Alicia Menendez, MSNBC, Oct. 28, 2023
Peter Kasperowicz, Fox News, September 12, 2022 A House Democrat from Minnesota, where support for the “defund the police” movement surged after the 2020 death of George Floyd, is asking House members to participate in a police ride-along so they can better understand the dangers law enforcement officers face every day. Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., introduced […]
Danny Spewak, Kare 11 News, April 27, 2023 BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Rep. Angie Craig announced Thursday that her staffers will not be required to have college degrees, in a move designed to expand the pool of candidates at a time of declining enrollment and rising higher education costs. In an interview with KARE 11, Craig […]
Jonah Kaplan, CBS News Minnesota, June 26, 2023 COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. — It kills hundreds of Minnesotans each year, and numbers show it’s only getting worse. The latest statistics show opioid overdoses took 978 lives in Minnesota back in 2021. That more than doubled in two years. Now, some Minnesotans say they want their Congresswoman to […]
William Bornhoft, Patch News, September 20, 2023 MINNESOTA — Angie Craig was Minnesota’s “most effective” representative in the U.S. House during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s term in office, according to a new report. The Center for Effective Lawmaking recently updated its rankings for the 117th Congress, which lasted from Jan. 3, 2021 […]
Deena Winter, Minnesota Reformer, October 5, 2022 During his first bid for Congress in 2020, Republican candidate Tyler Kistner repeatedly suggested he saw combat while in the U.S. Marine Corps, despite military records that say otherwise. A spokesman says Kistner was referring to the fact that he led combat missions, advising and assisting “partner forces” […]
Maia Irvin, Minnesota Reformer, September 22, 2022 For decades, Republicans promised voters they’d ban abortions if only the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. Sure enough, abortion was swiftly banned in Republican-controlled states around the country in the wake of the court’s June decision striking down Roe. But a public backlash — evident in […]
Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer, September 20, 2022 The Republican nominee for Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District seat has touted his “100% pro-life” stance and said that if elected, abortion would be a top priority. But that was in 2020, before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Like Republicans in tight races across the country, Tyler […]
Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN, September 20, 2022 CNN — In a private memo last summer, House Democratic leaders warned their party’s most vulnerable members about the “enduring” and “potent” attacks waged by Republicans over policing and crime, counseling them to be far more proactive in their support for law enforcement than they were in […]
Dave Orrick, Pioneer Press, September 21, 2022 The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, an influential law enforcement group, announced Wednesday it is endorsing U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat from the 2nd Congressional District, for re-election in 2022. The endorsement is noteworthy because in 2020 the MPPOA, which represents some 10,400 public safety workers, […]