Ex-Trump Official Wins Race To Replace Late GOP Rep

Roll Call reports:

Former state legislator and Trump administration agriculture official Brad Finstad won a special election Tuesday in Minnesota’s 1st District to serve the remainder of the late Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn’s term.

Finstad, a Republican, had 51 percent to Democrat Jeff Ettinger’s 47 percent with an estimated 99 percent of the vote counted at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday when The Associated Press called the race.

On the same ballot, Finstad also won the GOP primary to run in November for a full term in the seat, defeating state Rep. Jeremy Munson, 76 percent to 24 percent.

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Brad Finstad, a Republican former state lawmaker in Minnesota, won a special election for a U.S. House seat. He will complete the term of Representative Jim Hagedorn, a Republican, who died from cancer in February.https://t.co/8lDryYYod3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 10, 2022

A HUGE Congrats to @BradFinstad on his victories tonight in both the primary and Special Election in #MN01!

I was proud to support Brad’s campaign.

I look forward to working with him in Congress and to making sure he gets re-elected this November! ???? pic.twitter.com/lPcBmPSYUE

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) August 10, 2022