Angie Craig launches campaign for open Minnesota Senate seat – Washington Examiner
Rep. Angie Craig, a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Tina Smith, who plans to retire after serving over a term. Craig, who made history as the first openly lesbian woman to win a House seat in Minnesota, aims to be the first lesbian senator from the state. In her campaign announcement, she expressed concerns over political chaos and corruption, criticizing figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk for their influence on the government. craig, who has a history of occasionally breaking from party lines, previously won her House seat in 2018 against Republican Jason Lewis.
Angie Craig launches campaign for open Minnesota Senate seat
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) announced Tuesday that she is running for Sen. Tina Smith’s (D-MN) seat upon her retirement.
Smith will have served a little over a term. In 2018, she replaced former Sen. Al Franken, who resigned that year over allegations of sexual misconduct. Then-Gov. Mark Dayton (D-MN) appointed Smith, who was his lieutenant governor. She announced in February that she would not be seeking reelection.
“I’m Angie Craig. I’ve had to fight my whole life, and damn if we don’t have a fight on our hands right now,” Craig says in her campaign video, which features headlines on President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. “There’s chaos and corruption coming out of Washington crashing down on all of us every day, an out-of-control unelected billionaire trying to take over our government and burn it to the ground, a president trampling our rights and freedoms as he profits for personal gain, and a cowardly Republican Party rolling over and letting it all happen.”
Craig was the first openly lesbian woman to win a House district in Minnesota. She would also be the first lesbian representing Minnesota in the Senate. She has four children with her wife.
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The Minnesota representative has often broken ranks from her party, like when she called for then-President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign in July or when she challenged Rep. David Scott (D-GA) for his position as ranking member on the House Agriculture committee.
Craig has been in the House since her win against incumbent Republican Jason Lewis in 2018. She won in November with 55% of the vote.
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