Brad Finstad

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After Congressman Jim Hagedorn died in office, Finstad announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to serve the rest of Hagedorn's term in the 2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election. [9] [10] [11] In the May 24 special Republican primary election, Finstad defeated state representative Jeremy Munson and seven other candidates to win the nomination [12] with 38.1% of the vote to Munson's 36.9%, Jennifer Carnahan's 8.0%, and Matt Benda's 7.2%, with several other candidates splitting the rest of the vote. [13] Finstad won the August 2022 special election by around 4 points against Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) nominee Jeff Ettinger, former CEO of Hormel and a first-time candidate.

2022

Winning a second primary against Munson, Finstad defeated Ettinger again in the November 8 general election, [12] with 53.9% of the vote to Ettinger's 42.3%. [14]

Tenure

Finstad was sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on August 12, 2022. [15] Later that day he voted against the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. [16]

Caucus memberships

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress: [18]

Political positions

Federal debt ceiling

Finstad was among the 71 House Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. [19] He voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. [20] [21]

Vote to defund vice president

On November 8, 2023, Finstad joined 100 other Republicans voting in favor of an amendment to a large appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for the Office of Vice President Kamala Harris. [22] [23]

Personal life

Finstad is Catholic. [24] He and his family own Frontier Testing MN, a company that tests soil for farmers. The company had 11 employees [25] in December 2019, but by April 2020, the company had grown to 33 employees, [26] for which it needed more than $150,000 of now-forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans. By February 2021, his company employed 43 employees [27] and needed $170,000 to pay them. Those loans were also forgiven. The company has since returned to 11 employees.

References

  1. 1 2 "Trump Administration Appoints Brad Finstad to Serve as State Director for USDA Rural Development in Minnesota". Rural Development. November 29, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Farmer and ex-legislator Finstad declared winner of Hagedorn seat". Roll Call. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Finstad, Brad - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Brad Finstad".
  5. ↑ "Brad Finstad". www.acg.org. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ "GOVERNOR PAWLENTY APPOINTS NINE TO THE RURAL HEALT". www.leg.mn.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Trump Administration Appoints Brad Finstad to Serve as State Director for USDA Rural Development in Minnesota". Rural Development. November 29, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Brad Finstad; MTGA; Minnesota Turkey; MTRPC". www.minnesotaturkey.com. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  9. ↑ Hanley, Ashley (March 7, 2022). "Farmer, Former State Representative & Trump USDA Appointee Brad Finstad to Run for Congress". KTOE. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Republicans Jeremy Munson, Brad Finstad join the scrum for 1st District special election". Rochester Post Bulletin. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  11. ↑ Former Hormel Foods CEO joins Minnesota congressional race, Associated Press (March 10, 2022).
  12. 1 2 Matthew Stolle, Finstad wins GOP congressional special election primary; Ettinger wins DFL primary, Post Bulletin (May 25, 2022).
  13. ↑ Minnesota First Congressional District Special Primary Election Results, The New York Times (2022).
  14. ↑ "Minnesota Election Results". Bloomberg . November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  15. ↑ Tribune, Jessie Van Berkel Star. "Minnesota's newly elected GOP U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad sworn in". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Finstad sworn in on another contentious day in Congress". MinnPost. August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Candidates". RMSP PAC. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Brad Finstad". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no". June 2023.
  20. ↑ Demirjian, Karoun (October 25, 2023). "House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  21. ↑ Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601 (October 25, 2023). "Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved October 30, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ↑ Anthony Adragna, "The House did not pass a push to defund Kamala Harris' office — but 106 Republicans voted yes.", Politico, 11/8/2023.
  23. ↑ Clerk of US House of Representatives, Legislative Information, HR 4664, Collins of Georgia Part B Amendment No. 44 , 1:21PM, Roll Call 633.
  24. ↑ Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress (PDF) (Report). Pew Research Center. January 3, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Frontier Labs MN - Merry Christmas from all of us at Frontier Labs MN! | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  26. ↑ "FRONTIER LABS MN LLC — Tracking PPP". ProPublica. June 1, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  27. ↑ "FRONTIER LABS MN LLC — Tracking PPP". ProPublica. June 1, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
Brad Finstad
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Minnesota's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 12, 2022
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from Minnesota's 1st congressional district
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