Brad Finstad

VecR 18 · OpenTenR 73%Att63

Brad Finstad ran for U.S. House in MN-01 in 2026 as a Republican (lost).

American politician (born 1976)

IncumbentU.S. House - MN-01RepublicanLostVugol ID VM-HV4-F04P FEC H2MN01223

Ran for U.S. House, MN-01, 2026 · Lost to Jake Johnson (Democratic), 49.9% to 50.0%. Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia, read 2026-11-14

On the Minnesota ballot, Nov 3, 2026 Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.

Link: vugol.me/p/brad-finstad

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Brad Finstad, Photo — Photo · Clerk of the United States House of Representatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Brad Finstad, Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, MN-01 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, MN-01 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, MN-01 · General · Republican · won · 159,621 votes (53.8%) · incumbent · source

Background

Bradley Howard Finstad is an American politician serving since 2022 as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Finstad represents a section of southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa.

A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-11-09 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Finstad

In the news

These House and Senate midterm races don't have winners yetCBS News · Nov 6
Final rating changes: 63 races move toward Democrats, 1 toward RepublicansRoll Call · Oct 31

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Campaign finance

$2,765,870total raised (2026 cycle)

$603,622cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$2,223,657total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-10-14 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Campaign contact: info@finstadforcongress.com · source

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Sources

Official portrait, public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-09 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Finstad
Website and social links, Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111159803
Official social accounts, congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H2MN01223/
photo_headshot https://unitedstates.github.io/
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brad_Finstad_congressional_portrait.jpg
photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rep._Brad_Finstad_(R-MN),_Official_Portrait,_119th_Congress_(head_crop).jpg

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