Brad Finstad

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Brad Finstad

U.S. Representative · MN-1 · R

U.S. Representative — MN-1 (R)

Bradley Howard Finstad (born May 30, 1976) is an American politician serving since 2022 as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Finstad represents a section of southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2022–2026 cycles

$5,391,633 raised

Influence graph
Individual 47%
PAC 45%
Other

Where the $5,391,633 raised came from · FEC · 2022–2026 cycle

$5,391,633
Raised
FEC receipts · 2022–2026 cycle
$2,401,412
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2022–2026 cycles
$674,410
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 45 sources

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Other / unclassified$399,491
  • Retired$139,948
  • Not employed / self$41,089
  • TV, movies & music$33,500
  • Securities & investment$30,610
  • Lawyers & law firms$28,789
  • Real estate$21,112
  • Health professionals$15,590

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • SELF$43,065
  • MR PAVING$20,800
  • ANDERSON TRUCKING SERVICE$13,200
  • STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES$13,200
  • CHRISTENSEN FARMS$12,200
  • BURWELL ENTERPRISES$12,000
  • CORVAL GROUP$10,000
  • MGM RESORTS$9,423
  • MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC$9,200
  • NADG$9,164

Committee assignments · 11

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Armed Services
  • House Committee on Small Business
  • House Committee on Agriculture — Nutrition and Foreign AgricultureChair
  • House Committee on Agriculture — Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • House Committee on Agriculture — General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
  • House Committee on Agriculture — Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
  • House Committee on Armed Services — Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
  • House Committee on Armed Services — Tactical Air and Land Forces
  • House Committee on Small Business — Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
  • House Committee on Small Business — Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 32

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026· Crime and Law Enforcement
  • H.R. 9055Veteran Burial Benefit Correction Act· Armed Forces and National Security
  • H.R. 9025To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office".· Government Operations and Politics
  • H.Res. 1310Expressing support for continued efforts to safeguard Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal health care programs from fraud, waste, abuse, and improper payments through strengthened program integrity measures, enhanced oversight, and coordinated enforcement actions, and recognizing the work of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to investigate and prosecute fraud and protect taxpayer dollars and preserve the long-term sustainability of the Nation's health care safety net.· Health
  • H.R. 8881H.R. 8881, SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026· Commerce

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 46 total

People1
Organizations2
PACs / committees43

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