GOP Candidates Munson, Finstad Tied in Minnesota’s Special Primary Election

Unofficial poll results show Republican Minnesota state Rep. Jeremy Munson and former state Rep. Brad Finstad running in a dead heat in Minnesota’s 1st U.S. Congressional District special primary.
The May 24 election will determine which party candidates will advance to the Aug. 9 general election to fill the five-month remainder the term of the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.)
Hagedorn passed away on Feb. 28 after he was diagnosed with stage-four kidney cancer three years earlier.

With 77 percent of the district’s 21 counties reporting, Munson and Finstad are both tied at 37 percent, with a potential recount in the offing.
Hagedorn’s widow, Jennifer Carnahan, and Matt Benda are both tied at 8 percent, despite Carnahan running as a Republican legacy candidate and top campaign fund-raiser. The GOP ticket included 10 candidates….