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Brad Finstad

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Brad Finstad is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in MN-01 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American politician (born 1976)

IncumbentU.S. House — MN-01RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-HV4-F04P FEC H2MN01223

Running for U.S. House, MN-01, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/brad-finstad

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

Brad Finstad — Headshot
Headshot · unitedstates.github.io
Brad Finstad — Photo
Photo · House Creative Services · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Brad Finstad — Photo
Photo · Clerk of the United States House of Representatives · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Brad Finstad — Illustration · Vugol.me
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  • 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.

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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 2026-10-10 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Finstad

Campaign finance

$2,608,655total raised (2026 cycle)
$1,110,449cash on hand (2026 cycle)
$1,559,616total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Campaign contact: info@finstadforcongress.com · source

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  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-10 — 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_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rep._Brad_Finstad_(R-MN),_Official_Portrait,_119th_Congress_(head_crop).jpg
  • photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
  • photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brad_Finstad_congressional_portrait.jpg

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