian territory.

Rep. Ilhan Omar shares her experience at border facility

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Tom Emmer MN-06

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 7 since 2015
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: State Delegate from 2005 – 2011
District: Most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, and Anoka counties.  
Upcoming Election:

Emmer chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2019 to 2023. After Republicans gained a majority in the 2022 U.S. House of Representatives elections, he successfully ran for majority whip.  Emmer was the House Republican Conference’s third nominee for the October 2023 Speaker of the House election.

Emmer began his legal career representing cities and counties through the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust and the League of Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust, handling lawsuits against police officers.

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Police reform must focus on efforts that improve relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve. @StCloudPDMN is doing just that & my Community OutPost Outreach and Engagement Act will take their effort nationwide.

VIRAL MOMENT: House GOP member video gets stuck upside down during committee hearing

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Michelle Fischbach MN-07

Current Position: US Representative of Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: Lt. Governor from 2018 – 2019; State Senator from 1996 – 2018
District:   covers the majority of western Minnesota. It is by far the state’s largest district, and has a very rural character. Cities in the district include Moorhead (its largest city), Fergus Falls, Alexandria and Willmar.
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She first got involved in politics as an intern to Rudy Boschwitz, then a U.S. senator for Minnesota. In 1994, Fischbach became the first woman elected to the Paynesville City Council, where she served until she was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996.

While serving as the incumbent lieutenant governor of Minnesota, Fischbach was former Governor Tim Pawlenty’s nominee for lieutenant governor in the Minnesota Republican Party primary during the 2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election.

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A person’s wealth is irrelevant. Taxpayer funded abortion is wrong. Every innocent human life is precious and needs to be protected. #HydeSavesLives #MN07

Michelle Fischbach on the year of the GOP woman

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Pete Stauber MN-08

Current Position: US Representative of MN District 8 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Member of the St. Louis County Commission from 2013 – 2019
District: anchored by Duluth, the state’s fifth-largest city. It also includes most of the Mesabi & Vermilion iron ranges, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in the Superior National Forest.  
Upcoming Election:

He played college hockey for Lake Superior State University, where as a star player on the team, he led the Lakers to a national championship in the 1988 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. Stauber met his political idol President Ronald Reagan when the team visited the White House after winning the national championship. He later said this event formed his political ambition.

Stauber served as a lieutenant in the Duluth Police Department from 1995 to 2017.

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Minnesotans deserve to feel safe. That’s why, as my Democrat colleagues push forward harmful policies to take away funds and resources from law enforcement, I will continue to act as a firewall and fight back against their efforts to defund the police.

Pete Stauber On Why The North Is Turning To The GOP

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