CandidateDemocratic-Farmer-Labor

Jake Johnson

U.S. House District 1

2026 Minnesota U.S. House — District 1 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Overview

Current race
2026 Minnesota U.S. House — District 1 — General Election on November 3, 2026
Official candidacy
U.S. House District 1 · Democratic-Farmer-Labor · Candidate
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Certified August 18, 2026 primary nominee: Jake Johnson

Votes: 47255; Percent: 81.66%

The Minnesota State Canvassing Board certified the August 11, 2026 State Primary results on August 18, 2026.

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I’m running for Congress to bring down costs, take on corruption, and invest in our small towns.

Source-published biography

I grew up as a poor kid in Stewartville right here in Southern Minnesota, and I made it to the middle class because I worked hard and people invested in me. Today, my wife and I are raising four boys on the salaries of a teacher and a paraprofessional, and we know just how expensive groceries, utilities, housing, and healthcare are these days. I’ve now held 21 public, in-person town hall meetings, one in every county in the district, and I’ve heard from so many parents, seniors, and young people who are facing similar challenges. People are working hard and struggling just to get by, and the American Dream I got to live is slipping away for the next generation.

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I grew up as a poor kid in Stewartville right here in Southern Minnesota, and I made it to the middle class because I worked hard and people invested in me. Today, my wife and I are raising four boys on the salaries of a teacher and a paraprofessional, and we know just how expensive groceries, utilities, housing, and healthcare are these days. I’ve now held 21 public, in-person town hall meetings, one in every county in the district, and I’ve heard from so many parents, seniors, and young people who are facing similar challenges. People are working hard and struggling just to get by, and the American Dream I got to live is slipping away for the next generation.

Meet Jake Johnson

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Jake grew up in Stewartville, Minnesota, with 10 siblings in a working-class family. His dad collected garbage and his mom went door to door reading meters. When his parents got divorced, Jake helped his mom and stepdad, a disabled Vietnam veteran, raise his younger siblings.

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Jake grew up in Stewartville, Minnesota, with 10 siblings in a working-class family. His dad collected garbage and his mom went door to door reading meters. When his parents got divorced, Jake helped his mom and stepdad, a disabled Vietnam veteran, raise his younger siblings.

Meet Jake Johnson

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Outside of the classroom, Jake has navigated complex policy and budget debates as the Governmental Relations Coordinator and a bargaining team member for his union. His work helped improve wages and working conditions for 1,000+ teachers, nurses, and counselors. He has served on the board of the Minnesota Jump$tart Coalition, which improves financial literacy for kids and young adults, and he helped lead a referendum campaign that kept three public schools from closing.

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Outside of the classroom, Jake has navigated complex policy and budget debates as the Governmental Relations Coordinator and a bargaining team member for his union. His work helped improve wages and working conditions for 1,000+ teachers, nurses, and counselors. He has served on the board of the Minnesota Jump$tart Coalition, which improves financial literacy for kids and young adults, and he helped lead a referendum campaign that kept three public schools from closing.

Meet Jake Johnson

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Jake and Molly — a paraprofessional who works with deaf and hard-of-hearing children — are raising their four boys just 10 minutes from where Jake grew up. In his spare time, Jake enjoys distance running, reading books with his kids, and staying optimistic about the Vikings.

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Jake and Molly — a paraprofessional who works with deaf and hard-of-hearing children — are raising their four boys just 10 minutes from where Jake grew up. In his spare time, Jake enjoys distance running, reading books with his kids, and staying optimistic about the Vikings.

Taxpayer Protection Pledge

Source-published biography

I’ve spent 20 years working for a paycheck, and I hate seeing my tax dollars go to endless wars, rampant fraud, and corporate giveaways. I’m upset that my congressman, Brad Finstad, voted for a bill that gave massive tax breaks to his donors, cut healthcare funding in rural Minnesota, and increased the national debt by over $4 trillion. We need new leadership. Here’s how I’ll make the math add up for working families again.

