MN-07: Republican Michelle Fischbach will challenge Collin Peterson for 7th District seat

[RandySF]

Former state senator and lieutenant governor Michelle Fischbach announced Monday that she will challenge a Democrat stalwart, U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, for the Congressional seat in Minnesota’s western Seventh District.

Fischbach will be a formidable opponent for Peterson, a 15-term congressman who has defeated a string of poorly funded Republican candidates even as his district has grown more conservative, said Sam Winter, a spokesman for Fischbach’s campaign.

“It is the most pro-Trump district in the country held by a Democrat,” said Winter, noting that Peterson won re-election in 2018 even though the Republican president carried his district by 31 points in 2016.

Fischbach seized on the president’s popularity in her written announcement, and highlighted Peterson’s voting record in opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration.



http://www.startribune.com/fischbach-announces-candidacy-for-peterson-s-congressional-seat/559206532/

[House of Roberts]

1. Having the first name Michelle and the letters 'bach' in her last

is just a little bit too scary a thought.

[RandySF]

2. It's going to be a tough fight to hold this one.