Jill Abahsain
Jill Abahsain (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 7th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Abahsain completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach defeated Jill Abahsain and Travis Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Fischbach (R) | 66.9 | 204,766 |
 | Jill Abahsain (D)  | 27.6 | 84,455 | |
 | Travis Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 5.4 | 16,421 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 224 | ||
| Total votes: 305,866 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Jill Abahsain defeated Alycia Gruenhagen in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jill Abahsain | 59.0 | 14,352 |
 | Alycia Gruenhagen | 41.0 | 9,972 | |
| Total votes: 24,324 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Lindquist (D)
- Reed Olson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach | 100.0 | 59,429 |
| Total votes: 59,429 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Annette Watson (R)
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Travis Johnson advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Travis Johnson | 100.0 | 509 |
| Total votes: 509 | |||
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2020
See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Minnesota State Senate District 12
Incumbent Torrey Westrom defeated Jill Abahsain in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 12 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Torrey Westrom (R) | 74.4 | 33,436 |
| Jill Abahsain (D) | 25.5 | 11,467 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 44,932 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jill Abahsain advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 12.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Torrey Westrom advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 12.
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jill Abahsain completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Abahsain's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Jill will support innovative projects for rural health care delivery such as mobile health units and well-coordinated patient transportation options. Moreover, attractive initiatives must be developed to attract more primary care physicians and specialists to our rural areas.
- Student enrollment drives public school funding, so the fewer students enrolled in a district, the less the funding. Rural school districts can average from 20-50% less funding that urban districts. To address this critical inequity, we need to development funding structures that which mitigate lower rural population so that children across America, rural and urban, obtain quality education.
- Our farmers, our families and our nation depends on keeping the farm bill intact as it has been for decades. As your Representative, Jill would vote to renew the farm bill and protect our family farmers.
- Meaningful investments in community infrastructure, including affordable housing, utility systems, transportation, and broadband.
- Safe communities and a fair justice system
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Campaign website
Abahsain's campaign website stated the following:
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Rural Healthcare Healthcare in America is a failing system. There is no acceptable reason for the richest nation in the history of the world to rank 18th among developed countries. Rural healthcare fails at an unparalleled level, further compounding an already an egregious violation of human rights. The Rural Health Disparities Overview reports on a number of these violations. 1) "There are higher rates of uninsured individuals residing in rural or nonmetro counties compared to their counterparts in urban or metro counties." 2) "Healthcare workforce shortages are prevalent throughout rural America." 3) "Specialty and subspecialty healthcare services are less likely to be available in rural areas and are less likely to include specialized and highly sophisticated or high-intensity care. This exacerbates problems for rural patients seeking specialized care who are faced with traveling significant distances for treatment." 4) "Reliable transportation to care can also be a barrier for rural residents due to long distances, poor road conditions, and the limited availability of public transportation options in rural areas." It's easy to brush these off as statistics. At the root of these statements lies an ominous fact. Rural people get less care and it spells a loss of life. These facts are politicized and blamed on those who receive poor care. The people of rural Minnesota are not lazy. Working harder is not the answer. It is not the result of anything that Minnesotans have done wrong. Anyone who would try to convice you otherwise is not representing you. When we elect Jill Abahsain to represent the 7th district of Minnesota, we have elected to live longer, fuller lives. Minnesota, and the nation, deserve better. Healthcare is a human right. It is time to recognize this fact universally.
Rural people aren't as educated as urban people. If it struck a nerve when you read it, then you understood it correctly. It struck a nerve for me when I wrote it. People in the areas that provide the country with its most important commodities, don't have the access that they need. There was a time when we lead the world in learning. As a result, we became the most prosperous nation the Earth has ever seen. We built railroads and highways. We innovated and invented. Most importantly, we built a strong middle class in the heartland and the people of small town America could pay all of their bills. The first step to removing a peoples' control of their own future is to end critical thinking. There has not yet been complete success in this endeavor, but it's on the rise. Coming generations won't even know that there is a problem if we don't take action now. According to statistics available at ers.usda.gov, 21% of rural Americans over 25 have a bachelors degree. That same demographic in urban areas has 35% of it's population with the same level of education. Bachelors degree median income in 2021 was $52,000 per year. For hischool grads, that's only $29,000. This doesn't even account for those who didn't finish high school. I've found that the easiest way to lose readers is to do math. We're about to do some anyway. .21 x $52,000 = $10,920 .35 x $52,000 = $18,200 $37,050 - $33,830 = $3,220 7th district population = 666,735 Rural education is getting better. It still doesn't measure up and it's time to fix that. Is it worth it to you to educate all of our children? Do you think that two-billion dollars would help the 7th distric economy? Can we afford to not invest in our childrens' futures? Please show your work. Jill Abahsain stands with the facts, even when they aren't pleasant. Jill stands with education because she stands with our children's' futures.
The Farm Bill: Key Components to a Thriving Minnesota Title 1 covers commodities. Title 2 keeps land usable. Title 3 keeps us viable on the world stage. Title 4 is supplemental nutrition. Title 5 extends credit where credit is needed. Title 6 builds rural economies. Title 7 keeps us up to date. Title 8 keeps our land viable. Title 9 opens the energy market. Title 10 is to improve horticulture. Title 11 prevents total loss. Title 12 is miscellanious. These are the parts of the bill. They provide a living to our hard working farmers, the energy producers that supply them, and the communities that grew up around them. It is job producing legislation and empowers rural Minnesota. Protecting this bill and the people who have built their lives in the 7th District are Jill Abahsain's top priority. We can not allow Fischbach to bankrupt our communities by decimation of the Farm Bill. Protect your farm and your future in the voting booth on November 8th.[1] |
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| —Jill Abahsain's campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
2020
Jill Abahsain did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jill for the Hill, “Our Priorities,” accessed October 5, 2022
