Brad Tabke defeated incumbent Erik Mortensen and Ryan Martin in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 54A on November 8, 2022.

From 2014 to 2018, he was the president of a local AdvantaClean franchise, specializing in mold remediation and indoor air quality issues.

Mortensen was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in November 2020 and assumed office on January 5, 2021, succeeding Brad Tabke.

After assuming office in 2021, Mortensen was a member of the newly formed New House Republican Caucus, though he was removed from the group in May 2021 amid disagreements with leadership.

[3] In June 2021, fellow Republican David Osmek, a member of the Minnesota Senate, called Mortensen "the village idiot".