Angie Craig

Angie Craig

Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. House Minnesota District 2

U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Jason Lewis

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

August 13, 2024

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Angie Craig (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2019. Her current term ends on January 3, 2025.

Craig (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on August 13, 2024.^[source]

Biography

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Craig graduated from the University of Memphis. After her education, she worked as a journalist and then at two companies. Most recently she worked for a Fortune 500 healthcare company, St. Jude Medical, based in St. Paul. Craig's work has involved health policy, media and government relations, and corporate communications. She has led St. Jude's Global Human Resources group since 2011, helping create jobs and building a program designed to bring more women into management roles.

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2023-2024

Craig was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Communications & Technology
• Health

2021-2022

Craig was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Agriculture
• Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
• Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Communications and Technology
• Consumer Protection and Commerce
• Health
• Committee on Small Business
• Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations

2019-2020

Craig was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• Committee on Agriculture

Key votes

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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, at which point Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023
Vote	Bill and description	Status
Yea	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024   The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 22, 2023, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2024. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote in the House to pass the bill as amended by a Senate and House conference report.	Passed (310-118)
Yea	To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.   H.R. 185 (To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to nullify a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order restricting the entry of foreign citizens to the United States unless the individual was vaccinated against the coronavirus or attested they would take public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (227-201)
Nay	Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023   The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to raise the federal debt limit before a June 5, 2023, deadline. The bill also sought to repeal certain green energy tax credits, increase domestic natural gas and oil production, expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program, and nullify President Joe Biden's (D) proposed student loan debt cancellation program. This bill was not taken up in the Senate, and the debt limit was instead raised through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. This bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (217-215)
Yea	Denouncing the horrors of socialism.   H.Con.Res. 9 (Denouncing the horrors of socialism.) was a resolution approved by the House of Representatives denouncing socialism and opposing the implementation of socialist policies in the United States. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (328-86)
Nay	Lower Energy Costs Act   The Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to increase domestic energy production and exports by increasing the production of oil, natural gas, and coal, reducing permitting restrictions for pipelines, refineries, and other energy projects, and increase the production of minerals used in electronics, among other energy production-related policies. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (225-204)
Nay	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".   H.J.Res. 30 (Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and vetoed by President Joe Biden (D) on March 20, 2023. This was Biden's first veto of his presidency. The resolution sought to nullify a Department of Labor rule that amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to allow retirement plans to consider certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in investment-related decisions. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (219-200)
Yea	Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.   H.J.Res. 7 (Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.) was a joint resolution of disapproval under the terms of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on April 10, 2023. The resolution ended the national coronavirus state of emergency, which began on March 13, 2020. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (229-197)
Not Voting	Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023   The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746) was a bill passed by the 118th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 3, 2023. The bill raised the federal debt limit until January 2025. The bill also capped non-defense spending in fiscal year 2024, rescinded unspent coronavirus relief funding, rescinded some Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding, enhanced work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF), simplified environmental reviews for energy projects, and ended the student loan debt repayment pause in August 2023. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (314-117)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)	Speaker of the House election (January 2023) - 15th vote   In January 2023, the House of Representatives held its regular election for Speaker of the House at the start of the 118th Congress. Voting began on January 3, and ended on January 7. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House in a 216-212 vote during the 15th round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required. Click here to read more.	Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)
Yea	Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.   H.Res. 757 (Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (216-210)
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)	Speaker of the House election (October 2023) - 4th vote   In October 2023, following Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) removal as Speaker of the House, the House of Representatives held another election for the position. Voting began on October 17 and ended on October 25. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected Speaker of the House in a 220-209 vote in the fourth round of voting. In order to elect a Speaker of the House, a majority of votes cast for a person by name was required. Click here to read more.	Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)
Nay	Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.   H.Res. 918 (Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that formally authorized an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden (D). The inquiry focused on allegations that Biden used his influence as vice president from 2009 to 2017 to improperly profit from his son Hunter Biden's business dealings. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more.	Passed (221-212)
Yea	Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.   H.Res. 878 (Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.) was a resolution passed by the House of Representatives that removed Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from office following a House Ethics Committee investigation that determined there was substantial evidence that Santos violated the law during his 2020 and 2022 campaigns. The resolution required a simple majority vote in the House.	Passed (311-114)

