Jim Hagedorn – MN1

Jim Hagedorn

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Current Position: US Representative of MN District 1 since 2019
Affiliation: Republican

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Ranking Member, Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development

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Hagedorn facing U.S. House ethics investigation over office spending
St. Paul Pioneer Press, STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS – September 7, 2021

The House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it is investigating four members, including Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a Republican representing southern Minnesota.

According to CQ-Roll Call, the cases were investigated by the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics, which concluded that in each case there was a substantial reason to believe that a violation had occurred. The OCE is a fact-finding office and, unlike the Ethics Committee, cannot discipline members or issue subpoenas.

The Minnesota Reformer, an online news site, previously reported on questionable spending by Hagedorn’s office.

U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn

“Congressman Hagedorn personally self-reported this matter to the Ethics Committee last year and will continue working with it to bring it to an appropriate conclusion,” Elliot Berke, managing partner of the law firm Berke Farah,said in a statement on behalf of Hagedorn. “The fact that the OCE, which provides non-binding recommendations to the Ethics Committee, decided to investigate something that was already under review was a waste of taxpayer funds and House resources.”

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Congressman Jim Hagedorn was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, in 1962, to Tom and Kathleen. His formative years were spent on a 160-acre grain and livestock farm outside of Truman. Jim was part of a rich family tradition of farming, with his father, grandfather and great-grandfather all being southern Minnesota farmers. Jim and his sisters gained a firsthand understanding of farming and small business. He helped work the land, walk the bean fields, feed the hogs, maintain the property and appreciate country living and small town values.

In 1974, Jim’s father was elected to Congress to represent southern Minnesota’s Second Congressional District. Shortly thereafter the family began splitting time between Washington, D.C. and Minnesota – spending the school year in the Virginia suburbs of D.C. and returning each summer to the Truman farm. Through Jim’s unique perspective on national politics, Jim earned respect for notable leaders including Jack Kemp, Henry Hyde and Ronald Reagan, who, along with his father, are Jim’s political heroes.

During high school, Jim saved for college and his first automobile by delivering newspapers, mowing lawns, and teaching tennis as an assistant professional. Beginning at age 18, Jim worked full-time jobs as a busboy and salesman to self-finance his college education. Jim attended George Mason University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics.

In 1984, Jim began serving Minnesota’s Seventh District as Republican Congressman Arlan Stangeland’s legislative assistant. Jim handled an array of issues and successfully managed the Congressman’s legislative agenda, including stewardship of a bipartisan “workfare” bill that required able-bodied welfare recipients to work for benefits. This bill was conceptually enacted into law shortly after Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 1994.

Jim also brings policy experience to Capitol Hill from time spent as a congressional affairs officer for two U.S. Department of the Treasury agencies as a civil servant. Under his leadership, Jim assisted in the enactment of several efforts to reform government and to drive down costs for the American taxpayer.

On January 3, 2019, Jim was sworn in to represent Minnesota’s First District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The First District includes 21 counties from South Dakota to Wisconsin, along the Iowa border. Jim married Jennifer Carnahan in 2018. He resides in his hometown of Blue Earth and worships at St. Paul Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Blue Earth.

Jim serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Small Business to promote farming, Main Street enterprises and southern Minnesota’s rural way of life.

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Mankato, MN 56001

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James Lee Hagedorn (/ˈhæɡɛdɔːrn/ HAG-e-dorn; August 4, 1962 – February 17, 2022) was an American politician from Minnesota. A Republican, he was the U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district from 2019 until his death.[1] The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa and includes Rochester, Austin, and Mankato.

Early life and education

Hagedorn was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, in 1962,[2] the son of former U.S. Representative Tom Hagedorn and Kathleen Hagedorn (née Mittlestadt).[3] He was raised on his family’s farm near Truman, Minnesota, and in McLean, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., while his father served in Congress from 1975 to 1983.[4][5] Hagedorn graduated from Langley High School.[6]

He graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and political science in 1993.[6][7]

Early political career

Government career

Hagedorn greeting President Ronald Reagan in 1982

Hagedorn served as a legislative aide to U.S. Representative Arlan Stangeland from 1984 to 1991.[6] He then worked in the United States Department of the Treasury as director for legislative and public affairs for the Financial Management Service from 1991 to 1998 and as congressional affairs officer for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until 2009.[6][8]

