Update: Hagedorn upsets endorsed Miller in 1st District
Published 7:08 am Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Jim Hagedorn, shown here during a stop at the Austin Daily Herald last year, beat endorsed candidate Aaron Miller to move on to challenge DFL incumbent Tim Walz for the the 1st District House seat. — Herald file photo
MINNEAPOLIS — Republican Jim Hagedorn has pulled off an upset in his party’s 1st District primary for Congress.
Hagedorn beat endorsed candidate Aaron Miller in Tuesday’s primary.
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Hagedorn is a businessman from Blue Earth who also once served as legislative assistant to a former Minnesota congressman. His father also once represented southern Minnesota in Congress.
Hagedorn attributes his victory to the sheer amount of time spent meeting Republican voters all over the district. He said that shaking hands and talking in person was critical to his campaign. He says he also focused on rural areas, especially in the western side of the district, that are often overlooked by campaigns.
He has campaigned in recent months on repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, repealing fiscal regulations under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, also known as the Dodd-Frank Act, and severely curtailing the Environmental Protection Agency and its power to regulate farmers.
He’ll face Democratic Rep. Tim Walz, who is seeking his fifth term in Congress.
Primary results: GOP U.S. District 1
Jim Hagedorn: 12,609 votes, 53.9 pct.
Aaron Miller: 10,797 votes, 46.1 pct.
—With 687 or 696 precincts reporting
