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FIRST ON FOX: Jennifer Carnahan, widow of the deceased Representative Jim HagedornR-Min., On Monday announced it would run in a snap election to replace its deceased husband in the House of Representatives.
“I am proud to announce my candidacy for representative MinnesotaThe first constituency in Congress. Although my heart is still heavy after Jim’s death, the encouragement I received from all over southern Minnesota has inspired me to continue his legacy until the end of his term, “Karnahan wrote in a press release. was first introduced by Fox News Digital.
“In the last weeks before his death, Jim told me to keep going, keep achieving my dream and winning this place,” Carnahan added. “Jim has been my best friend and the love of my life, and it is his blessing that strengthens me in the face of future challenges. .
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Carnahan became the first Asian American to be elected to run one of Minnesota’s main acting states. Republican Party department from 2017-2021. Under her leadership, the Minnesota Republican Party paid off $ 1 million in debt and changed three seats in the House of Representatives – Minnesota’s 1st and 8th constituencies in 2018 and the 7th congressional congress in 2020 – from blue to red. Hagedorn represented the 1st constituency in Congress from 2019 to 2022.
Jennifer Carnahan (right) with her now-deceased husband, then a representative. Jim Hagedorn, who died in February 2022.
(Jennifer Carnahan)
“During the Trump administration, we saw economic and regulatory reform, US energy independence, trade deals such as the USMCA – initiatives that created jobs and empowered people across the country – including here in southern Minnesota,” he added. Carnahan. “Jim and I have seen the rest of President Trump’s conservative vision killed by the left and some in the Washington establishment. While Columbia insiders are stuffing their pockets; economy, affecting the whole of America. “
“I’m running to break the status quo and make Washington work for the people again,” she said.
President Donald Trump talks to Republican candidate in the 1st constituency of the Minnesota Congress Jim Hagedorn when the president arrives at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to raise funds and campaign in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 4, 2018.
(REUTERS / Leah Millis)
“Like President Trump, I am a businessman and a fighter,” Carnahan said. “Here in Minnesota, I violated the status quo and brought the Republican Party back to relevance. Now I am asking for the support of southern Minnesota to do the same in Washington. ”
Hagedorn died Feb. 17, 2022, after being hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, amid years of battling kidney cancer and after a positive COVID-19 test. He was vaccinated against COVID-19.
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In August 2021, Carnahan stepped down as party chairman after a federal grand jury accused prominent fundraiser and fundraiser Anton Lazar of charges of sexually trafficking children.
Elected MP Jim Hagedorn, Minin, visible after a photo on the Eastern Front of the Capitol on November 14, 2018 (Photo by Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call)
(Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call)
Extraordinary elections of primaries in the 1st constituency of Congress will be held on May 24, 2022, and early general elections – on August 9, 2022, according to Secretary of State of Minnesota. The primaries for the 2022 by-elections will also take place on August 9, and the general election on November 8.
At least seven Republicans took part in the race, including one former state representative and two current state representatives. Five candidates entered the primaries of the Democratic Workers’ Party of Farmers, including Richard Painter, a former White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, and Jeffrey Oettinger, a former CEO of Hormel Foods.
