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Brad Finstad

U.S. Representative, Minnesota 1st Congressional District · Republican

OfficeholderOn the 2026 ballotIncumbent · Minnesota 1st Congressional District · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Minnesota Secretary of State — November 3, 2026 State General Election candidate file: U.S. Representative District 1 — 'Brad Finstad', R · read Sep 24, 2026

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Running for Minnesota 1st Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 3 certified results. See the race

Roles on File

Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.

The District

What Minnesota 1st Congressional District covers

Covers all of Fillmore County, Blue Earth County, Goodhue County, Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Nobles County, Jackson County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Winona County, Houston County, Wabasha County, Rock County, Nicollet County and 4 more; parts of Brown County and Rice County.

Includes Rochester, Red Wing (part), Rushford Village, Mankato, Winona (part), Albert Lea, Austin, Fairmont, Faribault, New Ulm, North Mankato, Owatonna and 176 more.

Map of Minnesota 1st Congressional District with 750 precincts

750 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: Minnesota Secretary of State, voting districts (precincts) as of June 26 2026

Key Votes

The record

  • Current office: U.S. Representative, Minnesota 1st District

    House Clerk roll-call records identify the member as F000475. 22 major 119th-Congress House votes loaded (standard set); voted against the majority of the member's own party on 0 of them. Selection, not exhaustive. Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · U.S. House (official member site) · source

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 216-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 278 (2026)

    Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 9770 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 220-205 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 272 (2026)

    Jul 21, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 6644 Housing for the 21st Century Act · voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate Adt · Passed, 358-32 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 224 (2026)

    Jun 23, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • S. 2 Secure America Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 214-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 214 (2026)

    Jun 9, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 2913 Ukraine Support Act · voted No

    On Passage · Passed, 226-195 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 207 (2026)

    Jun 4, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 7567 Farm, Food, and National Security Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 224-200 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 154 (2026)

    Apr 30, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 7744 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 221-209 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 87 (2026)

    Mar 5, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
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  • H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · voted Yes

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Passed, 217-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 53 (2026)

    Feb 3, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 498 Do No Harm in Medicaid Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 215-201 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 362 (2025)

    Dec 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 6703 Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 216-211 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 349 (2025)

    Dec 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 4405 Epstein Files Transparency Act · voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed, 427-1 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 289 (2025)

    Nov 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 5371 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 · voted Yes

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · Passed, 222-209 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 285 (2025)

    Nov 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 231-196 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 262 (2025)

    Sep 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 4275 Coast Guard Authorization Act · voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed, 399-12 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 218 (2025)

    Jul 23, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • S. 1582 GENIUS Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 308-122 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 200 (2025)

    Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 294-134 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 199 (2025)

    Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act · voted Yes

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · Passed, 218-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 190 (2025)

    Jul 3, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 4 Rescissions Act · did not vote

    On Passage · Passed, 214-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 168 (2025)

    Jun 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 215-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 145 (2025)

    May 22, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 22 SAVE Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 220-208 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 102 (2025)

    Apr 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 217-213 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 70 (2025)

    Mar 11, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 29 Laken Riley Act · voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 264-159 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 6 (2025)

    Jan 7, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • Roll-call position (DW-NOMINATE)

    Score 0.5580 over 567 recorded votes. Negative left, positive right, −1 to +1. A computed statistic, not a government record.

    OSINT · Voteview (Lewis et al.) · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
New finance report · Oct 2
Raised
$2,060,939cycle to date through Jul 22
Cash on Hand
$1,283,923cycle to date through Jul 22
Spent
$889,137cycle to date through Jul 22
Debts Owed
$0cycle to date through Jul 22
Next Report Due
Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jul 22, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

Campaign finance · Finstad For Congress: Pre-Primary 2026, through Jul 22, 2026

Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

  • Campaign finance · Finstad For Congress: Pre-Primary 2026, through Jul 22, 2026

    Raised $2,060,939.08 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $889,137.33 · cash on hand $1,283,923.18 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jul 22, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $847,243.27 (41%); PACs and other political committees $978,906.67 (48%); Transfers from authorized committees $234,789.13 (11%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): fundraising $295,624.69; media and advertising $115,064.76; digital $112,250.00; general consulting $86,331.10; staff, contractors and reimbursements $74,441.02; compliance and treasurer $36,032.23.

    Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

  • Stock trades · no periodic transaction reports filed 2024–2026

    No periodic transaction reports appear in the U.S. House Clerk financial-disclosure indexes for 2024, 2025, and 2026 (searched by StateDst and surname). Index files searched as of 2026-09-24.

    Official · U.S. House Clerk

Filings

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Brad

  • Advertising summary · for and against (2026 cycle)

    For: own campaign on Google $500–$700 (ad ranges); outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $0. Against: outside Google ads $0–$0; opponent campaign ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $143,437. 2026 cycle. Broadcast TV: not yet searched. Meta not included.

    Mar 31, 2025 · Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle)

  • Google/YouTube ads · Finstad for Congress (supporting)

    The candidate's own campaign (Finstad for Congress). 2 ads since Nov 2024; $500–$700 (Google creative spend ranges).