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

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Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023 The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia. Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023 Vote Bill and description Status Yea Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act   The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) was a federal infrastructure bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on November 15, 2021. Among other provisions, the bill provided funding for new infrastructure projects and reauthorizations, Amtrak maintenance and development, bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation, clean drinking water, high-speed internet, and clean energy transmission and power infrastructure upgrades. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (228-206) Yea American Rescue Plan Act of 2021   The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 11, 2021, to provide economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key features of the bill included funding for a national vaccination program and response, funding to safely reopen schools, distribution of $1,400 per person in relief payments, and extended unemployment benefits. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-210) Yea Inflation Reduction Act of 2022   The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 16, 2022, to address climate change, healthcare costs, and tax enforcement. Key features of the bill included a $369 billion investment to address energy security and climate change, an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, allowing Medicare to negotiate certain drug prices, a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1% stock buyback fee, and enhanced Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement, and an estimated $300 billion deficit reduction from 2022-2031. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-207) Yea Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act   The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (H.R. 3617) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to decriminalize marijuana, establish studies of legal marijuana sales, tax marijuana imports and production, and establish a process to expunge and review federal marijuana offenses. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (220-204) Yea For the People Act of 2021   The For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1) was a federal election law and government ethics bill approved by the House of Representatives. The Congressional Research Service said the bill would "expand voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It [would also limit] removing voters from voter rolls. ... Further, the bill [would address] campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices." The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-210) Yea Assault Weapons Ban of 2022   The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that sought to criminalize the knowing import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding devices (LCAFD). The bill made exemptions for grandfathered SAWs and LCAFDs. It required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (217-213) Yea National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022   The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (S. 1605) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 27, 2021, authorizing Department of Defense acitivities and programs for fiscal year 2022. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (363-70) Yea James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023   The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7776) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022, authorizing Department of Defense activities and programs for fiscal year 2023. The bill required a 2/3 majority in the House to suspend rules and pass the bill as amended. Passed (350-80) Yea American Dream and Promise Act of 2021   The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R. 6) was an immigration bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed a path to permanent residence status for unauthorized immigrants eligible for Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure, among other immigration-related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (228-197) Yea Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022   The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (S. 3373) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 10, 2022, that sought to address healthcare access, the presumption of service-connection, and research, resources, and other matters related to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (342-88) Yea Chips and Science Act   The Chips and Science Act (H.R. 4346) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on August 9, 2022, which sought to fund domestic production of semiconductors and authorized various federal science agency programs and activities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (243-187) Yea Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021   The Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives. The bill proposed prohibiting governmental restrictions on the provision of and access to abortion services and prohibiting governments from issuing some other abortion-related restrictions. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (218-211) Yea SAFE Banking Act of 2021   The SAFE Banking Act of 2021 (H.R. 1996) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting federal regulators from penalizing banks for providing services to legitimate cannabis-related businesses and defining proceeds from such transactions as not being proceeds from unlawful activity, among other related proposals. Since the House moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill in an expedited process, it required a two-thirds majority vote in the House. Passed (321-101) Yea Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022   The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on March 15, 2022, providing for the funding of federal agencies for the remainder of 2022, providing funding for activities related to Ukraine, and modifying or establishing various programs. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (260-171) Yea Equality Act   The Equality Act (H.R. 5) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that proposed prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system, among other related proposals. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (224-206) Yea Respect for Marriage Act   The Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) was a bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 13, 2022. The bill codified the recognition of marriages between individuals of the same sex and of different races, ethnicities, or national origins, and provided that the law would not impact religious liberty or conscience protections, or provide grounds to compel nonprofit religious organizations to recognize same-sex marriages. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (258-169) Yea Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023   The Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 6833) was a bill approved by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on September 30, 2022. It provided for some fiscal year 2023 appropriations, supplemental funds for Ukraine, and extended several other programs and authorities. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (230-201) Yea Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act   The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 7688) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit individuals from selling consumer fuels at excessive prices during a proclaimed energy emergency. It would have also required the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the price of gasoline was being manipulated. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (217-207) Yea Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021   The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R. 8) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to prohibit the transfer of firearms between private parties unless a licensed firearm vendor conducted a background check on the recipient. The bill also provided for certain exceptions to this requirement. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Passed (227-203) Yea Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act   The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act was a federal elections bill approved by the House of Representatives and voted down by the Senate in a failed cloture vote that sought to, among other provisions, make Election Day a public holiday, allow for same-day voter registration, establish minimum early voting periods, and allow absentee voting for any reason, restrict the removal of local election administrators in federal elections, regulate congressional redistricting, expand campaign finance disclosure rules for some organizations, and amend the Voting Rights Act to require some states to obtain clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice before implementing new election laws. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (220-203) Yea Bipartisan Safer Communities Act   The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) was a firearm regulation and mental health bill passed by the 117th Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on June 25, 2022. Provisions of the bill included expanding background checks for individuals under the age of 21, providing funding for mental health services, preventing individuals who had been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or felony in dating relationships from purchasing firearms for five years, providing funding for state grants to implement crisis intervention order programs, and providing funding for community-based violence prevention initiatives. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (234-193) Yea Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.   This was a resolution before the 117th Congress setting forth an article of impeachment saying that Donald Trump (R) incited an insurrection against the government of the United States on January 6, 2021. The House of Representatives approved the article of impeachment, and the Senate adjudged that Trump was not guilty of the charges. The article of impeachment required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (232-197) Yea Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022   The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act was a bill passed by the 117th Congress in the form of an amendment to a year-end omnibus funding bill that was signed into law by President Joe Biden (D) on December 23, 2022. The bill changed the procedure for counting electoral votes outlined in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. Elements of the bill included specifying that the vice president's role at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes is ministerial, raising the objection threshold at the joint session of congress to count electoral votes to one-fifth of the members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, identifying governors as the single official responsible for submitting the certificate of ascertainment identifying that state’s electors, and providing for expedited judicial review of certain claims about states' certificates identifying their electors. The bill required a simple majority vote in the House. Click here to read more. Passed (225-201) Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2020

Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)

General election

The primary will occur on August 13, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Thomas Bowman is running in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 5, 2024.

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		Thomas Bowman (Unaffiliated)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate
		Angie Craig

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Mike Murphy, Tayler Rahm, and Joe Teirab are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate
		Mike Murphy
		Tayler Rahm
		Joe Teirab

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2022

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Tyler Kistner and Paula Overby (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angie Craig (D)	50.9	165,583
		Tyler Kistner (R)	45.6	148,576
		Paula Overby (Legal Marijuana Now Party) (Unofficially withdrew)	3.3	10,728
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	585

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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Tyler Kistner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Patrick Bradley (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

The Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election was canceled. Paula Overby advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

2020

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Tyler Kistner and Adam Weeks (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angie Craig (D)	48.2	204,534
		Tyler Kistner (R)	45.9	194,954
		Adam Weeks (Legal Marijuana Now Party) (Unofficially withdrew)	5.8	24,751
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	273

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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Tyler Kistner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Regina Barr (R)
• Edward Moritz (R)
• Kerry Zeiler (R)
• Rick Olson (R)
• Erika Cashin (R)

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

The Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election was canceled. Adam Weeks advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

2018

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Angie Craig defeated incumbent Jason Lewis in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angie Craig (D)	52.7	177,958
		Jason Lewis (R)	47.1	159,344
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	666

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bradley Svenson (Independence Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Angie Craig

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeff Erdmann (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Jason Lewis advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Jason Lewis

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2016

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Republican incumbent John Kline, who began serving in Congress in 2002, chose not to run for re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jason Lewis (R) defeated Angie Craig (D) and Paula Overby (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Craig faced no primary opponent, while Lewis defeated Matthew Erickson, John Howe, and Darlene Miller in the Republican primary on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jason Lewis	47%	173,970
	Democratic	Angie Craig	45.2%	167,315
	Independent	Paula Overby	7.8%	28,869
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	360
Total Votes				370,514
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jason Lewis	48.9%	11,641
Darlene Miller	30.7%	7,305
John Howe	13.6%	3,244
Matthew Erickson	6.8%	1,612
Total Votes		23,802
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Craig was one of the initial members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue Program. The program "highlights top Democratic campaigns across the country, and offers them financial, communications, grassroots, and strategic support."

