Angela Dawn Craig (born February 14, 1972) is an American politician, retired journalist, and former businesswoman.

The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities and outlying rural areas to the southwest.

[3][4] She graduated from Nettleton High School in Jonesboro,[5] and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis.

In a verified recording, Legal Marijuana Now Party nominee Adam Weeks said that Republican operatives offered him $15,000 to run for Congress in the 2nd district in order to "pull votes away" from Craig.

The appeals court held that the death of a candidate from a party with "modest electoral strength" could not justify postponing the election.

After Kistner's appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected, the election was cleared to continue as scheduled on November 3.

[27] According to the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Craig held a Bipartisan Index Score of 0.3 in the 116th United States Congress for 2019, placing her 114th out of 435 members.

[30] Craig broke more frequently with the Biden administration in 2023, voting in line with the president's positions 70.6% of the time, the fourth-lowest rate of any House member in the Democratic Caucus.

[32][33] On April 27, 2023, Craig's congressional office announced that its staff would no longer be required to have bachelor's degrees.

[34] Craig played a role in negotiations for the 2024 United States federal budget, in which the far-right Freedom Caucus has demanded deep spending cuts and refused to work with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

In response to the intraparty dispute, on September 20, 2023, Craig introduced the MCCARTHY (My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your) Shutdown Act, which proposes that members' pay be withheld for each day that a federal government shutdown lasts.