“I will never forget that this is your district. It belongs to you. And I will do my level best to continue to listen to everyone, and I am so honored and grateful to win re-election in the Second Congressional District.” Eagan, MN – Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig delivered remarks following her victory in the […]
Today, U.S. Representative Angie Craig declared victory in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District.
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied Tyler Kistner’s application to delay the election in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District, reaffirming that the race will continue as part of November’s general election.
As a former health care executive, Craig has campaigned as a defender of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, which the Trump administration has sought to dismantle. She also supports a reinsurance proposal Republicans have advocated at the state level. She has pushed for a federal version of the program that aims to keep premiums down by subsidizing insurers.
Today, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion by Tyler Kistner that would have delayed the election in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District until February 2021. The Court’s unanimous ruling confirms that the election will move forward as part of the November general election – and that the winner of the race will be seated as part of the 117th Congress in January 2021.
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Tyler Kistner’s request to put on hold a lower-court decision that moved the election in Minnesota’s competitive 2nd District — currently represented by U.S. Rep. Angie Craig — back to Nov. 3 after it was initially postponed to February.
In her first two years in Congress, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig has introduced and cosponsored more than 100 bills to lower health care costs and increase access to high-quality health care. Angie’s bill to improve the Affordable Care Act even passed the House with bipartisan support in June, an uncommon success for a freshman congressperson in a divided Washington. With that bill, Angie proved she’ll keep her promise to lower drug prices for Minnesotans and to make big changes to our broken health care system.
As a service to its members, the Minnesota Newspaper Association distributes election questionnaires to candidates running for statewide office. Here are partial questions and answers from Angie Craig and Tyler Kistner running for the U.S. 2nd Congressional District.
“President Trump has recently signed two of my bills into law, that’s as many as any other member of the Minnesota delegation and more than any other freshman member,” Craig told WCCO in a recent interview. One bill extended small business pandemic loans, the second restricts improper payments to government contractors.
Citing this vacancy as a key concern, Craig filed a lawsuit to block the delay. On Oct. 9, a federal judge ruled that the state law is preempted by federal law, requiring the election to stay on schedule.
