2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election

Jim Hagedorn Republican Brad Finstad Republican The 2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election was a special election held on August 9, 2022.

The seat became vacant when incumbent Republican representative Jim Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022, from kidney cancer.

[2][3] A primary was held on May 24, 2022, with the special election being held eleven weeks later, on August 9, alongside state primaries for other races.

[4][5][6] The special election was won by Republican Brad Finstad by a margin of 3.9%.

Individuals U.S. representatives State legislators Individuals Organizations U.S. senators U.S. representatives State legislators Organizations State legislators State legislators Local officials Organizations U.S. representatives Organizations State officials Partisan clients Official campaign websites

Former Minnesota GOP chair Jennifer Carnahan finished third in the primary.
Results by county:
Finstad—70–80%
Finstad—50–60%
Finstad—40–50%
Finstad—<40%
Munson—40–50%
Munson—50–60%
Munson—60–70%
Benda—40–50%
UMN Law School professor Richard Painter finished third in the primary.
Results by county:
Ettinger—>90%
Ettinger—70–80%
Ettinger—60–70%
Ettinger—50–60%
Ettinger—40–50%