Michelle Fischbach
Republican · MN-7 · U.S. House
Bio
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American politician and attorney serving since 2021 as the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district, which is heavily rural, is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican, Fischbach served from 2018 to 2019 as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota. As of 2026, she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
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Congressmen Call on Walz, Ellison to ResignThe four Republican House members from Minnesota, Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber, Michelle Fischbach and Brad Finstad, have called on Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to resign in the wake of the House Oversight Committee’s scathing report on fra…
Power Line · June 10, 2026
Here’s the Name of Every Republican Who Voted to Kill Epstein BillIn an 8–4 party-line vote Tuesday, Republicans on the House Rules Committee shot down a bid to put the Epstein Files Transparency Act—which would compel the Justice Department to release all unclassified records related to Jeffrey Epstein—to a floor vote. The…
The New Republic · September 9, 2025
Republicans just blocked a vote on the release of the Epstein files before it could happenThe results of a House Rules Committee hearing on Monday are sure to upset some of the GOP base.Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) put forward an amendment from fellow Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) that would have continued the congressional saga of the infamou…
TheBlaze · July 15, 2025
WI & MN Republicans Send Letter Blaming Canada For Forest FiresThis sounds like something out of The Onion, but Republican House representatives Tom Tiffany and Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin and Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach, Pete Stauber and Tom Emmer of Minnesota all signed their names to it. "A handful of Republican …
Crooksandliars.com · July 11, 2025
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