ROCHESTER, Minn. — In a fund-raising message, Democratic congressional candidate Jake Johnson sounded alarms that GOP incumbent Brad Finstad stands to gain from a massive Republican war chest for campaign advertising. Johnson pointed to a record $34 million raised nationally by Republicans in a single quarter to maintain their slim House majority. Some of the funds, Johnson said, undoubtedly are being earmarked “to pay for ads attacking challengers like me.”
“I don’t have $34 million. I don’t have corporate PACs or billionaire donors. What I have is you, and thousands of other people who believe we can win this race differently.”
Johnson is a high school math teacher in Rochester. Finstad, who is seeking a third term, has an agricultural services company at New Ulm. Finstad has voted unwaveringly in the House to support President Trump’s policies.