Angie Craig | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 2nd district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jason Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angela Dawn Craig February 14, 1972 West Helena, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Cheryl Greene (m. 2008) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | University of Memphis (BA) |
| Website | House website |
Angela Dawn Craig (born February 14, 1972) 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 from 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.
Born and raised in Arkansas, Craig worked in journalism and corporate communications. She moved to Minnesota in 2005 for a job at St. Jude Medical. Craig first ran for Congress in 2016, narrowly losing to Jason Lewis, whom she defeated in their 2018 rematch.[1]
Craig is the first openly LGBT+ member of Congress from Minnesota, and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress.[2]
- ^ Beifuss, John (November 9, 2018). "Meet the former Commercial Appeal reporter who's now in Congress". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ Wiener, Jon (September 2, 2016). "The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota - and the Progressive Who's Running Against Him". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved March 14, 2022.