Jason Mark Lewis[1] (born September 23, 1955) is an American politician and former conservative radio personality who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district from 2017 until 2019.

A member of the Republican Party, he was a radio talk show host and a conservative political commentator before serving in Congress.

He hosted the nationally syndicated Jason Lewis Show, based out of KSTP (AM) in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul radio market, from 2009 to 2014.

He was defeated by incumbent Democrat Tina Smith by a margin of 5.2 points, making it the closest Senate election in Minnesota since 2008.

Since 2007 Lewis had been one of the most frequently used and most popular guest hosts of Rush Limbaugh's radio program, allowing him to reach a nationwide audience.

[5] On the July 31, 2014, episode, Lewis announced he was leaving the show to devote more time to a website he helped co-found.

[6] In 2018, CNN reviewed many hours of audiotape recorded during the years when Lewis served as a substitute host for Rush Limbaugh.

and "One of the reasons that the Democrats love the quote unquote female issue is because they know women vote more liberally than men do.

"[13] During the campaign, a number of Lewis's opinions from his radio and internet career were publicized by the news media, including comments he made about women and slavery.

Lewis said on his radio show: "You've got a vast majority of young single women who couldn't explain to you what GDP means.

"[19] In an update to his book on states' rights just before the campaign, Lewis questioned the federal government's role in outlawing slavery: "In fact, if you really want to be quite frank about it, how does somebody else owning a slave affect me?

"[21] Lewis said, "liberal reporters and typical politicians may not like the bluntness of the way I've framed some issues in my career as a voice in the conservative movement"[13] and that his comments were "taken out of context by his opponents and the media".

[19] On November 8, 2016, Lewis was elected to the United States House of Representatives, defeating Democratic nominee Angie Craig and independent Paula Overby.

There was some speculation before the election that races would be close due to two pro-marijuana legalization parties (the G–LC and LMN), which took a combined 7.69% of the vote.

[30] Lewis authored a bill that would provide education and vocational training resources to at-risk youth and young criminal offenders instead of levying penalties against them for petty offenses.

[37][38] In 2011, Lewis said that prohibitions on same-sex marriage were not discriminatory against gay people, because they would still be free to marry those of the opposite sex.

[40] Lewis suggested that households headed by gay parents might be harming their children and that more research was needed to confirm that they were not.