Minnesota's 1st District: Johnson Leads Finstad by 323 Votes, or 0.10 Points, as Finstad Says He Will Seek a Recount and the State Canvassing Board Meets on November 19
Rochester — In Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, Democratic challenger Jake Johnson leads Republican incumbent Rep. Brad Finstad by 323 votes, or 0.10 percentage points, in unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State, with all 750 precincts reporting.
Research by Smart Politics at the University of Minnesota found that if that margin holds, the contest will rank as the third smallest victory margin out of more than 625 general and special U.S. House elections held in Minnesota since statehood.
Johnson, 43, a former Rochester Public Schools math teacher and first time candidate for public office, has declared victory. Finstad, 50, won the seat in an August 2022 special election and was re-elected that November and in 2024.
Finstad said in a statement that he will seek a recount of the votes in the district, and that the vote total in the race currently reflected less than one half of the recount threshold. Under Minnesota law, a margin of less than 0.25 percent entitles the losing candidate to seek a publicly financed recount.
County canvassing boards review results between November 6 and 13, and the State Canvassing Board meets on November 19, before which no recount can begin.
The Associated Press has not called the race, and the seat remains formally undecided until the recount and certification are complete.
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