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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Brad Finstad

Official portrait of Brad Finstad
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 1st district
Party
Republican
Hometown
New Ulm, MN
Born
1976
In Congress
House since 2022 · 4 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
FINSTAD, BRAD
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Minnesota with the current district highlighted

Minnesota, District 1

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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Minnesota District 1IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2MN01223 · Principal campaign committee: FINSTAD FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Minnesota District 1$2,765,869.64General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Minnesota District 1$1,975,242.85Won the general election (58.5%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Minnesota District 1$1,500,243.97Won the general election (53.8%)
Total raised$2,765,869.64
Total spent$2,223,656.51
Cash on hand$603,622.36
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $1,034,410.12PACs and other committees: $1,356,913.67Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $374,545.84
  • Individual contributions$1,034,410.1237%
  • PACs and other committees$1,356,913.6749%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$374,545.8414%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$214,285.8718%
  • Contributions over $200$944,087.3782%
  • Itemized from inside Minnesota$687,772.0670%
  • Itemized from other states$293,276.8730%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Illinois $43,318.25 · Florida $42,756.54 · Texas $35,491.97 · Virginia $31,697.37 · District of Columbia $20,791.02. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.3M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $247,803.99APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $142,647.84JULY QUARTERLY: raised $270,893.55JULY QUARTERLY: spent $130,775.86OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $254,717.72OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $98,166.83YEAR-END: raised $258,284.51YEAR-END: spent $104,770.55APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $340,546.83APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $123,580.42JULY QUARTERLY: raised $543,899.22JULY QUARTERLY: spent $166,809.41PRE-PRIMARY: raised $114,423.49PRE-PRIMARY: spent $41,304.45OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $578,085.94OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $751,560.492025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea529
Voted nay139
Did not vote6 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored36
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored328

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes		PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran		PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse		PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act		PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10736 Safeguarding Technology from CCP Influence Act
    Introduced Oct 5, 2026 · Latest action Oct 5, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 10353 SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 14, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 742.
  • H.R. 10260 Reducing Arbitrary Barriers to Apprenticeship Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  • H.R. 10021 To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Earl L. Nolte for acts of valor as a member of the Army during World War II.
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 2, 2026 · Latest action Sep 22, 2026: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 679.
  • H.R. 9055 Veteran Burial Benefit Correction Act
    Introduced May 29, 2026 · Latest action May 29, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  • H.R. 9025 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office".
    Introduced May 26, 2026 · Latest action May 26, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.Res. 1310 Expressing support for continued efforts to safeguard Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal health care programs from fraud, waste, abuse, and improper payments through strengthened program integrity measures, enhanced oversight, and coordinated enforcement actions, and recognizing the work of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to investigate and prosecute fraud and protect taxpayer dollars and preserve the long-term sustainability of the Nation's health care safety net.
    Introduced May 21, 2026 · Latest action May 21, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 8881 SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
    Introduced May 19, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  • H.R. 8848 National Guard Relief Act
    Introduced May 15, 2026 · Latest action May 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

239 committees reported giving $1,014,927.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. 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 Brad Finstad$42,285.64
  • Independent expenditures opposing Brad Finstad$19,817.53

FEC totals for the 2026 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, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Brad Finstad (R)$2,765,869.64$603,622.362026-10-14
Jacob Johnson (D)$3,507,568.36$561,093.512026-10-14
Alex Eaton (D)$79,451.00$14,179.582026-07-22
Oliver Roderick Morlan (R)$979.70$153.182026-07-22

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)October 13–14, 2026588 (LV)–Brad Finstad 43% · Jake Johnson 43%
SurveyUSAOctober 4–9, 2026565 (LV)± 4.6%Brad Finstad 44% · Jake Johnson 46%
GBAO (D)September 18–21, 2026500 (LV)Brad Finstad 46% · Jake Johnson 47%
Ragnar Research Partners (R)March 12–14, 2026400 (LV)± 5.0%Brad Finstad 52% · Jake Johnson 42%
Public Policy Polling (D)February 2–3, 2026708 (RV)± 3.7%Brad Finstad 44% · Jake Johnson 41%
Ragnar Research Partners (R)March 12–14, 2026400 (LV)± 5.0%Generic Republican 45% · Generic Democrat 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota (retrieved October 22, 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: FINSTAD FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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