WASHINGTON — The latest in a long line of widows to seek to succeed their husbands in Congress, Minnesota Republican Jennifer Carnahan said this week she’ll run for the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn’s seat. But the former state party chair faces a contest, and enters with some baggage.
Hagedorn died last month at age 59 after battling kidney cancer.
Carnahan, 45, said it was his “wish” that she would step in and run for the seat if he couldn’t finish the term to “keep this district in conservative hands, keep his legacy moving forward and keep all the hard work and effort and relationships he had built going strong.”
