{"id":1375723,"date":"2022-03-14T11:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375723"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:23:12","slug":"widow-launches-campaign-for-late-husbands-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/widow-launches-campaign-for-late-husbands-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow Launches Campaign For Late Husband\u2019s House Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwidow-launches-campaign-for-late-husbands-house-seat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former Minnesota Republican Party chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan will run in a special election to finish the term of her late husband, Rep. Jim Hagedorn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough my heart is still heavy after Jim\u2019s passing, the encouragement I have received from throughout southern Minnesota has inspired me to carry on his legacy by running to complete the remainder of his term,\u201d Carnahan said in a Monday statement. \u201cIn the final weeks before his passing, Jim told me to keep forging ahead, to keep reaching my dreams, and to win this seat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former Minnesota GOP chair Jennifer Carnahan, the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn\u2019s widow, officially announced she\u2019s running in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MN01?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MN01<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4x3WuQzzaH\">pic.twitter.com\/4x3WuQzzaH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erin Covey (@ercovey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ercovey\/status\/1503329954418896897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carnahan is the fifth Republican to <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Minnesota%27s_1st_Congressional_District_special_election,_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declare<\/a> for the seat. Other candidates include state Reps. Kevin Kocina and Jeremy Munson. Former Bush administration chief ethics counsel Richard Painter is running on the Democratic side.<\/p>\n<p>Carnahan led the Minnesota GOP from 2017 to 2021, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2021\/08\/19\/under-fire-minnesota-gop-chair-carnahan-steps-down\">resigning<\/a> in the aftermath of the indictment of a top ally for sex trafficking minors. Anton Lazzaro, a major state donor, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2021\/08\/19\/minn-gop-officials-meet-amid-clamor-for-party-leaders-ouster\">charged<\/a> in August with trafficking six individuals under the age of 18 \u201cto engage in commercial sex acts.\u201d Carnahan claimed no knowledge of Lazzaro\u2019s activities and described herself as \u201cshocked\u201d and \u201cdisgusted\u201d when he was indicted.<\/p>\n<p>Lazzaro, who is awaiting trial, requested in January that a judge dismiss the charges. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/crime\/former-gop-operative-files-motion-to-dismiss-sex-trafficking-indictment\/89-f655c7af-ce2a-4cc2-b270-eac3a227e988\">argued<\/a> that he was selectively prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving spouses frequently run to finish the terms of deceased members of Congress. Republican Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow is currently serving out the term first won by her late husband Luke Letlow, who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/14\/julia-letlow-to-run-for-late-husbands-louisiana-congressional-seat-elections-2020-covid-19\/\">died<\/a> of COVID-19 in December 2020 before taking office. Similarly, Democratic Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan was <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/People\/Detail\/11754\">appointed<\/a> to the upper chamber in 2001 after her husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan, died in a plane crash just weeks before the 2000 elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/24\/texas-ron-wright-susan-wright-congress\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Wife Of Late Texas Rep. Ron Wright Announces Bid To Fill His Seat)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hagedorn <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/18\/minnesota-republican-representative-jim-hagedorn-dies-age-59-wife\/\">died<\/a>\u00a0Feb. 17 following a nearly three-year battle with kidney cancer. The Republican primary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/greater-minnesota\/2022\/02\/democrats-and-republicans-eye-first-district-seat-following-hagedorns-death\/\">complete<\/a> his term will be held on May 24, and the general special election will take place on Aug. 9. Hagedorn <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Jim_Hagedorn\">won<\/a> the 2020 general election by less than 12,000 votes, and Minnesota\u2019s First District is considered a key swing district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minnesota Republican Party chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan will run in a special election to finish the term of her late husband, Rep. 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