1. Bradley Howard Finstad was born on May 30,1976 and is an American politician, farmer, and agricultural consultant serving as the US representative for since 2022.
18 Facts About Brad Finstad
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Brad Finstad previously served as an area director for the Minnesota Farm Bureau and as the agricultural policy advisor to US representative Mark Kennedy.
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Brad Finstad served until shortly after Trump left office in 2021.
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Brad Finstad was elected to represent Minnesota's 1st congressional district in a 2022 special election, to finish the term of the late Jim Hagedorn.
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Brad Finstad was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, on May 30,1976.
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Brad Finstad earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural education from the University of Minnesota.
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Brad Finstad was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2002 and took office in 2003.
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Brad Finstad served on the Rural Health Advisory Committee under Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty.
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From 2008 to 2017, Brad Finstad was CEO of the Center for Rural Policy and Development, a nonprofit policy research organization based in St Peter, Minnesota.
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Brad Finstad worked for an agricultural research and consulting company.
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Brad Finstad left this position after Trump left office in 2021.
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Brad Finstad next joined the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association as interim executive director.
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Brad Finstad won the August 2022 special election by around 4 points against Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee Jeff Ettinger, former CEO of Hormel and a first-time candidate.
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Brad Finstad was sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on August 12,2022.
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Brad Finstad was among the 71 House Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
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Brad Finstad voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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On November 8,2023, Brad Finstad joined 100 other Republicans voting in favor of an amendment to a large appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for the Office of Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Brad Finstad had 11 employees in December 2019, but by April 2020, the company had grown to 33 employees, for which it needed more than $150,000 of now-forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans.