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Jim Hagedorn
James Lee Hagedorn (/ˈhæɡɛdɔːrn/ HAG-e-dorn; August 4, 1962 – February 17, 2022) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district from 2019 until his death in 2022. He was a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa and includes Rochester, Austin, and Mankato.
Hagedorn lost to future Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz in 2014 and 2016.
Hagedorn was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, in 1962, the son of former U.S. Representative Tom Hagedorn and Kathleen Hagedorn (née Mittlestadt). He was raised on his family's farm near Truman, Minnesota, and in McLean, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., while his father served in Congress from 1975 to 1983. Hagedorn graduated from Langley High School.
He graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and political science in 1993.
Hagedorn served as a legislative aide to U.S. Representative Arlan Stangeland from 1984 to 1991. He then worked in the United States Department of the Treasury as director for legislative and public affairs for the Financial Management Service from 1991 to 1998 and as congressional affairs officer for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until 2009.
From 2002 to 2008, Hagedorn authored a now-deleted blog, Mr. Conservative. According to Mother Jones, the blog made Native Americans a "favorite punching bag" and commented on female Supreme Court justices and Barack Obama's ancestry "in ways many voters won't appreciate." Hagedorn said the blog was intended to be humorous and satirical.
Hagedorn's blogging history led the conservative newspaper the Washington Examiner to run an editorial calling him "the worst midterm candidate in America" in 2018.
Hagedorn lost the Republican nomination for Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the 2010 election.
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Jim Hagedorn
James Lee Hagedorn (/ˈhæɡɛdɔːrn/ HAG-e-dorn; August 4, 1962 – February 17, 2022) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district from 2019 until his death in 2022. He was a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa and includes Rochester, Austin, and Mankato.
Hagedorn lost to future Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz in 2014 and 2016.
Hagedorn was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, in 1962, the son of former U.S. Representative Tom Hagedorn and Kathleen Hagedorn (née Mittlestadt). He was raised on his family's farm near Truman, Minnesota, and in McLean, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., while his father served in Congress from 1975 to 1983. Hagedorn graduated from Langley High School.
He graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and political science in 1993.
Hagedorn served as a legislative aide to U.S. Representative Arlan Stangeland from 1984 to 1991. He then worked in the United States Department of the Treasury as director for legislative and public affairs for the Financial Management Service from 1991 to 1998 and as congressional affairs officer for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until 2009.
From 2002 to 2008, Hagedorn authored a now-deleted blog, Mr. Conservative. According to Mother Jones, the blog made Native Americans a "favorite punching bag" and commented on female Supreme Court justices and Barack Obama's ancestry "in ways many voters won't appreciate." Hagedorn said the blog was intended to be humorous and satirical.
Hagedorn's blogging history led the conservative newspaper the Washington Examiner to run an editorial calling him "the worst midterm candidate in America" in 2018.
Hagedorn lost the Republican nomination for Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the 2010 election.
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