    Mar 31, 2025 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · source

Independent Expenditures

FEC independent expenditures on file: $42,286 supporting, $1,810,756 opposing, across 94 reports.

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“Jake Johnson can wish Walz away, but that doesn't put the billions of dollars stolen by criminal fraudsters back in the pockets of tax-paying southern Minnesotans”
In Trump country, Democrat Jake Johnson keeps his focus on Brad FinstadSep 24, 2026 · Press · Minnesota Star Tribune · source
“I find it laughable. Find my social media and watch what I've done for the last four years. I am constantly engaging with constituents”
Jake Johnson hopes hustle, political conditions add up to upset over Republican Brad FinstadSep 3, 2026 · Press · MPR News · source
“I have been engaging for four years, very productively”
Jake Johnson hopes hustle, political conditions add up to upset over Republican Brad FinstadSep 3, 2026 · Press · MPR News · source
“At the end of the day, it is really an affordability issue for us because on the input side, we have seen that volatility, we have seen that increase of our inputs while we've had a very stale market”
Finstad Pushes Fertilizer Transparency BillMar 26, 2026 · Press · Red River Farm Network · source
“It really just highlights the fact that markets can be volatile to us in farm country that are completely out of our control”
Finstad Pushes Fertilizer Transparency BillMar 26, 2026 · Press · Red River Farm Network · source
“Our job is to govern, to be the adults in the room and figure out ways to come together to deliver meaningful ag policy for Minnesotans”
Reps. Finstad, Craig spar over farm bill politics in marathon House Agriculture committeeMar 6, 2026 · Press · MinnPost · source
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“The fact is we have a ranking member who is running for higher office who is ignoring the fact that her fingerprints are on a lot of things in (the legislation)”
Reps. Finstad, Craig spar over farm bill politics in marathon House Agriculture committeeMar 6, 2026 · Press · MinnPost · source

In the News

Press coverage

Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.

Reach Them

Websites and accounts

  • Campaign website capture

    Campaign website https://finstadforcongress.com/ captured 2026-09-24T21:28:18Z (1280x900 viewport, logged-out).

    Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source

  • Campaign website: https://finstadforcongress.com/

    Source: https://finstadforcongress.com/

    Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source

  • Public social accounts

    X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

    Self-published · Public accounts posted by the subject

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • On the ballot: U.S. House, Minnesota 1st District · November 3, 2026 general election

    Listed as "Brad Finstad" (R) on the MN official election authority certified candidate list for the 2026 General Election (as of read 2026-09-24). Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · MN official election authority · source

  • Sponsored travel · Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 8/10/2026 to 8/12/2026. Original filing, filed by Jennifer Luepke.

    Aug 10, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 8/10/2026 to 8/12/2026. Original filing, filed by Meagan Daly.

    Aug 10, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Anno.ai, and Dunlevy Aerospace

    Devil's Lake, ND, 8/20/2025 to 8/23/2025. Amendment filing, filed by Isaiah Osborne.

    Aug 20, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Anno.ai, and Dunlevy Aerospace

    Devil's Lake, ND, 8/20/2025 to 8/23/2025. Original filing, filed by Isaiah Osborne.

    Aug 20, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · American Israel Education Foundation

    Israel, 8/16/2025 to 8/24/2025. Original filing, filed by Ryan Altman.

    Aug 16, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Center Forward

    Canada, 8/4/2025 to 8/8/2025. Original filing, filed by Ryan Altman.

    Aug 4, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Congressional Institute

    Virgina Beach, VA, 6/16/2024 to 6/18/2024. Original filing, filed by David Fitzsimmons.

    Jun 16, 2024 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · World Food Program USA

    Kenya, 2/17/2024 to 2/22/2024. Original filing, filed by John Altendorf.

    Feb 17, 2024 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 2/7/2024 to 2/9/2024. Original filing, filed by Jennifer Luepke.

    Feb 7, 2024 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri, Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation (F/K/A National Biodiesel Foundation), Fann Credit Services of America, Indiana Com Marketing Council, Iowa Biodiesel Board, Iowa Biotechnology Association, Iowa Com Growers Association, Iowa Soybean Association, Kansas Com Growers Association, Kansas Soybean Commission, Minnesota Biofuels Association, Missouri Com Growers Association, North Dakota Ethanol Council, Nebraska Com Board, Renew Kansas, Renewable Fuels Foundation, Renewable Fuels Nebraska, South Dakota Ethanol Producers Association, and Wisconsin Biofuels Association

    Altoona, IA, Bloomington, MN, Mason City, IA, 8/14/2023 to 8/17/2023. Original filing, filed by John Altendorf.

    Aug 14, 2023 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Livestock Marketing Association

    Winchester, VA, 7/10/2023. Amendment filing, filed by John Altendorf.

    Jul 10, 2023 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel · Livestock Marketing Association

    Winchester, VA, 7/10/2023. Original filing, filed by John Altendorf.

    Jul 10, 2023 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • U.S. Representative · MN-01

    Republican · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot

    OSINT

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_088jhqhtt.

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