WASHINGTON – A man assaulted Congress member Angie Craig of Minnesota in an elevator of her apartment building as she was leaving for the Capitol about 7:15 a.m. She threw hot coffee at the assailant, who fled, Craig told police. She was bruised but otherwise physically hurt, police said. Craig dialed 911 on the spot. She described the assailant as high, probably on drugs. Nick Coe, Craig’s chef of staff, said there no reason to believe the attack was politically motivated.
MN-2. South suburbs.
Craig. Three-term Democrat elected from Minnesota’s Second Congressional District. She is from Hastings.
Craig profile
Craig ran for Congress in 2016 and lost to right-wing radio talk-show host Jason Lewis. She won a rematch in 2018 znd ws re-elected in 2020 and 2022. Her early career was as a news reporter at the Memphis Commercial Appeal. She moved to Minnesota in 2005 for a job in corporate communications at St. Jude Medical. She is 50, married with four children. She is the only openly lesbian member of Congress from Minnesota and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress. Her electoral record:
> 2022: Won 50% to 45% over Republican Tyler Kistner.
> 2020: Won 48% to 45% over Kistner.
> 2018: Won 52% to 47% over Republican Jason Lewis.
> 2016: Lost 46% to 45% to Lewis.
She serves on the House Agriculture, Communication and Technology, and Small Business committees. Earlier she was on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.