Finstad, Brad
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Bradley Howard Finstad is an American politician serving since 2022 as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Finstad represents a section of southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Finstad, Brad
- First name
- Brad
- Last name
- Finstad
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Minnesota 1st Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Minnesota 1st Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Minnesota 1st Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $1,975,242.85
- Total disbursements
- $1,914,098.15
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $1,975,242.85 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $911,084.11;Share: 46.1%;Denominator: $1,975,242.85 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $896,584.00;Share: 45.4%;Denominator: $1,975,242.85 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,975,242.85 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $1,975,242.85 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $161,784.88;Share: 8.2%;Denominator: $1,975,242.85 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $5,789.86;Share: 0.3%;Denominator: $1,975,242.85 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $739,784.00
- Itemized
- $739,784.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 897 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $739,784.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $16,600.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $34,333.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $101,587.00;Transactions: 45;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $3,062.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $7,815.00;Transactions: 21;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $71,427.00;Transactions: 66;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $3,465.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $13,800.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $66,125.00;Transactions: 66;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $18,700.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $4,912.00;Transactions: 12;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $42,380.00;Transactions: 58;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $3,841.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $13,251.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $104,088.00;Transactions: 74;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $9,588.00;Transactions: 17;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $29,828.00;Transactions: 75;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $36,542.00;Transactions: 53;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $9,473.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $37,247.00;Transactions: 83;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $35,759.00;Transactions: 68;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $42,634.00;Transactions: 74;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $24,133.00;Transactions: 66;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $9,194.00;Transactions: 17;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $739,784.00 across 897 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $31,050.00;Transactions: 309 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $47,382.00;Transactions: 178 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $79,104.00;Transactions: 156 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $148,594.00;Transactions: 141 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $433,654.00;Transactions: 113 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 42% in district
- District share basis
- $300,916.00 in district and $412,945.00 out of district; $25,923.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $25,923.00 with 3 reported transactions; visible denominator is $739,784.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $300,916.00;Transactions: 561;Denominator: $739,784.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $249,678.00;Transactions: 212;Denominator: $739,784.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $163,267.00;Transactions: 121;Denominator: $739,784.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $25,923.00;Transactions: 3;Denominator: $739,784.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| KING, RUSSELL S | $13,470.00 | 2 transactions |
| RAHE, TIM C | $13,200.00 | 2 transactions |
| SONNEK, KATHLEEN M | $13,200.00 | 2 transactions |
| ANDERSON, ROLLIS H | $13,200.00 | 1 transaction |
| KROLL, MARK W | $13,200.00 | 1 transaction |
| HALKYARD, JONATHAN | $9,423.00 | 1 transaction |
| BURWELL, BLAKE | $9,300.00 | 2 transactions |
| HEAD, MARTHA | $8,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| POWERS, JOSEPH R | $8,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| RIVET, JEANNINE | $7,500.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $230,506.00 | 483 transactions |
| MR PAVING | $20,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES | $13,200.00 | 2 transactions |
| ANDERSON TRUCKING SERVICE | $13,200.00 | 1 transaction |
| CHRISTENSEN FARMS | $12,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| BURWELL ENTERPRISES | $12,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CORVAL GROUP | $10,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| MGM RESORTS | $9,423.00 | 1 transaction |
| MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC | $9,200.00 | 6 transactions |
| NADG | $9,164.00 | 3 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $109,187.00 | 25 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $109,187.00 and 25 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2MN01223
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2MN01223
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2MN01223
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:F000475
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2MN01223:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2MN01223:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2MN01223:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
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Identifiers
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