MN election results: Michelle Fischbach wins reelection in CD-7
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Incumbent Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach has won reelection in her race against AJ Peters in Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District in western Minnesota, the Associated Press called.
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Live results for Minnesota's CD-7
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Background on the race
Despite her incumbent status, Steve Boyd challenged Fischbach in Minnesota’s August primary after she did not receive the Republican Party’s endorsement. Fischbach received 64.7% of votes during the primary.
Peters received the Democratic Party’s endorsement in August.
Fischbach and Peters held a public debate on Tuesday, Oct. 8, on Prairie Public's television and radio networks prior to the election.
Who is Michelle Fischbach?
Billing herself as a conservative leader, Fischbach’s campaign has said she "knows the radical policies of the left like the Green New Deal will be incredibly harmful to the agricultural industry and raise energy costs for every American."
Fischbach previously served in the Minnesota Senate from 1996 to 2018. In 2011, she became the first woman in the state to become Senate President.
Fischbach was first elected to Congress in 2020 after unseating Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson. She currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, Rules Committee, Budget Committee and Ethics Committee.
Fischbach is said to live on a hobby farm in Paynesville, with her husband and two children.
Who is AJ Peters?
Peters’ campaign said it sought to address, "the costs of rural healthcare, the COVID-19 pandemic/recovery, land stewardship, availability of employment with livable wages, and the impact farmers are facing."
According to his campaign website, Peters has a degree in education and has lived in Bowerville, Minnesota, for 30 years. He runs a computer repair and training center in Long Prairie. He is also a board member of Hands of Hope Resource Center, which supports victims of domestic abuse and crime, as well as a board member of the Todd County Broadband Coalition, working to bring fiber broadband to homes and businesses in the county.
More on CD7
Congressional District 7 ranges north to Roseau at the Canadian border, and south to Cottonwood, and includes cities such as Crookston, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Park Rapids and Willmar.
Congressional District 7 encompasses 668,096 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By land area, it is the largest district in Minnesota with 14,905,007 acres and 30,340 farms.