Litchfield, Minnesota – Michelle Fischbach, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 7th District and former Lt. Governor of Minnesota, today reported over $317k of receipts in her second quarterly filing of the year with the Federal Election Commission.
Fischbach for Congress, Fischbach’s federal campaign committee, raised over $317k and has almost $435k cash-on-hand for the reporting period ending June 30, 2020. Fischbach has outraised the incumbent Congressman Collin Peterson in every full quarter since she entered the race last fall. In this reporting quarter, she surpassed Peterson by almost $40,000. Fischbach has raised over $910,000 in the ten months of her campaign.
“The contrast in the base of support for these two candidates could not be more stark. Hard-working, everyday people from western Minnesota and across the country are backing Michelle,” observed David FitzSimmons, Fischbach’s Campaign Manager. “On the other hand, Washington, D.C. PACs and special interest groups are desperately trying to send Peterson back for another term so he can vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker again.”
Key points from Fischbach’s fundraising efforts:
– Outraised incumbent Peterson for a record setting third consecutive quarter;
– Over 6,000 individual donors, triple the amount from last quarter;
– 94% of donors gave $200 or less;
– By comparison, 75% of Peterson’s contributions come from PAC’s.
Minnesota’s Seventh District is one of the top ten pick-up opportunities in the country for U.S. House Republicans. President Trump carried the district by over 30 points in 2016.
Litchfield, Minnesota – Michelle Fischbach, the Trump- and Republican-endorsed candidate for Minnesota’s Seventh District, today announced she received the endorsement of State Senator Torrey Westrom (R-Elbow Lake).
“I am happy to join President Trump, so many fellow legislators, and the grassroots republicans of Congressional District Seven in endorsing Michelle Fischbach for Congress,” stated Westrom. “Michelle brings with her the experience and conservative principles necessary to represent the people of this district.
“While serving alongside Michelle in the legislature, I watched her passionately fight democrat attempts to impose harmful ‘one size fits all’ policies on rural Minnesota. As Chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Development Finance committee, I knew that I could count on Michelle’s vote to fight burdensome regulations and job killing taxes. She always stood up for farmers and rural communities, and I am confident that she will do the same in Congress.
“President Trump is working tirelessly to get our country back on track, but he needs allies in Congress to work with him and support his agenda. Collin Peterson has not been that ally. In fact, Collin votes against President Trump nearly 80% of the time, siding with Nancy Pelosi instead. Michelle, on the other hand, has the president’s “complete and total” endorsement and wants to work with him to support western Minnesotans and our conservative values. Please join me in supporting our president by supporting Michelle Fischbach!”
Senator Westrom was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1996. In 2012, he was elected to the Minnesota Senate, where he currently serves as the Agriculture, Rural Development and Housing Finance Committee Chairman. In 2014, Senator Westrom ran as the Republican candidate for the Seventh Congressional District.
“Senator Westrom has always been a leader when it comes to supporting our farmers and our agricultural economy,” Fischbach stated. “I am proud of the work that we did for farmers while in the Minnesota Senate, and I’m honored to have his confidence and endorsement.”
Litchfield, Minnesota – The Susan B. Anthony List’s Candidate Fund PAC announced today its endorsement of Michelle Fischbach, the Trump- and Republican-endorsed candidate for Minnesota’s 7th District.
“We are proud to endorse former Lieutenant Governor Michelle Fischbach, a longtime champion for unborn children and their mothers. Michelle is exactly the type of candidate that SBA List was founded to support. She beautifully embodies our mission to end abortion through the promotion of pro-life leadership, with a special calling to promote women,” said SBA List’s Vice President of Government Affairs Marilyn Musgrave. “Michelle will proudly fight for President Trump’s pro-life policies and her voice will be an important counter to the extreme abortion agenda that Nancy Pelosi is aggressively pushing in the U.S. House.”
SBA List is a network of more than 837,000 pro-life Americans nationwide, dedicated to ending abortion by electing national leaders and advocating for laws that save lives, with a special calling to promote pro-life women leaders.
“The right to life is paramount; I have always fought for the rights of the unborn and the most vulnerable in our society,” Fischbach stated. “I am proud to have endorsements from the National Right to Life and Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, and now the Susan B. Anthony List. Collin Peterson says he is pro-life, but his pro-life rating is around 50%. I don’t think being pro-life half the time is good enough. I voted 100% pro-life in the Minnesota Senate, and you can count on me to vote 100% pro-life in Congress.”
Minnesota’s Seventh District is one of the top pick-up opportunities in the country for U.S. House Republicans. President Trump carried the district by over 30 points in 2016, and it currently has a voter index of Republican+12.
Fischbach Wins 7th District Republican Party Endorsement
LITCHFIELD, MN – Michelle Fischbach, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 7th District and former Lt. Governor of Minnesota, today won a hard-fought battle for the 7th District Republican Party’s endorsement to run against Collin Peterson in the general election this fall.
“I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the 7th District Republican Party,” said Fischbach. “We’re excited to unify conservatives in western Minnesota and work hard to send President Trump a Republican Majority in the U.S. House. In Congress, I will be a fresh new voice for the people of western Minnesota and help President Trump rebuild our economy, secure our borders, and keep America safe.”
