Latest Campaign Developments

Jake Johnson criticized the federal government's unserious and harmful approach to pausing Medicaid funding for veterans, kids, and people with disabilities.

Defend The Vote endorsed Jake Johnson for his commitment to cracking down on corruption to make life more affordable.  

Today, Minnesota’s largest labor union, Education Minnesota, endorsed Jake Johnson in its first round of 2026 federal endorsements.

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

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

This afternoon, Jake Johnson was quoted in The Minnesota Star Tribune responding to Rep. Brad Finstad’s vote against a resolution to terminate the tariffs on Canada.

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

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.

As the oldest rail labor union in North America, and as a division of the Teamsters Union, the BLET represents over 1,000 active and retired members across Minnesota.

Today, Jake Johnson expressed his support for Senator Amy Klobuchar in her campaign for Governor of Minnesota.

Jake Johnson officially launched his signature petition drive to secure a place on the ballot for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District this year.

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

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

Jake Johnson: "This latest round of tariffs means that our consumers, farmers, and small businesses will foot the bill for a deeply unpopular and illegal campaign to take over Greenland"

Jake Johnson: “At a time when groceries are already too expensive, it’s outrageous to play politics with SNAP and USDA funding that Minnesota families and farmers depend on."

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

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

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.

Jake Johnson says he strongly disagrees with Brad Finstad's support of the illegal attacks and regime change in Venezuela.

The Rochester Education Association — which represents over 1,000 teachers, nurses, and counselors in Rochester Public Schools — is endorsing Jake Johnson.

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

Jake Johnson, a political outsider running for Congress in Minnesota’s first congressional district, has been named as a 2026 Unrig Washington candidate by End Citizens United.

This is NEA’s first Minnesota recommendation of the 2026 cycle, demonstrating just how committed Jake is to students, educators, and working families across southern Minnesota.

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.

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).

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.

Jake Johnson, a local math teacher and union leader, announced today that his campaign raised over $240,000 in the third quarter of 2025 — all without taking a penny from corporate PACs.

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.

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

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

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

Jake Johnson announced that he has received the provisional endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

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

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

Jake Johnson raised more than any other congressional challenger in Minnesota this past quarter – all without taking a single dollar from corporate PACs.

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.

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

During Teachers’ Appreciation Week, local education leaders are highlighting how Congressional Candidate Jake Johnson would be a champion for students and educators across southern Minnesota.

Jake Johnson, a public school teacher from southern Minnesota, launched his campaign to challenge Congressman Brad Finstad on Thursday, April 17th. Donors contributed over $100,000 during the course of the first day.

Jake Johnson: “D.C. politicians like Brad Finstad are jacking up our bills while gutting Social Security and Medicaid. I’m excited to hold a town hall in every county in our district to hear how we can make government work for regular people.”