Incumbent Congressman Brad Finstad, He won the Republican primary for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, setting the stage for a race against Democrat Rachel Bowman.
Minnesota’s 1st District is “solidly” Republican, according to an analysis by the Cook Political Report.
Finstad, a first-term incumbent from the district, was fighting a tough battle in the Republican-dominated district to keep his seat and challenge Bowman.
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Rep.-elect Brad Finstad arrives for his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol on Aug. 12, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Incumbent candidate Tweten faced a unique challenger: a licensed therapist who relied heavily on her professional experience in the campaign, even going so far as to run the slogan “Washington needs therapists.”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi administers the swearing-in ceremony for Representative-elect Brad Finstad at the Capitol on August 12, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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According to a Post-Bulletin report, Tweten believes he can broker an agreement between the two parties, who often hurl insults and attacks at each other, and has promised to use the same techniques in Parliament that he uses in couples counselling.
Bowman, who will now face the incumbent Republican in the general election, was the only candidate in the district’s Democratic primary.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at a campaign event in Detroit on August 7, 2024. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
The district, which Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz represented from 2007 to 2019, has been held by a Republican for the five years since Walz, now the Democratic vice presidential nominee, left the House of Representatives to take up residence in the governor’s mansion.