Over 300 delegates, representing each of the 7th District’s 38 counties participated in the convention via teleconference. Fischbach won the endorsement on the ninth ballot with 65% of the vote, never having trailed.
In nominating Fischbach, Congressman Pete Stauber said, “Two years ago, they told me it couldn’t be done, but you know what? We proved them wrong, and we turned northeastern Minnesota red. Now it’s your turn to make history in Minnesota’s 7th District. Michelle Fischbach is a proven conservative leader and exactly what America needs in Congress. With your help, let’s send Michelle to Washington. I believe the future of our country will be defined by strong conservative women, and Michelle is exactly that. President Trump and I need her help. We need Michelle to help us take back the majority and retire Nancy Pelosi as speaker once and for all. I know what it takes to flip a blue seat red and so does Michelle. Let’s send Michelle Fischbach to Congress.”
National Communications Director for President Trump’s re-election campaign, Tim Murtaugh, introduced Fischbach saying, “Thank you, Minnesota, for all of the support you have given President Trump over the years, and let’s also remember that this November we have to defeat Collin Peterson once and for all. President Trump is very excited to have Michelle Fischbach on the ballot. She will be a strong pro-life voice, a defender of our families, our borders, and the second amendment. She will also fight for farmers, for small businesses, and for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States. Thank you again for your strong support for President Trump and for Michelle Fischbach, as we look forward to the president’s re-election and the defeat of Collin Peterson.”
In her message to the delegates, Fischbach highlighted President Trump’s endorsement of her campaign and made the case for the importance of unity in defeating Collin Peterson this fall.
LITCHFIELD, MN – Michelle Fischbach, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for western Minnesota’s 7th District and former Lt. Governor of Minnesota, today picked up the endorsements from two of west central Minnesota’s strongest conservative voices in Minnesota State Representative Jeff Backer and Big Stone County Commissioner Jay Backer.
“Michelle Fischbach is a battle-tested conservative leader who has what it takes to get the job done and retire Collin Peterson. During her time as a citizen legislator in the Minnesota Senate, Michelle had a 100% pro-life voting record and was ‘A’ rated by the NRA,” said Representative Jeff Backer. “With her proven record and President Trump’s full backing, we have confidence that Michelle will represent our conservative values in Congress and help President Trump keep America safe and our economy strong. Michelle has our complete endorsement.”
The Backers’ endorsement comes on the heels of Fischbach being named a Young Gun “Contender” on Monday and is the latest signal that Fischbach is the clear front-runner to win the 7th District Republican Party’s endorsement on Saturday, May 2.
“I’m honored to have the support of Jeff and Jay Backer and grateful for the confidence they’re placing in me to unite the Republican Party and retire Collin Peterson,” said Fischbach. “Jeff and Jay are two of west central Minnesota’s strongest conservative voices and with their help and President Trump’s full backing and confidence, we’re going to flip the 7th District red in November.”
The Backers join a growing list of prominent supporters of Fischbach, topped by “complete & total endorsement” of President Donald J. Trump. To date, Fischbach has also earned the endorsements of National Right to Life, Minnesota Citizens Concerned For Life, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Congressman Dan Crenshaw, Congressman Pete Stauber, former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Senator Tom Cotton, Senator Kevin Cramer, and more than 20 current state legislators who represent portions of Minnesota’s 7th District.
LITCHFIELD, MN – Michelle Fischbach, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 7th District and former Lt. Governor of Minnesota, announced that her campaign has earned “Contender” status in the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns Program to win back the Republican House majority.
The following is a statement from Michelle Fischbach:
“I’m excited that the NRCC has recognized my effort as one of the top campaigns in the country and the only Minnesota “Contender“ in its Young Guns program. We’re building the campaign to win and with President Trump and Leader McCarthy‘s full backing and confidence, we’re going to retire Collin Peterson in November. Western Minnesota is ready for a fresh voice who will go to Congress to represent their conservative values and help President Trump keep America safe.”
You can view the Young Guns website by clicking here.
Fischbach Reports Raising Nearly $600K With Donors From All 87 Counties in Minnesota
LITCHFIELD, MN – Michelle Fischbach, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 7th District and former Lt. Governor of Minnesota, today reported raising $228k in her first quarterly filing of the year with the Federal Election Commission.
Fischbach’s federal committee, Fischbach for Congress, will show receipts of $228k, with $312k cash-on-hand for the filing period ending March 31, 2020. Fischbach’s first quarter fundraising haul of $228k marked the second consecutive quarter where she outraised the incumbent Congressman Collin Peterson by over $60,000. This is the first time in the thirty years Collin Peterson has been in Congress that his Republican opponent has outraised him in two consecutive quarters. This brings Fischbach’s total amount raised over the seven-month time frame since she announced her campaign in September 2019 to $593k.
