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2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election
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Minnesota's 1st congressional district
Turnout29.5%[1]
 
Nominee Brad Finstad Jeff Ettinger
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Popular vote 59,788 55,155
Percentage 50.7% 46.8%
U.S. Representative before election

Jim Hagedorn
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Brad Finstad
Republican

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The 2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election was a special election held on August 9, 2022. The seat became vacant when incumbent Republican representative Jim Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022, from kidney cancer.[2][3]

A primary was held on May 24, 2022, with the special election being held eleven weeks later, on August 9, alongside state primaries for other races.[4][5][6] The special election was won by Republican Brad Finstad by a margin of 3.9%.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Former Minnesota GOP chair Jennifer Carnahan finished third in the primary.

Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Jennifer Carnahan

Individuals

Brad Finstad

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Individuals

Organizations

Jeremy Munson

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Organizations

Nels Pierson

State legislators

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jennifer
Carnahan 		Brad
Finstad 		Jeremy
Munson 		Other Undecided
National Journal Hotline[35][A] April 13–14, 2022 287 (LV) ± 5.7% 37% 9% 20% 14% 20%

Results

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Results by county:
  Finstad—70–80%
  Finstad—50–60%
  Finstad—40–50%
  Finstad—<40%
  Munson—40–50%
  Munson—50–60%
  Munson—60–70%
  Benda—40–50%
Republican primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Finstad 13,695 38.12
Republican Jeremy Munson 13,268 36.93
Republican Jennifer Carnahan 2,887 8.04
Republican Matt Benda 2,629 7.32
Republican Nels Pierson 1,878 5.22
Republican Kevin Kocina 960 2.67
Republican Bob Carney Jr. 193 0.54
Republican Roger Ungemach 151 0.42
Republican J. R. Ewing 142 0.40
Republican Ken Navitsky 127 0.35
Total votes 35,930 100.00

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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UMN Law School professor Richard Painter finished third in the primary.

Declined

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Endorsements

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Jeff Ettinger

State legislators

  • Kathy Brynaert, former state representative for the 19B district (2013–2015) and the 23B district (2007–2013)[21]
  • Jack Considine, former state representative for the 19B district (2015–2021)[21]
  • Gene Pelowski, state representative for the 28A district (2013–present), the 31A district (2003–2013), the 32A district (1993–2003), and the 34B district (1987–1993)[21]
  • Jeanne Poppe, former state representative for the 27B district (2005–2021)[21]
  • Dan Sparks, former state senator for the 27th district (2003–2021)[21]

Local officials

Organizations

Richard Painter

U.S. representatives

Results

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Results by county:
  Ettinger—>90%
  Ettinger—70–80%
  Ettinger—60–70%
  Ettinger—50–60%
  Ettinger—40–50%
Democratic (DFL) primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Jeff Ettinger 12,130 64.44
Democratic (DFL) Sarah Brakebill-Hacke 2,492 13.24
Democratic (DFL) Richard Painter 1,718 9.13
Democratic (DFL) Candice Deal-Bartell 1,158 6.15
Democratic (DFL) James Rainwater 446 2.37
Democratic (DFL) Richard DeVoe 379 2.01
Democratic (DFL) Warren Anderson 363 1.93
Democratic (DFL) George Kalberer 137 0.73
Total votes 18,823 100.00
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Candidate

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Nominee

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Results

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Legal Marijuana Now primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Legal Marijuana Now Richard B. Reisdorf 363 100.00
Total votes 363 100.00

Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Haroun McClellan, attorney and contracts manager[38]

Results

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Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis primary results[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Grassroots—LC Haroun McClellan 194 100.00
Total votes 194 100.00

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[47] Likely R July 19, 2022
Inside Elections[48] Solid R April 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[49] Safe R February 23, 2022

Endorsements

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Brad Finstad (R)

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Individuals

Organizations

Jeff Ettinger (DFL)

