U.S. House: District 1

Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District candidates running for the GOP primary election include incumbent Brad Finstad, Gregory Goetzman and Shawn Tweten. Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District candidates running for the DFL primary election only include Rachel Bohman. 

We are less than a month away from Minnesota’s primary election. On Aug. 13, voters will determine which Democratic and Republican candidates will be on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 5.

MPR News reached out to all candidates, providing a three-question survey for them to fill out and inform voters about who they are and their priorities if elected.

Republican primary candidates

Here are the candidates running in GOP primary: Brad Finstad (incumbent), Gregory Goetzman and Shawn Tweten.

Click on each question and scroll down to see the candidates’ responses.



Democrat primary candidate

The only candidate for the DFL primary is Rachel Bohman.

Click on each question and scroll down to see the candidates’ responses.


Map of Minnesota US house district 1
Minnesota U.S. House District 1
Elisabeth Gawthrop | APM Research Lab 2022