WINONA, Minn. – Nobody seems much to expect great fireworks in southern Minnesota’s Congressional district in coming weeks. Both the Cook Political Report and Split Ticket rate MN-1 as Republican territory. Political scientist Matt Bosworth at Winona State University doubts that either political party will invest significant money for ad buys in the race. “Based on prior election cycles, we may see only one or two polls of CD-1 specifically all cycle.,” Bosworth said. “I would be very surprised if there were any major party cash infusions.” Republican voters gave first-term incumbent Brad Finstad, an anti-abortion Trump supporter, an easy victory in the party’s primary August 13. Democrat Rachel Bohman, a Rochester lawyer, was unopposed in the GOP primary.
Bosworth. Political scientist at Winona State.