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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,030,569.31
- Total disbursements
- $808,055.36
- Cash on hand
- $1,283,923.18
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $2,030,569.31 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $488,106.00
- Itemized
- $488,106.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 530 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $488,106.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $3,750.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $18,018.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $100,908.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $2,441.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $37,551.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $51,725.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $19,684.00;Transactions: 16;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $16,279.00;Transactions: 45;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $48,742.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $5,893.00;Transactions: 10;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $5,679.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $95,331.00;Transactions: 106;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $6,553.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $13,491.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $62,061.00;Transactions: 87;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $488,106.00 across 530 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $17,018.00;Transactions: 196 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $22,335.00;Transactions: 82 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $37,436.00;Transactions: 72 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $109,228.00;Transactions: 95 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $302,089.00;Transactions: 85 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 38% in district
- District share basis
- $183,995.00 in district and $304,011.00 out of district; $100.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $100.00 with 1 reported transactions; visible denominator is $488,106.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $183,995.00;Transactions: 296;Denominator: $488,106.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $170,389.00;Transactions: 141;Denominator: $488,106.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $133,622.00;Transactions: 92;Denominator: $488,106.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $100.00;Transactions: 1;Denominator: $488,106.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, ROLLIS H. | $14,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| CHRISTENSEN, MARY ANN | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| TRAUTZ, JOHN C. | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| ALBRECHT, ARLIN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ALBRECHT, MARILYN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| AUSTIN, TANI DRU | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| AUSTIN, WILLIAM | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FRANDSEN, DENNIS | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| HOWARD, GREGORY | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| HOWARD, LORETTA | $7,000.00 | 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 | $142,688.00 | 289 transactions |
| MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC | $20,000.00 | 8 transactions |
| CHRISTENSEN FARMS | $14,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES | $14,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| ANDERSON TRUCKING SERVICE | $14,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| INKIT | $14,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| NEW FASHION PORK | $12,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| TRAUTZ PROPERTIES | $7,000.00 | 3 transactions |
| FRANDSEN CORPORATION | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| KING CAPITAL GROUP | $7,000.00 | 2 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 | $109,000.00 | 31 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $109,000.00 and 31 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
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- F000475
- fec_candidate_id
- H2MN01223
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2MN01223
- govtrack_id
- 456869
- wikidata_id
- Q111159803