Campaign themes

2024

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“	I’m running for Congress to build a Minnesota for all of us – where every member of every family is rewarded for their hard work with an outstanding education, the training or retraining for a good job, and a fair shot at a better life. I’ll never give up on the Minnesota and the America that we can create together. Growing our Economy and Creating Jobs for Today and the Future The economic recovery has not touched all families. For many, paychecks aren’t going up, while the cost of groceries, prescription drugs, education, and other household expenses continue to rise. We need leaders in Washington that will invest in and do more to create the right jobs, with better pay and make sure Americans have the tools to succeed in a 21st Century economy. I’m ready to do just that. Over the past decade, I have worked to create good-paying jobs in Minnesota, with responsibility for a workforce of 16,000 employees at a major Minnesota manufacturing company. It’s a mix of 21st century manufacturing and technical jobs, and small business entrepreneurship that we must continue to work to create in Minnesota. That means prioritizing investments in education and career skills, and reforming a system that too often benefits special interests, big corporations, and the wealthy. To help the economy grow and families prosper, we must focus on supporting small businesses and entrepreneurship, invest in America, and invest in Americans. Supporting small business growth and entrepreneurship Washington should be in the business of rewarding entrepreneurship by making it easier for people to start and grow small businesses. In fact, I’m now an investor in a St. Paul start-up company called Structural. Here’s what we can do from a policy point of view to help small businesses grow: Make it easier to access capital and loans Increase small businesses' access to technical resources and technology Simplify regulations and taxes for companies with 20 or fewer employees Increase tax deductions for start-up and healthcare costs All of these measures will make it easier for America’s innovators to start and grow their small businesses while continuing to grow our economy. Investing in America Congress must invest in infrastructure revitalization by rebuilding our roads, highways, and bridges and increasing access to high-speed Internet – especially in rural areas. Not only will this create good-paying construction jobs in the short-term, experience has shown that public infrastructure investment stimulates private sector jobs growth. In order to help stimulate private sector investment in infrastructure – like machinery, buildings, and factories – we must incentivize companies to bring their cash outside the United States back home. Billions of dollars in foreign earnings and capital are overseas – let’s make sure that money is invested in America. We've got a lot of work to do in this country to upgrade our infrastructure, and I'll be a strong advocate for funding these projects. When it comes to approving projects, such as Enbridge, I've got a heck of a lot more trust in scientists who have spent their career studying these projects than I do in an approval process based on partisan politics. Investing in Americans American workers need to have the right skills for the high-paying, high-growth technical jobs of the 21stcentury. We can make sure of this by investing in workforce development initiatives and encouraging public-private partnerships in higher education as well as making vocational education a priority again in our public schools. When schools work with local employers to link training and education to the needs of the regional economy, students and employers win. Our goal should to be for each student to receive the training necessary either through college, a technical degree, or apprenticeship program to be ready for a good-paying job. And we must be committed to continuous learning and job re-training as industries and technologies change. This requires a commitment to investing and encouraging partnerships between Minnesota companies and technical colleges. Higher education and job training is only part of the equation. We must encourage companies to invest in their workforce by closing tax loopholes that encourage them to move American jobs overseas, and replacing them with tax credits for companies that hire American. Let’s reward those employers who create jobs in America. Protecting America's Workers Creating a good paying job for every American is only half the solution. We need to make sure that everyone can join the workforce and feel secure in their job. I'll fight to protect the rights of every worker to organize and collectively bargain. My wife and I have four sons and I saw how hard my mother worked to raise children on her own. We need a national paid family leave and earned sick and safe time policy. A lack of paid family leave disproportionately impacts women that have to care for family members and those with employers that don't provide maternity leave. We also have a child care availability and affordability crisis looming in many areas of this country and need to consider all possible solutions to addressing it. We need to continue our investment in an all of the above regional transportation strategy to make sure workers can get to their workplaces quickly and efficiently so they're more productive and can spend more time with their families. Healthcare If healthcare is not affordable, it is not accessible. I know that firsthand. I grew up for a portion of my childhood without health insurance. I still remember the box of bills that sat on our kitchen table when my little sister had a medical issue. I also spent more than 20 years working in two healthcare manufacturing companies, and at one I oversaw our employer-sponsored health plans in many countries. We must work to repair our healthcare system, starting with immediate fixes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and work toward universal health coverage with a focus on prevention and reducing costs, especially for prescription drugs. Many families, particularly those who are self-employed as small business owners and family farmers, cannot afford the healthcare available in the individual marketplace, but Washington has done nothing to help. One way to address the lack of choice and competition in the insurance marketplace is to open up Medicare for a buy-in to compete with large insurance companies. Congress needs to work across the aisle immediately to stabilize healthcare costs for these families who have little choice in their regions. We can do all of this without giving up the good things that have come from the ACA. Current law has eliminated the penalty for pre-existing conditions, ended lifetime limits, allowed young adults to remain on their parent’s insurance, and given