{"id":1597951,"date":"2022-08-09T23:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597951"},"modified":"2022-08-09T23:33:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T03:33:29","slug":"republican-wins-minnesota-special-general-election-for-vacant-us-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-wins-minnesota-special-general-election-for-vacant-us-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Wins Minnesota Special General Election for Vacant US 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\">22<\/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%2Frepublican-wins-minnesota-special-general-election-for-vacant-us-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=1597951&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--><p>Republican Brad Finstad on Aug. 9 defeated Democrat Jeff Ettinger in the special election to fill the remainder of the late Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<p>With 56 percent of the votes counted at 11:07 p.m., Finstad received 77 percent of the vote to Ettinger\u2019s 23 percent, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Hagedorn was first elected in 2019. He died after a long battle with kidney cancer, his wife, Jennifer Carnahan, announced on Feb. 18, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, and a former 1st Congressional District representative, announced details for the special election within the three-day window of Hagedorn\u2019s death, as established by Minnesota law.<\/p>\n<p>Hagedorn won by less than one percentage point in 2018 before prevailing by three percentage points in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Finstad\u2019s victory narrows the Democrats\u2019 already slim majority in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>Finstad is a former state representative. Ettinger is the former Hormel Foods Corp. CEO. Each candidate advanced in their respective special election primaries in May.<\/p>\n<p>They were also on the ballot in November\u2019s second election for a full two-year term. They faced challengers in those races, and prevailed, setting a rematch in November.<\/p>\n<p>Finstad defeated state Rep. Jeremy Munson in the Republican primary. Finstad also beat Munson in the May special election primary.<\/p>\n<p>Ettinger topped James Rainwater in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are also hopeful that they can flip Minnesota\u2019s 2nd\u00a0and 3rd\u00a0Congressional District seats that turned Democrat during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Major party candidates are unopposed in the Aug. 9 primary.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2nd\u00a0district, Democratic Rep. Angie Craig and retired U.S. Marine Tyler Kistner, a Republican, have a rematch set for the fall. Kistner was named to the National Republican Congressional Committee\u2019s Young Guns program. Craig is part of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee\u2019s Frontline program for vulnerable incumbents.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips appears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Brad Finstad on Aug. 9 defeated Democrat Jeff Ettinger in the special election to fill the remainder of the late Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn\u2019s term. With 56 percent of the votes counted at 11:07 p.m., Finstad received 77 percent of the vote to Ettinger\u2019s 23 percent, according to The Associated Press. 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