RepublicanIn office since Aug 2022

Brad Finstad

U.S. Representative, MN-1 since 2022. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

U.S. Representative, MN-1Born 1976Agronomist

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 4 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 0; 36 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 1.0%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +17.1; Won 2024

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

House Committee on AgricultureGeneral Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and CreditLivestock, Dairy, and PoultryNutrition and Foreign Agriculture · ChairCommodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
House Committee on Armed ServicesTactical Air and Land ForcesCyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
House Committee on Small BusinessRural Development, Energy, and Supply ChainsOversight, Investigations, and Regulations

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 36 sponsored · 0 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HR 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
Crime and Law Enforcement · Passed House Sep 2026

HR 8881 SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
Commerce · Passed House Jun 2026

HR 2931 Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
Commerce · Passed House Jun 2025

HR 10353 SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026
Commerce · In committee Oct 2026

HR 1163 Prove It Act
Government Operations and Politics · In committee May 2026

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Finstad sits in the U.S. House

Finstad is closer to the center than 38% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Tim Moore, Mike Ezell, Michelle Fischbach

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Finstad’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills8%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. House.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Finstad’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Finstad	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Sep 16, 2026	HR 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 262–159
Jun 30, 2026	HCONRES 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to…	No	No	Yes	Failed 189–235
Jun 9, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 214–212
May 13, 2026	HR 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 218–203
Feb 12, 2026	HR 2189: To modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in technology and…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 233–185

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Finstad was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20222023202420252026202720282029U.S. House, MN-1

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Minnesota's 1st District	Counting	D+0.1	R+12.2	−12.3
2024	U.S. House, MN-1	Won	R+17.1	—	—
2022	U.S. House, MN-1	Won	R+11.5	—	—
2022	U.S. House, MN-1 (special)	Won	R+3.9	—	—