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<p>People across southern Minnesota reported getting a phone call Wednesday night inviting them to a telephone town hall with no prior notice.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Slams Brad Finstad for Holding Phony Telephone “Town Halls”</h4>

<p>Jake rejects corporate PAC money, supports a ban on congressional stock trading, and is working to end dark money in politics.</p>

<h4>End Citizens United Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson is quoted voicing his support for year-round E15 and criticizing Brad Finstad for continuing to fail to deliver on it.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson: “Our guy can’t deliver” on year-round E15</h4>

<p>Congressman Brad Finstad has once again failed to deliver year-round E15 for southern Minnesota farmers and ethanol producers.</p>

<h4>Finstad fails again on year-round E15, building on his inability to pass a farm bill</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson criticized the latest 50 percent tariff announced against Canada, and called out Brad Finstad for refusing to fulfill Congress’ constitutional duty to set tariffs.</p>

<h4>Math teacher Jake Johnson says new tariffs on Canada don’t add up</h4>

<p>The Rochester Education Association —&nbsp;which represents over 1,000 teachers, nurses, and counselors in Rochester Public Schools — is endorsing Jake Johnson.</p>

<h4>Rochester Education Association Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>In their first joint appearance, Jake Johnson highlighted how he would be a more effective advocate for rural Minnesota in the halls of Congress.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson and Brad Finstad face off at Farmfest Congressional Candidate Forum</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson issues statement on the closure of four clinics in southern Minnesota, following Finstad's vote to gut Medicaid.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Says Rural Families Deserve Reliable Care, Not Finstad’s Clinic Closures</h4>

<p>Johnson highlights how he would be a bipartisan problem solver, calling for a deal where both sides give up some of their demands in order to end the shutdown and get food to hungry kids.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Calls for a Bipartisan Deal to Protect SNAP and Open the Government</h4>

<p>Tonight, Jake held his 14th of 21 town hall meetings in Red Wing, MN, and took questions without requiring any pre-registration of attendees or pre-screening of questions.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Goodhue County</h4>

<p>Brad Finstad said that a closed-door, private roundtable with selected attendees could be called a town hall. Meanwhile, Jake Johnson is hosting 21 real town halls.</p>

<h4>Brad Finstad throws a hissy fit about town halls. Jake Johnson hosts them.</h4>

<p>The Blue Dogs, the coalition of pragmatic and fiscally responsible Democrats in the U.S. House, add Jake to their slate of candidates that will decide the House majority.</p>

<h4>Campaign arm of Blue Dog Coalition endorses Jake Johnson in MN-01</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson, a public school teacher and union leader from southern MN, raised over $260,000 in the first quarter of his campaign, signaling early support from Minnesotans across CD-1.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Raises $260k by End of First Quarter</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson and State Senate candidate Simon Glaser gathered with over a dozen individuals with backgrounds across farming, medicine, and education.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson and Simon Glaser host roundtable in Kasson on rural, agriculture, and healthcare issues</h4>

<p>Over two dozen community members joined Jake in Faribault for two roundtables yesterday and shared their perspectives about healthcare, education, and the rising cost of living.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Community Roundtables in Faribault</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson said southern Minnesota families are still paying the price for Finstad's vote last year.</p>

<h4>One Year Later, Jake Johnson Says Finstad's Vote Is Still Hurting Southern Minnesota sent</h4>

<p>Jake held his second of 21 town hall meetings in Jackson, MN, and took questions without any pre-screening and without requiring any pre-registration.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Jackson County</h4>

<p>Jake's 21 town halls — one in each county in the district — is a sharp contrast to Brad Finstad, who refuses to hold a single one.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Announces 21 In-Person Town Halls Across Southern Minnesota While Brad Finstad Hides</h4>