tens of millions of Americans access to healthcare who didn’t have it before. To stabilize the market place, it’s critical that we reauthorize and make permanent a federal reinsurance program that does not shortchange other current programs. We must provide a long-term outlook for cost reduction subsidies. We also must rein in out-of-control costs in the pharmaceutical industry. We can start by making pharma compete by negotiating with Medicare and ensure that generic drugs are important part of the healthcare mix. We must make medical pricing more transparent, incentivize preventative care, and move away from a fee-for-service healthcare system if we are serious about reducing the cost of healthcare. There are many specific policy ideas emerging to accomplish the goal of moving to universal healthcare and we should consider each as to whether it brings us closer to making sure every family has healthcare they can afford. It’s time to stop playing politics with people’s lives and work on a bipartisan basis. The Opioid Epidemic Our country is confronting one of the largest public health threats since the onset of the AIDS epidemic. The opioid epidemic now claims more lives every year than car accidents or gun violence – nationwide, over 33,000 people died from opioid or heroin overdoses in 2015 alone. The Second Congressional District is home to some exceptional local leaders in the fight against this epidemic. The Shakopee Police Department and the Scott County Board have rolled out programs that focus on rehabilitation and recovery rather than punishment and incarceration. Whether it’s a new drug court program, treatment center, lifesaving medication for first responders, or critical new research, all these efforts have something in common: they require resources and funding. That’s how our leaders in Washington can and should help. This epidemic has not escaped our own family. One of our sons is adopted and his birth mother died over a decade ago of an overdose. I have promised him and many other families in the district to fight like hell to address these issues. When I’m elected to Congress, I will work to expand the funding allocated in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). This bipartisan bill allows the federal government to provide states with grants to fund a variety of programs aimed at curbing prescription opioid and heroin abuse. I also will support the Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities (ARRC) Act, a bill to help rural communities fight the opioid epidemic. I’ll also work to take on the issues directly that have helped enable this national emergency, such as prescribing patterns and the marketing of drugs in this nation. High-Quality Public Education, Career Training and Affordable College Education and career training are the keys to securing a strong economic future for families in Minnesota. And as the proud wife of a former teacher and mother of four sons – three in college or trade school and one at Rosemount High School – I understand the importance of a great education for all children. When I’m elected to Congress, I’ll prioritize funding for public education and ensure that our teachers have access to the resources they need to be successful. We must ensure that early childhood education is a priority, including high-quality child care and pre-K for kids from birth to age 5, to ensure our children start kindergarten ready to succeed. This is essential to our kids' futures and to the strengthening our state's economy. We must also stabilize funding for K-12 education and ensure that career training and vocational education is a priority again in this country. College is not right for every child, and students need to be supported to understand that there are other career options. It’s critical that we fully fund special education so that every child has the resources they need to learn and grow. One of our sons has learning challenges, and I’ve seen firsthand the heroes in our education system who help him be successful. I’ve also seen what not funding special education at the 40% level the federal government promised has on school district budgets. We must do better. We also must give our teachers the respect they deserve by protecting their right to organize and collectively bargain, and giving tax credits to those who spend their own money on classroom supplies. Giving Teachers A Raise Part of giving teachers the tools they need to succeed is making sure that teachers are paid fairly. We owe it to all of our children to make sure that we’re attracting the best and the brightest to education today to help build and shape the best and the brightest of tomorrow. When we raise teacher pay, we can recruit, and keep, the best possible teachers for our children. It’s not enough, though, to just tell cash-strapped schools and districts that they need to pay their teachers more. We need to make sure that they have the resources to do so. When I go to Congress, I’ll work to end the carried interest loophole, a tax policy that allows hedge fund and private equity managers to misrepresent earned income as capital gains, letting them pay a lower tax rate. We can send that nearly $16 billion back to the states to help them raise wages for all of our teachers. Cost of college and career training One of the biggest issues facing families is the nearly prohibitive cost of higher education. 70% of Minnesota’s college graduates have taken on some form of debt in order to complete their education, with the average price tag amounting to $31,579. That kind of debt causes our young people to delay major milestones, like buying a home or starting a family. Not only is it bad for our graduates – it’s bad for the economy. In order to stay globally competitive, we must make higher education affordable and re-emphasize the range of career options available to young people, from colleges to technical degrees to apprenticeships. As a member of Congress, I would support legislation to make the first two years of post-secondary education free – whether it is technical education, earning an associate’s degree, or the first two-years of a bachelor’s degree. That’s how we build the workforce of the future and attract the industries of the future. Caring for Our Veterans We owe so much to the brave men and women who volunteer to serve our country in the armed forces. As a leader at a major Minnesota company, I set strategy for a program that put veterans to work in our company, and across the medical technology industry. Our nation needs to do all we can to encourage private industry to recruit, hire, mentor, and train veterans. Many veterans face serious health problems related to their service. My family has not escaped this burden. My uncle died of cancer in his early 50s following his service in Vietnam – believed to be due to Agent Orange exposure. Younger veterans face similar heath challenges