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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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 themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jill Abahsain completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Abahsain's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Jill Abahsain believes that a campaign for Congress is a job interview. The voters of western Minnesota's 7th Congressional District are the hiring managers and the HR team – and Jill is an eager applicant for the job.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• 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.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

- A clean energy future and a healthy climate.

- Meaningful investments in community infrastructure, including affordable housing, utility systems, transportation, and broadband.
- Safe communities and a fair justice system

- Ensuring thriving family farms and family-supporting local jobs

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2020

Jill Abahsain did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Amy Klobuchar (D)

Tina Smith (D)

Representatives

District 1

Brad Finstad (R)

District 2

Angie Craig (D)

District 3

Kelly Morrison (D)

District 4

Betty McCollum (D)

District 5

Ilhan Omar (D)

District 6

Tom Emmer (R)

District 7

Michelle Fischbach (R)

District 8

Pete Stauber (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)