<p>Jake held a town hall meeting in Mankato, MN, where nearly 200 people attended without any pre-registration required. Jake took questions without any pre-screening.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Blue Earth County</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson raises $750K in the first three quarters of his campaign without taking a single penny from corporations, which is a stark contrast with his opponent.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Raises More than $750K Since Launch</h4>

<p>One month into his campaign, Jake Johnson receives endorsements from five local DFL leaders in the fight against the decisions of Washington politicians.</p>

<h4>Local Leaders Endorse Jake Johnson</h4>

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<p>Over 200 people showed up without any pre-registration required, and Jake answered 14 unscreened questions asked about a variety of topics, spanning healthcare, technology, and Social Security.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Olmsted County</h4>

<p>The organization is made up of health care professionals and advocates fighting to build a pro-patient health care majority in Congress.</p>

<h4>Committee to Protect Health Care endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson: "We cannot afford another reckless war in the Middle East that risks the lives of more Minnesota service members."</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Criticizes Brad Finstad for Voting for the Iran War</h4>

<p>Over a dozen small business owners joined Jake in Lanesboro today and shared their perspectives about the state of the economy, closing rural clinics, and the rising cost of living.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Small Business Roundtable in Lanesboro</h4>

<p>Tonight, Jake held his 15th of 21 town hall meetings in New Ulm, MN, and took questions without requiring any pre-registration of attendees or pre-screening of questions.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Brown County</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson: "Today's decision is a huge win for southern Minnesota."</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Celebrates Relief for Southern Minnesota from Unconstitutional Tariffs that Brad Finstad Supported at Every Opportunity</h4>

<p>Brad Finstad dodged 16 requests for comment from Southern Minnesota’s largest daily newspaper, all while he refuses to hold a single in-person town hall meeting.</p>

<h4>Local Newspapers Highlight Problems for Finstad as Johnson Builds Momentum</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson is just 3 points behind Congressman Brad Finstad, and voters say Finstad does not deserve to be re-elected by a 13-point margin.</p>

<h4>New Poll Shows Jake Johnson Within the Margin of Error in MN-01</h4>

<p>For the second day in a row, the federal government announced sweeping new tariffs, this time targeting the generic drugs that make up more than 90% of American prescriptions.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Slams New Tariffs on Prescription Drugs: “It Feels Like Groundhog Day”</h4>

<p>Today, Jake Johnson announced <a href="https://www.jakejohnsonforcongress.com/plan-to-stop-data-center-exploitation">his plan</a> for a <span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">moratorium on the construction of data centers until key protections and guarantees can be made.</span></p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Releases Plan Calling for Data Center Moratorium</h4>

<p>In 2024, the grassroots organization Defeat Extremists invested in eight of the nine House seats that flipped from red to blue.</p>

<h4>Defeat Extremists Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Benike, founder and CEO of Busy Baby, is a nationally recognized small business leader who grew up in southern Minnesota, served in the U.S. Army, and built her family company from scratch.</p>

<h4>Local Veteran and Small Business Leader Beth Benike Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>The IAM Union represents nearly 600,000 active and retired members across industries including aerospace, transportation, government, automotive, defense, and woodworking.</p>

<h4>International Association of Machinists &amp; Aerospace Workers MN State Council Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Today, public school teacher Jake Johnson announced that he has raised over $1 million, all without taking a penny from corporations.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Raises Over $1 Million in Grassroots Campaign for Congress in MN-01</h4>

<p>Southern Minnesota state representatives Liz Boldon, Luke Frederick, Tina Liebling, and Andy Smith endorse Jake Johnson for Congress.</p>

<h4>Mankato and Rochester Area State Legislators Endorse Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Today, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/jake-johnson-minnesota-interview">The Guardian</a> profiled Jake Johnson, spotlighting his roots growing up in Stewartville and working hard to get by, to his work as a math teacher serving the next generation of kids.</p>

