House Republicans voted Thursday as former USDA official Brad Finstad won the special election for the late Republican term. Added 1 new member to He died of cancer in February of this year, Jim Hagedorn.
In the by-election he ran for eight primaries, Finstad, , told Minnesota public radio that he had been ignored by Biden, a regular American. He said he would focus on immediate issues. management.
"You hear the exact same thing wherever you go in Southern Minnesota," Trump said Finstad, who spent six years in the Minnesota legislature before working for the USDA. .
"Family budget issues. Gas costs. Food costs. Grocery store shelves half full. This is a supply chain disruption, such as baby formula and other necessities. Shortages are not normal, and people are just frustrated," he told MPR.
Jeff Ettinger, former CEO and first-time candidate for Hormel Foods, said the Biden White House was struggling with high prices caused by the backlog of global supply chains and why Finn I wondered if Studd was focusing on the national political environment instead of him.
I feel like I'm up against ," Ettinger told MPR.
He said the voters he spoke to were worried about the parliamentary deadlock.
"I have received excellent feedback from Democrats, independents and moderate Republicans who are fed up with Washington's deadlock and hostility, and they recognize that I have a long track record of getting things done. ' said Ettinger. "And that's what they're looking for."
In the latest ABC 6 poll, 8% of those polled said they hadn't decided yet.
These two were the only candidates voted in the special election — but in a strange twist, voters were regularly scheduled to vote in the newly reformed First District. I was asked to nominate a candidate for the November election.
In the Republican primary, Finstad lost/lost Congressman Jeremy Manson, but Ettinger won/lost financial CEO George Kalberer and attorney James His Rainwater. .