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I’ve spent 20 years working for a paycheck, and I hate seeing my tax dollars go to endless wars, rampant fraud, and corporate giveaways. I’m upset that my congressman, Brad Finstad, voted for a bill that gave massive tax breaks to his donors, cut healthcare funding in rural Minnesota, and increased the national debt by over $4 trillion. We need new leadership. Here’s how I’ll make the math add up for working families again.

Jake Johnson is a math teacher who knows when the bills aren't adding up.

Source-published biography

Jake grew up in Stewartville with ten siblings, as the son of a garbage man and a meter reader. Jake worked hard to make it into the middle class, supported along the way by his church community, public programs, and great teachers, which inspired him to become a teacher.

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Jake grew up in Stewartville with ten siblings, as the son of a garbage man and a meter reader. Jake worked hard to make it into the middle class, supported along the way by his church community, public programs, and great teachers, which inspired him to become a teacher.

Jake Johnson is a math teacher who knows when the bills aren't adding up.

Source-published biography

Jake and his wife Molly, who works as a paraprofessional, are now raising four boys in Southern Minnesota. They feel the rising cost of groceries, utilities, and healthcare just like so many other families, and Jake knows that it stands in the way of his kids and his students being able to achieve their full potential. That's why Jake is running for Congress to make life more affordable, so that the next generation has the same shot at the American Dream that he did.

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Jake and his wife Molly, who works as a paraprofessional, are now raising four boys in Southern Minnesota. They feel the rising cost of groceries, utilities, and healthcare just like so many other families, and Jake knows that it stands in the way of his kids and his students being able to achieve their full potential. That's why Jake is running for Congress to make life more affordable, so that the next generation has the same shot at the American Dream that he did.

Positions and priorities

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1. Get the fraud money back

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Require cuts to government spending and taxes that are equal to the amount that was stolen, so that we get our money back.

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Require cuts to government spending and taxes that are equal to the amount that was stolen, so that we get our money back.

2. Stop the runaway national debt

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Modernize government tech to reduce spending and make government work better.

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Modernize government tech to reduce spending and make government work better.

3. Make the tax code fair for working families

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Close corporate loopholes that allow American companies to outsource jobs and hide those profits overseas.

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Close corporate loopholes that allow American companies to outsource jobs and hide those profits overseas.

4. Stop politicians from getting rich on our dime

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Ban elected officials and their spouses from trading and owning individual stocks and from betting on prediction markets.

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Ban elected officials and their spouses from trading and owning individual stocks and from betting on prediction markets.

5. Prevent corporations from buying politicians

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Ban politicians from ever becoming lobbyists or foreign agents.

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Ban politicians from ever becoming lobbyists or foreign agents.

6. Make representatives actually represent us

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Require the FEC to conduct timely investigations and impose meaningful penalties for campaign finance violations.

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Require the FEC to conduct timely investigations and impose meaningful penalties for campaign finance violations.

7. Stop spending on giveaways and wars

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Require research grants and federal contracts to be awarded based on merit and performance, not politics or favoritism.

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Require research grants and federal contracts to be awarded based on merit and performance, not politics or favoritism.

Solving Problems for Southern Minnesota

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Bringing down costs. Taking on corruption. Investing in our small towns.

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Bringing down costs. Taking on corruption. Investing in our small towns.

Bring down costs

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End the massive tariffs and fight the corporate monopolies.

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End the massive tariffs and fight the corporate monopolies.

Take on corruption

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Support term limits and refuse money from corporate PACs.

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Support term limits and refuse money from corporate PACs.

Invest in small towns

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Finally pass a bipartisan farm bill and fund rural healthcare.

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Finally pass a bipartisan farm bill and fund rural healthcare.

I’m running for Congress to bring down costs, take on corruption, and invest in our small towns.

Candidate position

Taking on corruption: As a math teacher, I believe parties have been reckless with the budget and our tax dollars. I’ll support a balanced budget amendment and I’ll vote against raising the debt ceiling until the budget is balanced, so that we finally take the $40+ trillion national debt seriously. We need real accountability and reform for the massive fraud we’ve seen right here in Minnesota, and I released a plan to get our money back and to send every public official who broke the law to prison. Unlike my opponent, I support term limits and a ban on pardons for family and donors, and I will vote to ban members of Congress from selling stocks and from becoming lobbyists. Perhaps most importantly, I will always stand up to corruption in government no matter which party or politician is responsible for it. Read my full Taxpayer Protection Pledge here.

