Angie Craig
Democrat · MN-2 · U.S. House
MN-2 — U.S. House
Likely D 95%Angie Craig is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026, as every House seat is. Democratic nominee TBD vs. Eric Pratt.
Bio
Angela Dawn Craig is an American politician, retired journalist, and former businesswoman. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she has served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities and outlying rural areas to the southwest.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 7.6 years
- First took office
- 2019 (4 terms)
- Seniority
- 211 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 54
- Eagan, MN · 651-846-2120
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Angie Craig's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
Where Craigsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Problem Solvers Caucuscenter · 46 members
Committees
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
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The New Republic · August 27, 2026
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Raw Story · August 24, 2026
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Crooksandliars.com · August 14, 2026
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The New Republic · August 13, 2026
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