Key points from Fischbach’s fundraising efforts:
Outraised incumbent Peterson for second consecutive quarter;
Donors from all 87 counties in Minnesota;
Over 2000 individual donors;
92% of donors from Minnesota – by comparison, 94% of Peterson’s itemized donations came from out-of-state donors;
91% of donors gave $200 or less;
Fischbach’s strong fundraising report comes on the heels of earning President Donald J. Trump’s “Complete & Total Endorsement” on March 2, 2020 and continues to demonstrate her strength as the Republican front-runner in the highly competitive 7th District race. It was also announced last week that House Majority PAC, the Speaker Pelosi-aligned super PAC, booked an estimated $3.5 million in fall TV ads to prop up her loyal ally and friend Collin Peterson.
LITCHFIELD, MN – Following the news that Collin Peterson will seek reelection in Minnesota’s 7th District, Trump endorsed candidate and former Lt. Governor Michelle Fischbach released the following statement:
“I look forward to holding Collin Peterson accountable over the next eight months for his record of enabling the socialists in his party and obstructing President Trump’s agenda by voting against the president over 75% of the time.
“Collin has only added to our country’s division by voting for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker and enabling her to unleash her partisan impeachment sham against President Trump.
“The people of the 7th District support President Trump, and they will soundly reject Collin Peterson and the socialist policies of open borders, free health care for illegal immigrants, taxpayer-funded abortion, and mandatory gun buyback programs that his preferred presidential candidate supports.”
President Trump Endorses Fischbach in Minnesota’s 7th District Race
LITCHFIELD, MN – Michelle Fischbach, the former Lt.
Governor of Minnesota, today picked up the biggest endorsement any Republican candidate
running for office can hope for: the endorsement of President Donald J. Trump,
the 45th President of the United States of America. The endorsement
signals an effort by President Trump to unify 7th District
Republicans behind Fischbach.
“Michelle @FischbachMN7 is running for Congress in Minnesota. Michelle will protect the unborn, is Strong on Crime & Borders, Cutting Taxes, your #2A, Loves our Military, Vets, & will stand w/ our Great Farmers. Michelle has my Complete & Total Endorsement!” President Trump wrote on Twitter.
“I’m honored
to have President Trump’s complete endorsement and grateful for his leadership
in uniting the 7th District Republican Party behind my campaign to defeat
Collin Peterson in November,” said Fischbach. “It’s time we send President
Trump a conservative Republican majority in the U.S. House to help him continue
keeping his promises to the American people, including finishing the southern
border wall, rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, lowering the costs and
expanding the options for health care, and keeping America great.”
In addition to President Trump’s endorsement, Fischbach is
being supported by National Right to Life Committee, House Minority Leader
Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Congresswoman Elise
Stefanik, Congressman Dan Crenshaw, Congressman Pete Stauber, former
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Senator Tom Cotton, Senator Kevin Cramer, and
more than 20 current state legislators who represent portions of Minnesota’s 7th
District.
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About Michelle Fischbach:
Michelle Fischbach is a trailblazer and a proven
conservative leader. She recently served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of
Minnesota, ascending to that position following the resignation of her
predecessor. She was the first woman in Minnesota history to serve as President
of the Minnesota Senate – initially from 2011-12 and then again from 2017-18.
She also served as Chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee. She was
first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996 and served until 2018. She holds
a B.A. from St. Cloud State University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College
of Law. She and her husband, Scott, live in the Paynesville area and have two
grown children and five grandchildren.
Minnesota’s Largest Pro-Life Group Endorses Michelle Fischbach in 7th District Race
LITCHFIELD, MN – Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL), the largest pro-life group in Minnesota, today officially endorsed former Lt. Governor Michelle Fischbach in her bid for Minnesota’s 7th District. In response to their endorsement, Michelle Fischbach released the following statement:
“Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life has been the strongest advocate for protecting the vulnerable in our state. I am grateful for their support, and I am committed to promoting pro-life legislation in Congress. As a representative for the 7th District, I will always vote to protect the rights of unborn children and their mothers, and I will be a leader on advancing pro-life legislation, as I was during my time in the Minnesota Senate. I will work with President Trump to fight back against Democrats’ radical efforts to promote infanticide and late-term abortion, and I will oppose all taxpayer funding of abortion and abortion providers.”
MCCL released the following statement:
“Michelle Fischbach is a thoroughly proven pro-life leader who perfectly reflects the pro-life values of the 7th District,” says MCCL Federal PAC President Leo LaLonde. “She will take that pro-life conviction and leadership to Congress, where it is very much needed.”
“There is no other candidate in this race—and no Minnesota elected official, for that matter—who has a pro-life record nearly as extensive as Michelle’s,” says LaLonde. “Her accomplishments on behalf of innocent human life speak for themselves, and we look forward to her future work in Washington to advance protection for unborn children and their mothers.”
Read MCCL’s full press release endorsing Fischbach here.
In addition to the MCCL endorsement, Fischbach was yesterday endorsed by National Right to Life Committee, the largest pro-life group in the United States, and is being supported by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Congressman Dan Crenshaw, Congressman Pete Stauber, former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Senator Tom Cotton, and more than 20 current state legislators who represent portions of Minnesota’s 7th District.