<h4>The Guardian: High school math teacher seeks to win US House seat in Minnesota by emphasizing affordability</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson writes an op-ed in <em>The Post-Bulletin </em>about the cuts to Medical Assistance, debunking the claims that Rep. Finstad recently made in the same paper about those cuts.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson: Finstad's Medicaid Cuts are Unpopular. Here's Why.</h4>

<p>Jake held his seventh of 21 town hall meetings in Lanesboro, MN, and took questions without any pre-screening and without requiring any pre-registration.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Fillmore County</h4>

<p>New Dems pride themselves on working across the aisle to expand economic growth and ensure all Americans have the opportunity to earn a good life.</p>

<h4>NewDem Action Fund endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson officially submitted 5,022 petition signatures to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office to qualify for the ballot — five times the number required under Minnesota law.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Submits Over 5,000 Signatures, Officially Files to Run for Congress</h4>

<p>NRDC Action Fund cited Jake’s commitment to lowering energy costs, supporting clean water, and protecting the environment.</p>

<h4>NRDC Action Fund endorses Jake Johnson in MN-01</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson issues a statement about Brad Finstad's vote to raise MNSure costs for 10,000+ families in southern Minnesota.</p>

<h4>Brad Finstad Votes to Raise Health Insurance Costs</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">KTTC had the following questions they hoped to ask Representative Finstad, who was not available. In response, Jake Johnson answered the questions instead.</span></p>

<h4>Brad Finstad Refuses to Answer Minnesotans on Farm Costs. Jake Johnson Steps In with Answers.</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson amplified the concerns he's hearing from farmers about fertilizer being too expensive.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson to CNBC: “A vote for me is a vote to end tariffs, and it’s a vote to end the war”</h4>

<p>Jake held his 19th of 21 town hall meetings in Money Creek, MN, and took questions without requiring any pre-registration of attendees or pre-screening of questions.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Houston County</h4>

<p>Jake leads 47–46 against Finstad, with Jake having a favorability of +20 and Finstad having a favorability of -7.</p>

<h4>New Poll Shows Jake Johnson Leading Brad Finstad in MN-01</h4>

<p>In an op-ed in the Albert Lea Tribune, Jake Johnson lays out his plan to help soybean farmers by stopping the blanket tariffs, passing a farm bill, and listening to the farmers in southern MN.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson: Our Soybean Farmers Deserve Better</h4>

<p>Recent reporting highlighted Jake’s bipartisan, problem-solving approach to lowering costs, offering a clear contrast to Finstad's extreme, ideological record in Congress.</p>

<h4>ICYMI: Jake Johnson in the New York Times, KARE 11, Faribault Daily News</h4>

<p>Public school teacher and first-time candidate Jake Johnson has now raised over $1.2 million since launching his campaign in MN-01.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Raises Over $470K in the First Quarter of 2026</h4>

<p>Excerpt from an article in <em>The Free Press</em> about Finstad and Johnson's responses to the shooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good.</p>

<h4>The Free Press: Politicians and candidates respond to Wednesday's shooting</h4>

<p>This endorsement comes after Brad Finstad co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act, which would ban nearly all abortions nationwide and threaten access to IVF.</p>

<h4>Reproductive Freedom for All endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson, a political outsider running for Congress in Minnesota’s first congressional district, has been named as a 2026&nbsp;<em>Unrig Washington</em>&nbsp;candidate by End Citizens United.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Named an “Unrig Washington” Candidate</h4>

<p>Cook Political Report just moved Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District from “Safe Republican” to “Likely Republican".</p>

<h4>Cook Political Report Says MN-01 is No Longer a “Safe Republican” District</h4>

<p>Finstad took $22,500 from Chinese-owned pesticide company, then failed to join 73 members of his own party in holding them accountable for harms.</p>

<h4>Brad Finstad sells out to big corporations again, votes to protect donors from liability</h4>

<p>Families are worried about rising costs. Brad Finstad wants to talk about a footnote from 2022.</p>

