Brian Abrahamson

Brian Abrahamson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) (also known as Eugene) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Incumbent Brad Finstad defeated Jeff Ettinger, Richard Reisdorf, Brian Abrahamson, and Garth Coughlin Weir in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Finstad (R)	53.8	159,621
		Jeff Ettinger (D)	42.3	125,457
		Richard Reisdorf (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	2.2	6,389
		Brian Abrahamson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	1.7	4,943
	Submit photo	Garth Coughlin Weir (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	137

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 296,547
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Logan Wajer (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Jeff Ettinger defeated James Rainwater and George Kalberer in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Ettinger	92.1	51,391
	Submit photo	James Rainwater	5.6	3,115
	Submit photo	George Kalberer	2.3	1,266

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,772
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Richard Painter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Incumbent Brad Finstad defeated Jeremy Munson in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brad Finstad	76.0	48,252
	Jeremy Munson	24.0	15,207

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,459
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Hastings (R)
Matt Benda (R)

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Brian Abrahamson advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Abrahamson	100.0	361

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 361
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Richard Reisdorf advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Reisdorf	100.0	565

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 565
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2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Incumbent Bill Weber defeated Shawna Marshall and Brian Abrahamson in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 22 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bill Weber (R)	69.2	26,697
	Shawna Marshall (D)	25.7	9,936
	Brian Abrahamson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	5.0	1,947
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	19

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,599
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Shawna Marshall defeated Roger Elgersma in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shawna Marshall	76.1	1,897
	Submit photo	Roger Elgersma	23.9	597

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,494 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Incumbent Bill Weber advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Weber	100.0	4,406

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,406 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Brian Abrahamson advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Abrahamson	100.0	44

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A

Incumbent Joe Schomacker defeated Maxwell Kaufman in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Schomacker (R)	66.7	10,811
	Submit photo	Maxwell Kaufman (D)	33.2	5,377
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	12

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,200 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A

Maxwell Kaufman defeated Brian Abrahamson in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Maxwell Kaufman	53.8	1,331
		Brian Abrahamson	46.2	1,142

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,473
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A

Incumbent Joe Schomacker advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe Schomacker	100.0	3,275

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,275
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2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Bill Weber defeated Brian Abrahamson in the Minnesota State Senate District 22 general election.^[1]^[2]

Minnesota State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Weber Incumbent	70.26%	25,769
	Democratic	Brian Abrahamson	29.74%	10,910
Total Votes				36,679
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Brian Abrahamson ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 22 Democratic primary.^[3]^[4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Brian Abrahamson (unopposed)

Incumbent Bill Weber ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 22 Republican primary.^[3]^[4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Bill Weber Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Brian Abrahamson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Abrahamson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Education:

Reduce college debt and increase funding for schools; Support legislation to reduce Minnesotans’ student loan debt.
Support innovative and new school financing to create a more equitable school funding process.
Anti-bullying program; Support a healthy and respectful learning environment that is free of bullying, harassment and violence.

Wages:

Higher minimum wage; Support $15 an hour minimum wage;

Infrastructure:

Support the passage of legislation to adequately fund the upgrading of all of its aging infrastructures transportation, drinking water, and sewage treatment including ways that are more green and sustainable.

Immigration:

Support comprehensive immigration reform offering a clear path to citizenship.

Social Security:

Oppose privatization of Social Security^[5]

”

—Brian Abrahamson^[6]

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U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Personal

Footnotes

↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Brian Abrahamson for State Senate, "Issues," accessed September 21, 2016

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Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

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Ilhan Omar (D)

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Tom Emmer (R)

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Michelle Fischbach (R)

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Pete Stauber (R)

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[glist16-1] Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016

[gresults16-2] Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016

[plist16-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016

[presults16-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016

[quotedisclaimer-5] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[6] Brian Abrahamson for State Senate, "Issues," accessed September 21, 2016

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Brian Abrahamson

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Minnesota State Senate District 22

Campaign finance

2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 22A

2016

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

2020

2016

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