Add Rep. Angie Craig to the list of Democrats considering bids to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith in Minnesota next year.
“I am giving serious consideration to the open Senate seat in Minnesota,” the congresswoman posted on social media Monday. “I’ll be talking to Minnesotans in the weeks ahead about the best way to continue to serve my community and will make a decision in the near future.”
Craig, who was recently chosen by her caucus to be the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, was the first openly gay woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. If she does run for Senate, she would leave behind a swing district south of the Twin Cities that has been a battleground seat for the past few election cycles, though Craig won a fourth term last fall by double digits.
