Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Brad Finstad
- 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
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Minnesota, District 1
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2MN01223 · Principal campaign committee: FINSTAD FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 1 | $2,765,869.64 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 1 | $1,975,242.85 | Won the general election (58.5%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Minnesota District 1 | $1,500,243.97 | Won the general election (53.8%) |
Total raised$1,500,243.97
Total spent$1,499,979.44
Cash on hand$264.53
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$821,676.5755%
- PACs and other committees$618,578.3341%
- Party committees$10,400.001%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$5,800.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$34,289.072%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$9,500.001%
Self-funding: $5,800.00 (0% of money raised): $5,800.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Chair
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
- Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on Small Business
- Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
- Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
149 committees reported giving $611,528.00 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.
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$20,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$20,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- CHS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$15,000.00
- POET PACConnected PAC$15,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$15,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$15,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACPAC$15,000.00
- MNM PACPAC$15,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$10,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- FREEDOM CLUB FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- POINT ACTION PAC, INC.Connected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$9,478.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- FREEDOM AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$6,500.00
Show all 149 committees
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$6,000.00
- MINNESOTA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$6,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$6,000.00
- FISCHBACH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$6,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE/TURPAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- DELTA AIR LINES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$5,000.00
- ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- SCHWAN'S COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,500.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- ELISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FEENSTRA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE - BICE PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- DELIVERS PACPAC$3,900.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$3,000.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$3,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SERVICE KNOWLEDGE OATH LEADERSHIP PAC (SKOL PAC)Leadership PAC$2,900.00
- PINE TREES PACLeadership PAC$2,900.00
- CJS PACPAC$2,600.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$2,500.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CONAGRA BRANDS, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IConnected PAC$2,500.00
- XCEL ENERGY EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (XPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- I.P.H.F.H.A. INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INC.Connected PAC$2,500.00
- SALEM MEDIA GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SYNGENTA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- WALDEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HUDSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- LAHOOD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- VICTORY EASTLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SIX POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- BEST BUY CO., INC. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL FORUM Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BSC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MOTORCYCLE PAC OF MINNESOTAPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- MINNESOTA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION FEDERAL PACPAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HEARTDOCPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACPAC$1,000.00
- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (STATE FARM FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. PAC (SAZERACPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, MARKETS AND ENTHUSIASM IN RURAL KENTUCKY PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ROUGHRIDER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- YOUR OHIO REPUBLICAN TEAMLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GREEN PLAINS INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GREAT PLAINS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BAKER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DARPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GUARDING AGAINST PANDEMICS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RBI PACPAC$1,000.00
- IEC CORPORATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HELLFIRE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION - POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERICANHORT PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN POLITICAL FUNDConnected PAC$500.00
- MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- US TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE PAC (GO-BY USTETA PAC)Connected PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Brad Finstad$2,317,019.55
- Independent expenditures opposing Brad Finstad$124,000.00
- Company and union communications to members about Brad Finstad$760.68
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTIONSupporting$1,249,674.00
- DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Supporting$777,787.00
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$236,280.00
- HOUSE FREEDOM ACTIONOpposing$124,000.00
- AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION INC.Supporting$25,450.00
- RIGHT NOW USASupporting$13,652.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$11,971.00
- MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. FEDERAL PACSupporting$1,156.00
- PROTECT OUR KIDS PACSupporting$1,000.00
The race
Minnesota U.S. House, District 1, 2022 · 13 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Finstad (R) | $1,500,243.97 | $264.53 | 2022-12-31 |
| Jeffrey M. Ettinger (D) | $2,592,366.71 | $9,730.90 | 2022-12-31 |
| James Hagedorn (R) | $1,119,825.62 | $133,175.25 | 2022-12-31 |
| Jennifer Carnahan (R) | $498,486.62 | −$2.20 | 2022-12-31 |
| Jeremy Munson (R) | $407,950.87 | $2,827.41 | 2022-12-31 |
| Matthew L. Benda (R) | $243,137.84 | $0.00 | 2022-06-03 |
| Nels Pierson (R) | $117,505.00 | $0.00 | 2022-09-30 |
| Rick Devoe (D) | $54,171.00 | $4,808.98 | 2022-05-04 |
| Richard William Painter (D) | $50,383.42 | $0.00 | 2022-06-30 |
| Kevin Kocina (R) | $28,476.00 | $0.00 | 2022-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA | October 20–23, 2022 | 563 (LV) | ± 3.0% | Brad Finstad 46% · Jeff Ettinger 37% · Richard Reisdorf 6% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: FINSTAD FOR CONGRESS.
- 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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