related to their work near toxic “burn pits.” When our soldiers return home, they deserve access to the best healthcare, treatment, and compensation that our nation can provide for their physical and mental health needs. But that isn’t what they're getting right now. An audit of the VA found that more than 120,000 veterans waited at least 90 days for healthcare appointments or never received appointments at all. More than 82,000 veterans were still waiting for the VA to evaluate their claims for service-connected disability compensation more than 125 days after filing. The VA in Minneapolis provides important services to those who have served our nation, but we need to upgrade the entire system to improve the care our veterans receive and especially alleviate the long wait times for evaluation of benefits and services. We must be there for our veterans for life. They've been there for us. Protecting the Environment & Slowing the Pace of Climate Change There’s no denying it – climate change is happening and we have to address it now. In Minnesota, we’ve already seen milder winters, heat waves, droughts, and floods. Climate change is a threat to our environment and the health and safety of all Americans. But it also presents us with a great opportunity to create economic growth through smart public policies. We must continue to encourage growth in the renewable energy sector, and become a world leader in innovation. America led the world in creating and adapting new technologies in the 20th century - let’s make sure we continue that trend by leading the global green economy. Our approach to addressing climate change doesn’t need to be onerous. We can lower our carbon emissions, build an energy infrastructure that relies less on fossil fuels, and attract and advance the industries of the future by looking for innovative solutions on climate change. If we invest in emerging energy industries we can create good jobs and get back on track as a global leader in our new energy economy. I look forward to working on a bipartisan basis to pass common sense initiatives, like instituting a carbon fee and dividend program to reduce our nation’s reliance on fossil fuels through market-based solutions. National Security We need a smart and tough foreign policy agenda that protects the United States and at the same time preserves the shared American values of privacy, liberty, and diversity. We should equip our military personnel with the 21st century tools they need to defend our nation as well as eliminate terrorist threats as efficiently and safely as possible. We must support the use of innovative technologies, update and improve our cybersecurity infrastructure, and ensure that our military and intelligence officials have access to every tool they need to protect our nation. We also must return to a diplomacy first mindset and work to restore the strong relationships with our allies. We’re at our safest and strongest when we’re leading a coalition of countries committed to peace and freedom. Immigration and Border Security Washington’s failure to pass bipartisan immigration reform is slowing our economy and weakening our nation. I support bipartisan immigration reform that invests in smart border security, provides a path to citizenship for DREAMERS and law-abiding immigrants, and keeps families together. As long as our immigration system is broken, people will continue to work around it. It’s clear that too many members of Congress are more interested in scoring points with their base than doing the sensible and common sense thing for our economy and our country. Industries such as agriculture and technology are starved for workers, and we must support smart immigration policies that help. It's critical that Congress takes action to pass an immediate fix to Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA). These are hardworking Minnesotans who serve in our military, graduate from our schools and contribute to our economy. In addition, the development of a path to citizenship for law-abiding immigrants would allow everyone to contribute and pay taxes, as well as pay into Medicare and Social Security. We should immediately reunite any families who remain separated at the border without requiring children to remain in federal detention. Also, the U.S. should rejoin the international community and comply with international law by again allowing properly filed asylum claims to proceed in a timely and orderly fashion. I support investing in smart border security. That includes technology such as drones, sonar and radar. I do not believe the answer to fixing our immigration system is abolishing ICE. They play an important role in stopping drugs and human trafficking. Let me also be clear that all people who commit crimes, regardless of their immigration status, should go to jail. No one wants criminals to go free, no matter what kind of outlandish attacks get lobbed at me. Many of us are descended from immigrants, and we need immigrants for continued economic growth. The history of and promise of this country is that it will always be open to those who seek a better life, and are willing to work hard and help America grow in the process. In Congress, I will support policies that will continue to make this a reality. Protecting Minnesota’s Seniors When Medicare and Social Security were enacted, they lifted a generation of seniors out of poverty. Since then they’ve been a promise we’ve kept to each succeeding generation, allowing Americans to retire with dignity. That’s why I oppose any changes that would cut, privatize, or jeopardize these programs. We should look for ways to strengthen both programs, instead of using the retirement of millions of Americans as a political football. This includes allowing Medicare to negotiate for the best prices on prescription drugs, eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse of both programs, and shoring up their funding – even if it requires asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share. In addition, we must also do more to prevent elder abuse. Altogether, the Minnesota Department of Human Services receives nearly 1,000 reports of elder abuse every week. Too often, those closest to vulnerable adults are the ones taking advantage of them, causing victims to hesitate before taking action. As leaders, we must do what we can to empower social workers, caretakers, and seniors themselves to identify, prevent, report, and end this abuse. Finally, we must combat the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. In order to start to combat the high cost of prescription drugs, we must allow Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies just as we already do in the VA. In addition, we must work to end anti-competitive “pay-for-delay” deals, and allow individuals to reimport individual supplies of medication from approved pharmacies in Canada. Fighting for Our Agricultural