<h4>Brad Finstad is Playing Political Games, Abusing the Power of his Office to Push Lies</h4>

<p>In the 30-second spot, Jake introduces himself from his minivan: a math teacher, a dad of four, and one of 11 kids from Stewartville.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Launches First TV Ad, "Minivan"</h4>

<p>Jake takes on the corruption behind the data centers and Chinese corporations buying up farmland — and the tens of thousands of dollars Rep. Brad Finstad took from them.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Launches Second TV Ad, "Farmland"</h4>

<p>Fiscally responsible former Republican governor endorses Jake Johnson as he campaigns to balance the budget, enact term limits, and restore trust in government.</p>

<h4>Former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>This evening, Representative Brad Finstad voted to keep the tariffs that are making life more expensive in southern Minnesota.</p>

<h4>Brad Finstad Votes for Tariffs Making Life More Expensive in Southern Minnesota</h4>

<p>Jake held his fourth of 21 town hall meetings in New Richland, MN, and took questions without any pre-screening and without requiring any pre-registration.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds Town Hall in Waseca County</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson calls for Congress to act to stop another endless war in the Middle East that puts our service members in harm's way and could cost trillions of dollars.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Says We Cannot Afford Another Endless War in the Middle East</h4>

<p>Jake Johnson praised the conviction and accountability for Aimee Bock, who led a $242 million scheme to steal from taxpayers and hungry children. Jake also called for more action to be taken.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson praises accountability for Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock</h4>

<p>]This front page feature highlighted Jake’s story, his recent meet and greet at MSU, and his campaign to make life more affordable across southern Minnesota.</p>

<h4>“RACE TO WATCH”: Jake Johnson in the Mankato Free Press</h4>

<p>Representative Brad Finstad is gaining national notoriety for following someone else’s marching orders about ICE operations in his home state.</p>

<h4>Brad Finstad’s Copy-Paste Scandal</h4>

<p>Minnesota farmers and working families are dealing with the fallout as tariffs have driven up costs and caused chaos across Southern Minnesota.</p>

<h4>A Year After “Liberation Day,” Brad Finstad’s Tariffs Are a Massive Failure</h4>

<p>"During a visit to a Goodhue County Farmers Union meeting, the U.S. House candidate said farmers need affordability, not more bureaucracy."</p>

<h4>Agweek: Jake Johnson calls out farm struggles including tariffs and lack of representation in rural Minnesota</h4>

<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">Jake</span> brought together more than a dozen crop and livestock producers from across southeastern Minnesota to discuss the challenges facing family farms and rural communities.</p>

<h4>Jake hosts roundtable with farmers in Fillmore County, hears how Washington is making farming harder</h4>

<p>In net contributions, Jake Johnson for Congress raised over $244,000 in Q3 (with no corporate PAC money), while Finstad for Congress received less than $220,000 in the same period (with a lot of corporate PAC money).</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Outraises Rep. Brad Finstad — Again</h4>

<p>The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will fight to lower energy costs and build a clean energy economy, endorsed Jake Johnson.</p>

<h4>League of Conservation Voters endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>Dan Feehan –&nbsp;veteran, former Pentagon official, former teacher, Mankato resident, and two-time congressional candidate in southern Minnesota – announced that he is endorsing Jake Johnson.</p>

<h4>Dan Feehan Endorses Jake Johnson</h4>

<p>The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Minnesota State Council represents over 70,000 workers across the state, including healthcare workers across southern Minnesota.</p>

<h4>SEIU MN Endorses Jake Johnson in MN-01</h4>

<p>Today, Jake held his first of 21 town hall meetings across CD1 in Faribault, MN, and took questions without any pre-screening and without requiring any pre-registration.</p>

<h4>Jake Johnson Holds More Town Hall Meetings than Brad Finstad</h4>

<p>Today, Jake Johnson announced that he has been endorsed by the National Farmers Union Political Action Committee.</p>

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