2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election

The 2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election was a special election held on August 9, 2022. The seat became vacant when incumbent Republican representative Jim Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022, from kidney cancer.

A primary was held on May 24, 2022, with the special election being held eleven weeks later, on August 9, alongside state primaries for other races. The special election was won by Republican Brad Finstad by a margin of 3.9%.

Nominee

 * Brad Finstad, former Minnesota Director of USDA Rural Development and former state representative

Eliminated in primary



 * Matt Benda, agricultural law attorney
 * Jennifer Carnahan, former chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Hagedorn's widow
 * Bob Carney Jr., perennial candidate
 * J. R. Ewing, general manager of a biofuels plant
 * Kevin Kocina, U.S. Marine Corps veteran
 * Jeremy Munson, state representative
 * Nels Pierson, state representative
 * Roger Ungemach, engineer and business analyst

Withdrawn

 * Ken Navitsky, sales executive and former Minnesota State University placekicker (running for state senate)

Declined

 * Jason Baskin, Austin city councilor
 * Carla Nelson, state senator (running for re-election, endorsed Pierson)
 * Julie Rosen, state senator (endorsed Finstad)

Nominee

 * Jeff Ettinger, corporate executive and former CEO of Hormel Foods

Eliminated in primary



 * Warren Lee Anderson, retiree of retail
 * Sarah Brakebill-Hacke, MPhil candidate at Cambridge University and former business owner in direct voter contact
 * Candice Deal-Bartell, founder of Cultivate Mankato, founding board member of CultivateMN, and early childhood education advocate
 * Richard DeVoe, Red Wing bookseller
 * George H. Kalberer, CEO and president of Kalberer Financial Management and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 (Washington)
 * Richard Painter, University of Minnesota Law School professor, former White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018
 * James Rainwater, attorney-mediator and arbitrator

Declined

 * Dan Feehan, U.S. Army veteran, former U.S. Department of Defense official, nominee for this district in 2018 and 2020

Nominee

 * Richard B. Reisdorf, veteran

Nominee

 * Haroun McClellan, attorney and contracts manager