MN-07; Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) faces the toughest reelection fight of his career as he looks to begin a fourth decade in Congress as the rare anti-abortion, pro-gun Democrat, representing a sprawling rural district that went for President Trump by 30 points in 2016.
Peterson, one of the founding members of the centrist Blue Dog Democrats, has survived for 15 terms in his deep-red Western Minnesota district by being willing to break with his party on key issues, including Trumps impeachment.
A close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Peterson is chairman of the House Agriculture Committee a huge draw for his constituents in a district where farmers grow sugar beets, wild rice, potatoes, corn and soybeans.
Peterson campaigns across the massive district, which stretches from the Canadian border almost down to Iowa, by piloting his own Beechcraft single engine airplane.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/515910-peterson-faces-fight-of-his-career-in-deep-red-minnesota-district