By Tad Johnson, SunThisWeek – March 24, 2022
Not long after Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig was declared the winner over Republican Tyler Kistner in the 2020 2nd District election, the two sides appeared headed for a rematch. Whether it was the 2.26% margin of victory or the litigation surrounding the death of third-party candidate a few weeks before the election, Craig and Kistner continued to be asked about the 2020 results and looking ahead to 2022.
Craig made her bid for a third term official on Sunday when she held a campaign kickoff in Burnsville.
“The unbelievable turnout here today goes to show just how motivated Democrats are this cycle,” Craig said in a statement. “That’s because when you elect a Democrat after enduring 70 years of Republican leadership, you notice when infrastructure improvements come to your district, health care costs go down and small businesses and working families take priority over corporate interests. The folks here today know we can take nothing for granted this upcoming November. We have too much left to do.”
There is no third party candidate who has emerged, and Craig and Kistner will be campaigning in an altered 2nd District after a redistricting plan was accepted in February.
The 2nd District lost the most in rural Goodhue and Wabasha counties, while adding the suburban Woodbury area in Washington County and rural LeSueur County.
Craig was raised by a single mother who had three children while earning her teaching degree. Craig worked two jobs to help put herself through college. She is a small business investor, the former head of global human resources and corporate relations for St. Jude’s, and a former newspaper reporter.
She and her wife Cheryl Greene have four sons – three who have graduated from college or tech school and one in the Rosemount High School class of 2021. They lived in Eagan for nearly a decade and recently moved to Prior Lake. Angie attends church in Apple Valley and is a Rotarian who has served on several local community boards over the years.
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