State officials

State legislators

  • Kathy Brynaert, former state representative for the 19B district (2013–2015) and the 23B district (2007–2013)[21]
  • Jack Considine, former state representative for the 19B district (2015–2021)[21]
  • Gene Pelowski, state representative for the 28A district (2013–present), the 31A district (2003–2013), the 32A district (1993–2003), and the 34B district (1987–1993)[21]
  • Jeanne Poppe, former state representative for the 27B district (2005–2021)[21]
  • Dan Sparks, former state senator for the 27th district (2003–2021)[21]

Local officials

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Brad
Finstad (R) 		Jeff
Ettinger (DFL) 		Other Undecided
SurveyUSA[52] July 26–30, 2022 544 (LV) ± 4.7% 46% 38% 7% 8%
Expedition Strategies (D)[53][B] June 6–9, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 48% 47% – 5%

Results

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2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Brad Finstad 59,788 50.71% +2.12%
Democratic (DFL) Jeff Ettinger 55,155 46.78% +1.26%
Legal Marijuana Now Richard Reisdorf 1,536 1.30% N/A
Grassroots—LC Haroun McClellan 865 0.73% −5.08%
Write-in 548 0.46% +0.40%
Total votes 117,892 100.0%
Republican hold
By county
County Brad Finstad
Republican 		Jeff Ettinger
DFL 		Richard Reisdorf
LMN 		Haroun McClellan
G–LC 		Margin Total
votes
# % # % # % # % # %
Blue Earth 4,284 42.68 5,501 54.81 167 1.66 85 0.85 −1,217 −12.13 10,037
Brown 3,692 69.09 1,579 29.55 48 0.90 25 0.47 2,113 39.54 5,344
Cottonwood (part) 322 79.90 75 18.61 5 1.24 1 0.25 247 61.29 403
Dodge 2,011 62.88 1,138 35.58 27 0.84 22 0.69 873 27.30 3,198
Faribault 1,455 65.99 718 32.56 19 0.86 13 0.59 737 33.42 2,205
Fillmore 2,537 55.31 1,972 42.99 41 0.89 37 0.81 565 12.32 4,587
Freeborn 3,746 57.19 2,615 39.92 123 1.88 66 1.01 1,131 17.27 6,550
Houston 1,749 54.06 1,427 44.11 36 1.11 23 0.71 322 9.95 3,235
Jackson 1,117 69.38 466 28.94 21 1.30 6 0.37 651 40.43 1,610
Le Sueur 2,929 60.29 1,760 36.23 112 2.31 57 1.17 1,169 24.06 4,858
Martin 2,143 69.24 897 28.98 30 0.97 25 0.81 1,246 40.26 3,095
Mower 2,837 42.46 3,731 55.84 63 0.94 51 0.76 −894 −13.38 6,682
Nicollet 2,995 46.01 3,356 51.55 99 1.52 60 0.92 −361 −5.55 6,510
Nobles 1,377 70.04 547 27.82 25 1.27 17 0.86 830 42.22 1,966
Olmsted 13,550 40.53 19,287 57.70 389 1.16 203 0.61 −5,737 −17.16 33,429
Rice (part) 3,150 59.50 1,967 37.16 112 2.12 65 1.23 1,138 21.50 5,294
Rock 960 67.23 452 31.65 9 0.63 7 0.49 508 35.57 1,428
Steele 3,104 56.98 2,251 41.32 60 1.10 33 0.61 853 15.66 5,448
Waseca 1,771 62.89 995 35.33 35 1.24 15 0.53 776 27.56 2,816
Watonwan 1,255 66.51 602 31.90 19 1.01 11 0.58 653 34.61 1,887
Winona 3,308 44.30 4,005 53.64 109 1.46 45 0.60 −697 −9.33 7,467
Totals 60,292 51.07 55,341 46.88 1,549 1.31 867 0.73 4,951 4.19 118,049

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Carnahan's campaign
  2. ^ This poll was sponsored by Ettinger's campaign

References

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  53. ^ Expedition Strategies (D)
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Official campaign websites

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