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Taking on corruption: As a math teacher, I believe parties have been reckless with the budget and our tax dollars. I’ll support a balanced budget amendment and I’ll vote against raising the debt ceiling until the budget is balanced, so that we finally take the $40+ trillion national debt seriously. We need real accountability and reform for the massive fraud we’ve seen right here in Minnesota, and I released a plan to get our money back and to send every public official who broke the law to prison. Unlike my opponent, I support term limits and a ban on pardons for family and donors, and I will vote to ban members of Congress from selling stocks and from becoming lobbyists. Perhaps most importantly, I will always stand up to corruption in government no matter which party or politician is responsible for it. Read my full Taxpayer Protection Pledge here.

1. Get the fraud money back

Candidate position

Require mandatory prison time for everyone who broke the law in connection to these massive fraud cases.

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Require mandatory prison time for everyone who broke the law in connection to these massive fraud cases.

3. Make the tax code fair for working families

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Close loopholes like the Carried Interest Loophole that allow hedge fund billionaires to dodge paying taxes the rest of us pay.

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Close loopholes like the Carried Interest Loophole that allow hedge fund billionaires to dodge paying taxes the rest of us pay.

4. Stop politicians from getting rich on our dime

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Ban the use of taxpayer dollars for first class flights.

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Ban the use of taxpayer dollars for first class flights.

7. Stop spending on giveaways and wars

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Oppose taxpayer-funded bailouts for foreign countries like Argentina.

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Oppose taxpayer-funded bailouts for foreign countries like Argentina.

I’m running for Congress to bring down costs, take on corruption, and invest in our small towns.

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Investing in our small towns: Our small towns need actual investments, not excessive regulations or outside exploitation. That means finally passing a bipartisan farm bill, ensuring farmers have the right to repair their own equipment, and extending tax credits for health insurance. It also means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Veterans benefits, and undoing the recent cuts to Medicaid (Medical Assistance) and SNAP. It includes investing in clean water, special education, and medical research and ag innovation that creates new jobs here in Minnesota, not in China. And unlike our current congressman who has supported data centers in southern Minnesota, I support a moratorium on data centers until key protections are guaranteed. You can read my full plan on data centers here.

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Investing in our small towns: Our small towns need actual investments, not excessive regulations or outside exploitation. That means finally passing a bipartisan farm bill, ensuring farmers have the right to repair their own equipment, and extending tax credits for health insurance. It also means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Veterans benefits, and undoing the recent cuts to Medicaid (Medical Assistance) and SNAP. It includes investing in clean water, special education, and medical research and ag innovation that creates new jobs here in Minnesota, not in China. And unlike our current congressman who has supported data centers in southern Minnesota, I support a moratorium on data centers until key protections are guaranteed. You can read my full plan on data centers here.

I’m running for Congress to bring down costs, take on corruption, and invest in our small towns.

Candidate position

And regardless of whether you vote for me or not, I believe we all deserve a representative who actually shows up. That’s why I held 21 in-person town hall meetings (one in each of our congressional district’s 21 counties) before the election. And if I’m elected, I’ll hold another 21 town hall meetings (one in every county) during my term in Congress. I’ll also make constituent services a top priority. You’ll never have to play hide and seek to find me.

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And regardless of whether you vote for me or not, I believe we all deserve a representative who actually shows up. That’s why I held 21 in-person town hall meetings (one in each of our congressional district’s 21 counties) before the election. And if I’m elected, I’ll hold another 21 town hall meetings (one in every county) during my term in Congress. I’ll also make constituent services a top priority. You’ll never have to play hide and seek to find me.

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    2026 Minnesota election record — Jake Johnson

    Minnesota Secretary of State

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  2. Candidate-owned primary source

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    Jake Johnson campaign

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