Mr. Conservative blog

From 2002 to 2008, Hagedorn authored a now-deleted blog, Mr. Conservative. According to Mother Jones, the blog made Native Americans a “favorite punching bag” and commented on female Supreme Court justices and Barack Obama‘s ancestry “in ways many voters won’t appreciate.”[9] Hagedorn said the blog was intended to be humorous and satirical.[10]

Hagedorn’s blogging history led the conservative newspaper the Washington Examiner to run an editorial calling him “the worst midterm candidate in America” in 2018.[11][12]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2010

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 1

Hagedorn lost the Republican nomination for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district in the 2010 election.[6][13][14]

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 1

Returning to Minnesota in 2013, he won the Republican nomination, but lost to Democratic incumbent Tim Walz.[15][6]

2014 Republican primary results[16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJim Hagedorn 12,748 54.0
RepublicanAaron Miller10,87046.0
Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, 2014[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL)Tim Walz (incumbent) 122,851 54.2
RepublicanJim Hagedorn103,53645.7
Write-in3080.1

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 1

Hagedorn again won the Republican nomination, and again lost to Walz in a closer race.[6]

2016 Republican primary results[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJim Hagedorn 10,851 76.5
RepublicanSteve Williams3,33023.5
Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, 2016[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL)Tim Walz (incumbent) 169,074 50.3
RepublicanJim Hagedorn166,52649.6
Write-in2770.1

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 1

Hagedorn received the Republican nomination, despite the NRA Political Victory Fund endorsing another candidate, state Senator Carla Nelson, who also received funds from Representative Elise Stefanik, Richard Uihlein and Paul Singer. Hagedorn described himself as the most conservative candidate, who was loyal to Donald Trump.[20]

2018 Republican primary results[21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJim Hagedorn 25,418 60.1
RepublicanCarla Nelson13,58932.2
RepublicanSteve Williams2,1455.1
RepublicanAndrew Candler1,1062.6

After Hagedorn won the primary, then-head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Representative Steve Stivers, said of the viewpoints expressed on Hagedorn’s blog, “that is news to me”. The NRCC spokeswoman said the posts were inappropriate and not condoned by the group.[22]

In the general election, with Walz giving up the seat to run for governor of Minnesota, Hagedorn defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Feehan, a former Department of Defense official, in a very close race.[1]

Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, 2018[23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJim Hagedorn 146,199 50.1
Democratic (DFL)Dan Feehan144,88449.7
Write-in5750.2

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 1

Hagedorn was reelected in 2020, narrowly defeating Feehan again.[24]

Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, 2020[25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJim Hagedorn (incumbent) 179,234 48.6
Democratic (DFL)Dan Feehan167,89045.5
GrassrootsBill Rood21,4485.8
Write-in2840.1

Tenure

According to the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Hagedorn held a Bipartisan Index Score of -0.0 in the 116th United States Congress for 2019, placing him 190th out of 435 members.[26] Based on FiveThirtyEight‘s congressional vote tracker at ABC News, Hagedorn voted with Donald Trump‘s stated public policy positions 94.4% of the time,[27] making him average in the 116th United States Congress according to predictive scoring (district partisanship and voting record).[28]

Depictions of Jesus

In 2020, in response to activist Shaun King saying that depictions of Jesus as white should be destroyed, Hagedorn wrote that the Democratic Party and Black Lives Matter movement “are at war with our country, our beliefs and western culture.” In response to critiques that the term “Western culture” has been used to promote white nationalism, Hagedorn said, “The notion that statues and images of Jesus Christ somehow represent white supremacy and should be destroyed is ludicrous and represent a growing intolerant movement on the left to silence any voices that do not align with their radical secular views.”[29] His comments led several corporate donors, including Intel and UnitedHealth Group, to ask him to return their donations.[30][31]

Office funding

In 2020, LegiStorm released an analysis of Hagedorn’s office spending, finding that the office had spent more than one fifth of its $1.4 million annual office budget on publicly funded constituent mail. Around 40% of his office’s annual budget was spent in the first quarter of 2020, surpassing any other member of Congress during the same time period.[32] Some expenses for Hagedorn’s mailings went to a firm partially owned by a part-time Hagedorn staffer.[33] Hagedorn initiated an internal review of his office’s spending and reported the findings to the House Ethics Committee, which declined to pursue the matter.[34] As a result of the internal review, Hagedorn dismissed his chief of staff and said, “I acknowledge responsibility for the oversight of my office and will continue to make any necessary management improvements.”[35][33]