Economy and Greater Minnesota I grew up in rural America for much of my childhood. My grandfather farmed beans - until the 1980s farm crisis forced him out. My 91-year-old grandmother still lives near that same land where he spent so much of his life, and she tills and plants her own garden each year. I know how unique each community in Greater Minnesota is and how important farming is to the Greater Minnesota economy. We are the fifth largest agricultural state in the country, and Minnesota’s 75,000 farms contribute $19 billion to our economy each year. Agriculture is a critical component of and opportunity for economic growth in Minnesota’s second congressional district. To keep that agricultural economy growing, we must help farmers export their products to new markets such as Cuba. Agricultural exports totaled over $8 billion in 2012 and continue to grow. As a member of Congress, I will work across party lines to pass a new farm bill that ensures a stable and strong crop insurance program as a safety net for our farmers, and at the same time provides adequate funding for SNAP and other nutrition programs that help bridge gaps for families in Minnesota. If we make sure that fresh food is covered under SNAP that is a win-win. Farmers can sell more to people here at home and SNAP recipients have healthier food. I also understand that healthcare affordability and access to quality medical care in Greater Minnesota are serious issues for Minnesota farmers and have specific solutions to address these concerns. We should prioritize infrastructure investments in the United States, particularly ensuring that Greater Minnesota has access to high-speed Internet to help communities meet their needs. It is not fair that our rural communities cannot build small businesses and utilize educational resources from the Internet in the same way that suburban communities can. We also must address rail issues to ensure producers have reliable access to markets. Minnesota has taken a leading role in producing homegrown energy, providing clean, renewable energy, and reducing our reliance on foreign oil. I will fight to maintain a strong Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and lead the effort to make Minnesota a leader in homegrown energy. Money in Politics The Supreme Court in its 2010 decision in Citizens United completely changed elections in the United States, by allowing unlimited and dark money spending. Money in politics was always a problem but now it is worse than ever before. Now special interest groups can spend unlimited amounts of untraceable money to elect people who will tip the rules in their favor once in office. The voices of the people are lost in favor of the voices of the few and the powerful. It is a big part of what is wrong in Washington. I am committed to pass laws to end Citizens United and get big money out of politics. Corporations and special interests are not people and their oversized influence on the way our government works needs to end now. Total transparency starts with requiring everyone who spends money in a campaign to say where that money came from. Toward that end, I have proposed an entire package of reforms. Empowering Strong Women and Strong Families As a working mom who is raising four amazing young men, I understand that strengthening opportunities for women creates stronger families. I grew up surrounded by two strong women – my mother and my grandmother. My mom raised the three of us with the help of my grandmother. My grandmother lived a few homes down, and was on her feet for eight hours a day at a nearby shoe factory into her 70’s. Mom completed her college degree after almost 10 years and is still a teacher today. As a leader at a Minnesota company, I started a Women In Business program to support and mentor women in their career choices and help them achieve that next level of success. Women have made great strides, but we still face challenges. Our work is not done until women have equal opportunity and an equal voice in this country. Women should receive equal pay for doing the same job, and today, that is sadly not the case. Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act would be a great step in the right direction. We also must make sure that young women are being exposed to and encouraged to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, which currently count only 23% women among their workforce. I support full reproductive rights for women and access to contraception and family planning services. No one should ever come between a woman and her doctor when making these decisions. The dangerous proposals that seek to eliminate contraceptive and family planning services coverage from the ACA guarantee must be stopped, and I will stand against them. I support Planned Parenthood and will continue to fight to protect their funding so that all women – especially those in rural areas – have access to the healthcare services they need. Gun Violence Prevention Our family has always been comfortable around firearms and strong supporters of the Second Amendment. Two of our four sons are avid deer and duck hunters and a third competed in trap shooting in high school. I’ve been known to join them from time to time on the gun range. Support for the Second Amendment goes hand-in-hand with doing everything we can to keep guns away from criminals and other dangerous people. Every day, 93 Americans are killed by gun violence and there is no reason we can’t work to address this issue while protecting our Second Amendment rights. That’s why I support commonsense measures to address gun violence. First, I believe we should fund Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) research into gun violence. We need the facts in order to decide how to improve gun safety. Second, I support universal background checks for every gun purchase, including those sold online and through private sales. The facts are compelling: In states where background checks are law there are 52 percent fewer mass shootings, 48 percent fewer law enforcement officials are shot to death, and 48 percent fewer people commit suicide by firearm. We should not allow criminals or domestic abusers to have such easy access to a firearm. Third, we need to stop suspected terrorists on the no-fly list from purchasing firearms and reinstate a rule recently repealed by Congress that stopped some people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns. Finally, I believe we should immediately ban the sale of military style, semi-automatic weapons, and make high-capacity clips, “bump stocks,” and other attachments that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire faster illegal. These measures by themselves won’t eliminate gun violence in this country. But if they reduce the incidence of gun violence and help law enforcement stay safer, they’re worth fighting for.	”
—Angie Craig's campaign website (2018)

