The Latest Breaking News from Jim Hagedorn

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will run for a third term in 2026 - Roll Call

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, last year’s Democratic nominee for vice president, will run for a third term, he announced Tuesday.

Roll Call · Sep 16, 2025

GOP donor likened to Jeffrey Epstein is sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking teen girls in Minnesota

Anton ‘Tony’ Lazzaro was found guilty in March by a federal jury of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls ages 15 and 16 in 2020

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

GOP donor Anton Lazzaro sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors in Minnesota

A formerly well-connected GOP donor convicted of giving teenage girls gifts, alcohol and money in exchange for sex has been sentenced to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges in Minnesota

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Empty Minnesota seat, potential milestone for Vermont women highlight Tuesday elections

WASHINGTON —Voters on Tuesday are filling a House seat in Minnesota that’s been open since Rep. Jim Hagedorn died in February. Vermont may move toward sending its first woman to Congress ever. And, just like last week, a member of “The Squad” of ultraliberal House Democrats faces a more mainstream…

Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022

Empty Minnesota seat, potential milestone for Vermont women highlight Tuesday elections - Roll Call

Tuesday's elections will fill a Minnesota House seat open since February while Vermont might move toward sending its first woman to Congress.

Roll Call · Aug 8, 2022

What to watch in Wis., 3 other states in Tuesday's primaries

The Republican matchup in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race in Tuesday's primary elections features competing candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and his estranged vice president, Mike Pence

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

House Democrats buttoning up budget votes as they await Senate

The House will return the second week of August to take up the reconciliation bill if the Senate sends it by then, says Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Roll Call · Jul 29, 2022

Primaries show uneven power of Trump — and progressives - Roll Call

Many candidates who Donald Trump didn’t endorse still pledged their allegiance to him, a further sign he is the de facto leader of the GOP.

Roll Call · May 25, 2022

Polls close in special primary for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District

WASHINGTON — Polls closed Tuesday in southern Minnesota's 1st Congressional District primary race, where a crowd of Republicans and Democrats are competing to serve the final months of the late GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn's term.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

Greene seat, 2 Democratic primaries among top US House races

One of the last remaining anti-abortion Democrats in Congress faces the political fight of his life in Texas

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022