In October 2020, Politico alleged that Hagedorn “appears to have enjoyed rent-free use of a campaign office supplied by a political donor.”[36] Hagedorn denied the report, saying his campaign had leased a post office box and not office space in the building in question.[37]

Contesting election results

In December 2020, Hagedorn was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated[38] Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.[39][40][41]

On January 7, 2021, Hagedorn objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results in Congress based on false claims of voter fraud.[42]

Financial disclosures

In December 2021, Business Insider reported that Hagedorn had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose a sale of stock in Exact Sciences Corp. that he made in 2020.[43]

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Personal life

Hagedorn was married to Jennifer Carnahan, who chaired the Republican Party of Minnesota until 2021.[49] They lived in Blue Earth, Minnesota.[7]

Hagedorn was Lutheran.[50]

Health and death

Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2019[51] and received immunotherapy. In December 2020, he underwent surgery to remove the diseased kidney.[52] In July 2021, Hagedorn announced that his cancer had returned.[53]

In January 2022, Hagedorn was admitted to the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, after testing positive for COVID-19; he had previously been vaccinated against the disease.[54][55] Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022, at the age of 59.[56] He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth.[57]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Rao, Maya (November 7, 2018). “GOP’s Jim Hagedorn wins Minnesota’s First District seat on fourth try”. Star Tribune. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ “Candidate Conversation – Jim Hagedorn (R)”. Inside Elections. June 2, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Holt, Marjorie (1976). The Case Against the Reckless Congress. Green Hill Publishers. ISBN 9780916054083. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  4. ^ “Jim Hagedorn”. Greater Mankato Growth. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Mewes, Trey (August 10, 2018). “GOP voters to decide between Hagedorn and Nelson”. Mankato Free Press. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g “Biography – Jim Hagedorn (1962)”. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  7. ^ a b “Jim Hagedorn’s Biography”. Vote Smart. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Karnowski, Steve (October 12, 2018). “MN 1st District candidates Jim Hagedorn, Dan Feehan debate”. Twincities.com. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Murphy, Tim (April 22, 2014). “House candidate called female senators “undeserving bimbos in tennis shoes”“. Mother Jones. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  10. ^ Lopez, Ricardo (August 23, 2014). “GOP U.S. House hopeful Jim Hagedorn defends old blog posts now under fire”. Star Tribune. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  11. ^ Wegmann, Philip (April 10, 2018). “Jim Hagedorn: The worst Republican candidate in America?”. Washington Examiner. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  12. ^ Jones, Hannah (August 21, 2018). “U.S. House control could hinge on Minnesota’s Jim Hagedorn, ‘worst Republican candidate in America’“. City Pages. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Pathé, Simone (August 14, 2018). “Hagedorn Wins GOP Nomination for Toss-Up Minnesota Race”. Roll Call. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  14. ^ Syed, Moiz; Willis, Derek (October 15, 2009). “Two GOP candidates with familiar names consider run against Walz”. Post-Bulletin. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  15. ^ Hunt, Chuck (November 15, 2013). “Back for another campaign”. Faribault County Register. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2020. The Blue Earth native and sometimes resident is back to try again to become the Republican candidate to run against U.S. Congressman Tim Walz a year from now in the November 2014 election.
  16. ^ “Results for U.S. Representative District 1, 2014”. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  17. ^ “Results for All Congressional Districts, 2014”. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  18. ^ “August 9, 2016 Primary Election Unofficial Results”. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Minnesota Secretary of State. August 9, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  19. ^ “November 8, 2016 General Election Unofficial Results”. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Minnesota Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  20. ^ Pathé, Simone (August 10, 2018). “In Minnesota’s 1st District, a Test Between New and Old GOP Candidates – Roll Call”. Roll Call. Archived from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  21. ^ “Results for U.S. Representative District 1”. Minnesota Secretary of State. August 17, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  22. ^ Markay, Lachlan; Kucinich, Jackie (November 12, 2018). “GOP Chief Shocked to Discover His Candidate’s Crazy Remarks”. The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  23. ^ “Results for U.S. Representative District 1”. Minnesota Secretary of State. November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  24. ^ Bierschbach, Briana (November 5, 2020). “U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn wins re-election in Minnesota’s First District”. Star Tribune. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  25. ^ “Results for U.S. Representative District 1”. Minnesota Secretary of State. November 19, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  26. ^ The Lugar Center – McCourt School Bipartisan Index House Scores 116th Congress First Session (2019) (PDF) (Report). Georgetown University. May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  27. ^ “Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump – Jim Hagedorn”. FiveThirtyEight. ABC News. January 30, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  28. ^ “Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump”. FiveThirtyEight. ABC News. January 30, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  29. ^ Brice-Saddler, Michael (June 24, 2020). “GOP lawmakers launch new attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters”. Washington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  30. ^ Stolle, Matthew (July 26, 2020). “Hagedorn gets corporate blowback from BLM comments”. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  31. ^ “Intel Calls For Minnesota Rep. Hagedorn To Return Campaign Donation Following Black Lives Matter Criticsm [sic]”. WCCO. July 23, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  32. ^ “Rep. Hagedorn spent 40 percent of his 2020 budget in just 3 months – Caught Our Eye”. www.legistorm.com. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  33. ^ a b Schneider, Gabe (August 25, 2020). “The other mail scandal: Rep. Jim Hagedorn’s office spending problems, explained”. MinnPost. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  34. ^ “U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn says internal review resolved spending questions; DFL says not so fast”. St. Paul Pioneer Press. September 9, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  35. ^ Condon, Patrick; Bierschbach, Briana (August 26, 2020). “E-mails show U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn involved with constituent mail decisions”. Star Tribune. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  36. ^ Newhauser, Daniel (October 9, 2020). “The mystery of a GOP congressman’s seemingly rent-free campaign office”. Politico. Retrieved October 9, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  37. ^ Andrego, Lauren (October 12, 2020). “Hagedorn denies report his campaign used rent-free office”. KEYC. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  38. ^ Blood, Michael R.; Riccardi, Nicholas (December 5, 2020). “Biden officially secures enough electors to become president”. AP News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  39. ^ Liptak, Adam (December 11, 2020). “Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  40. ^ Order in Pending Case (PDF) (Report). Supreme Court of the United States. December 11, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  41. ^ Diaz, Daniella. “Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court”. CNN. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  42. ^ Yourish, Karen; Buchanan, Larry; Lu, Denise (January 7, 2021). “The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  43. ^ Rojas, Warren (December 14, 2021). “Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota violated the law by failing to properly disclose healthcare stock sale”. Business Insider. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  44. ^ “Hagedorn asks Perdue to ensure independent producers treated fairly”. National Hog Farmer. May 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  45. ^ “Peterson, Conaway Announce House Agriculture Subcommittee Rosters for the 116th Congress”. Hoard’s Dairyman. February 8, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  46. ^ Din, Benjamin (June 16, 2021). “The dawn of the age of Khan”. Politico. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  47. ^ “Committees of the 116th Congress – House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce”. www.c-span.org. C-SPAN. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  48. ^ “Republican Study Committee Membership”. Republican Study Committee. December 6, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  49. ^ “GOP donor sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors”. Associated Press. August 9, 2023. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023 – via Star-Advertiser.
  50. ^ Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress (PDF) (Report). Pew Research Center. January 3, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  51. ^ Marquette, Chris (February 20, 2019). “Rep. Jim Hagedorn announces he has kidney cancer”. Roll Call. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  52. ^ Stolle, Matthew (December 28, 2020). “Doctors encouraged by Hagedorn’s progress, congressman says”. Post-Bulletin. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  53. ^ “Rep. Jim Hagedorn Announces Recurrence Of Kidney Cancer”. WCCO. July 7, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  54. ^ Watson, Kathryn (February 18, 2022). “Congressman Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota dies at 59”. CBS News. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  55. ^ Zanona, Melanie (February 18, 2022). “GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota has died”. CNN.
  56. ^ “US Rep. Hagedorn dies at age 59”. KSTP. February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  57. ^ McShane, Michael (March 4, 2022). “Congressman Jim Hagedorn to be laid to rest today”. KEYC. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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Congressman Hagedorn is pleased to serve on the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Small Business. These assignments allow me to promote farming, Main Street enterprises and southern Minnesota’s way of life.

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