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The following is an example of an ad from Craig's 2018 election campaign.

"Hard Work" - Craig campaign ad, released August 21, 2018

2016

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During the 2016 election cycle Craig was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama
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The following issues were listed on Craig's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Jobs and Economy: Above all, we should reward entrepreneurship by making it easier for people to start and grow small businesses. For newly established businesses, navigating complex tax paperwork and regulations is extremely difficult... We should also increase tax deductions for business start-up expenditures and organizational costs. And while we’re at it, let’s increase tax deductions for healthcare costs for self-employed individuals...Congress also must invest in infrastructure revitalization, research and development, and manufacturing—all fields that provide meaningful career opportunities while improving our nation for years to come. We also need to be sure that our workers have the right skills for these high-paying, high-growth technical jobs by investing in workforce development initiatives. Affordable College: In order to stay competitive in the global economy, we must build an affordable higher education system. One way we can do this is by strengthening Pell Grants. If Pell Grants were indexed to keep up with the rising cost of college, 9.2 million students would see an increase of $1,300. We also must allow students to refinance their debt at lower interest rates. Seniors: 1.5 million Baby Boomers live in Minnesota, and many of them will rely on Social Security and Medicare to ensure their economic security in their later years. That’s why I oppose any changes that would undercut these programs. We should look for ways to strengthen both programs, instead of using the retirement of millions of Americans as a political football. Public Health: When I’m elected to Congress, I will work to expand the funding allocated in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). This bipartisan bill allows the federal government to provide states with grants to fund a variety of programs aimed at curbing prescription opioid and heroin abuse. Democrats and Republicans came together to authorize good, meaningful initiatives. But funding fell short. Climate Change: Climate change is certainly a threat to our environment and the health and safety of our people. But it also presents us with a great opportunity to create economic growth through smart public policies. We must continue to promote federal policy that encourages growth in the renewable energy sector. Investments in wind, solar, and other alternative energy sources will be key to decreasing our reliance on fossil fuels.	”
—Angie Craig's campaign website, http://www.angiecraig.com/issues

Notable endorsements

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Notable candidate endorsements by Angie Craig

Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Kelly Morrison  source  (D)	U.S. House Minnesota District 3 (2024)	Primary	–
Amy Klobuchar  source  (D)	President of the United States (2020)		Withdrew in Convention

Notable ballot measure endorsements by Angie Craig

Measure	Position	Outcome
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Question 2, Replace Police Department with Department of Public Safety Initiative (November 2021)  source	Oppose	Defeated

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Angie Craig campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Candidacy Declared primary	$4,100,302	$1,308,814
2022	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Won general	$7,801,458	$8,802,532
2020	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Won general	$5,676,522	$4,731,914
2018	U.S. House Minnesota District 2	Won general	$5,625,311	$5,550,422
Grand total			$23,203,593	$20,393,681
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Ballot measure activity

The following table details Craig's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:

Ballot measure support and opposition for Angie Craig
Ballot measure	Year	Position	Status
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Question 2, Replace Police Department with Department of Public Safety Initiative (November 2021)	2021	Opposed	d Defeated

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