Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

James Hagedorn

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Minnesota District 1
Filing address
Blue Earth, MN (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HAGEDORN, JAMES
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the 2020 district highlighted

Minnesota, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · Minnesota District 1IncumbentWon the general election (48.6%)

FEC candidate ID H0MN01045 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF HAGEDORN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · Minnesota District 1$1,119,825.62Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · Minnesota District 1$2,423,319.48Won the general election (48.6%)
Total raised$2,423,319.48
Total spent$2,343,279.86
Cash on hand$81,131.35
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,563,087.39PACs and other committees: $706,198.16Party committees: $6,380.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $100.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $134,828.16Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $12,725.77
  • Individual contributions$1,563,087.3965%
  • PACs and other committees$706,198.1629%
  • Party committees$6,380.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$100.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$134,828.166%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$12,725.771%

Self-funding: $100.00 (0% of money raised): $100.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

246 committees reported giving $658,141.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting James Hagedorn$52,926.31
  • Independent expenditures opposing James Hagedorn$5,943,548.60
  • Company and union communications to members about James Hagedorn$511.94

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Minnesota U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James Hagedorn (R)$2,423,319.48$81,131.352020-12-31
Daniel Feehan (D)$4,883,182.35$1,337.432020-12-31
Ralph Kaehler (D)$47,740.40$0.002020-06-30
Richard Wright (D)$47,147.90$0.002019-12-31
Mark P Schroepfer (D)$100.00$200.002020-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)September 10–11, 2020885 (V)± 3.3%Jim Hagedorn 41% · Dan Feehan 41%
RMG ResearchJuly 31 – August 7, 2020500 (RV)± 4.5%Jim Hagedorn 41% · Dan Feehan 38%
Victoria Research & Consulting (D)July 19–23, 2020511 (LV)± 4.4%Jim Hagedorn 46% · Dan Feehan 48%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D)June 9–13, 2020601 (LV)± 4.1%Jim Hagedorn 2% · Dan Feehan 43%
Harper Polling (R)March 10–12, 2020406 (LV)± 4.9%Jim Hagedorn 49% · Dan Feehan 33%
Victoria Research & Consulting (D)July 19–23, 2020511 (LV)± 4.4%Generic Republican 44% · Generic Democrat 49%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF HAGEDORN.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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