By Kristi Belcamino, Pioneer Press – March 21, 2022
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig officially announced Sunday that she will run for reelection this fall.
Craig issued a statement Sunday saying enthusiasm for her campaign is strong. Craig was first elected to Congress in 2018.
She represents Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes the Twin Cities’ far southeastern suburbs and rural parts of southeastern Minnesota.
Republican Tyler Kistner is also running for the seat. He was named a “National Republican Congressional Committee Young Gun” Wednesday by U.S. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Craig, then a first-term incumbent, beat Kistner by 2 percentage points in the 2020 election, making it the fifth-closest U.S.
The 2nd District is widely considered Minnesota’s most competitive congressional district. Last week both The Cook Political Report and Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated the Craig-Kistner race a toss-up, while Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales said it tilts Democratic.
The district takes in a band of suburbs south of the Twin Cities, including Dakota and Scott countries, plus portions of southern Washington and northwestern Rice countries. The redistricting map issued last month by a special five-judge panel added all of rural LeSueur County to the 2nd and shifted Goodhue and Wabasha counties our of the 2nd and into the rural 1st District.
Craig is a retired newspaper reporter and former medical technology executive who was first elected in 2018 by ousting Republican Rep. Jason Lewis in a rematch of their 2016 race. She lives in Eagan. She and her wife, Cheryl Greene, have four adult sons.
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