Angie Craig

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| name = Angie Craig

| image = Angie Craig, official portrait (119th Congress).jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2025

| office = Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee

| term_start = January 3, 2025

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| predecessor = David Scott

| successor =

| state1 = Minnesota

| district1 = {{ushr|MN|2|2nd}}

| term_start1 = January 3, 2019

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| predecessor1 = Jason Lewis

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| birth_name = Angela Dawn Craig

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|14}}

| birth_place = West Helena, Arkansas, U.S.

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| party = Democratic (DFL)

| spouse = {{marriage|Cheryl Greene|2008}}

| children = 4

| education = University of Memphis (BA)

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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 {{ushr|MN|2}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Beifuss |first=John |date=November 9, 2018|title=Meet the former Commercial Appeal reporter who's now in Congress |url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/11/09/midterm-elections-angie-craig-congress-minnesota-commercial-appeal/1930613002/ |access-date=March 14, 2022|website=The Commercial Appeal |language=en-US}}

Craig is the first openly LGBT+ member of Congress from Minnesota, and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress. On April 29, 2025, she announced her candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2026 election to succeed Tina Smith.{{Cite news |last=Wiener |first=Jon |date=September 2, 2016 |title=The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota - and the Progressive Who's Running Against Him |journal=The Nation |language=en-US |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-mini-trump-of-minnesota-and-the-lesbian-mother-of-four-whos-running-against-him/ |access-date=March 14, 2022 |issn=0027-8378}}{{Cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Dana |last2=Stockton |first2=Gracie |last3=Wurzer |first3=Cathy |date=2025-04-29 |title=DFL Rep. Angie Craig announces bid for open U.S. Senate seat |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/29/angie-craig-announces-senate-run-for-tina-smiths-seat |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=MPR News |language=en}}

Early life and career

Craig was born in West Helena, Arkansas, in 1972.{{cite web|url=https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/candidate-conversation-angie-craig-dfl1|title=Candidate Conversation – Angie Craig (DFL) {{!}} News & Analysis {{!}} Inside Elections|website=www.insideelections.com|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2018}}{{cite web|last=Montgomery |first=David |url=http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/07/angie-craig-2nd-congressional-district/ |title=Angie Craig: Adoption struggle shaped 2nd District candidate |publisher=Twincities.com |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2018}} She graduated from Nettleton High School in Jonesboro,{{cite web|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2018/11/09/midterm-elections-angie-craig-congress-minnesota-commercial-appeal/1930613002/ |title=Angie Craig, former Memphis Commercial Appeal reporter, now in Congress |publisher=Commercialappeal.com |date=November 9, 2018 |access-date=December 20, 2018}} and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis.{{cite web |url=http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/news/politics/4141303-minnesota-2nd-congressional-district-candidate-angie-craig |title=News |publisher=Hastings Star Gazette |access-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108065404/http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/news/politics/4141303-minnesota-2nd-congressional-district-candidate-angie-craig |url-status=dead }}

After college, Craig interned at The Commercial Appeal, and became a full-time reporter.{{cite web |last=Renzetti |first=Jackie |url=http://hastingsstargazette.com/news/government-and-politics/4515215-voter-guide-angie-craig-talks-key-issues |title=Voter guide: Angie Craig talks key issues |publisher=Hastings Star Gazette |date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018001950/http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/news/government-and-politics/4515215-voter-guide-angie-craig-talks-key-issues |url-status=dead }} She lived in London from 2002 through 2005,{{cite web|last=Gessner |first=John |url=https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_thisweek/news/local/eagan-resident-angie-craig-looks-to-washington/article_d52f19ef-b1ba-5e2b-a3e4-751e62ae6fb3.html |title=Eagan resident Angie Craig looks to Washington |publisher=hometownsource.com |date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2018}} and worked at St. Jude Medical in human resources and communications from 2005 to 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2015/04/angie-craig-officially-announces-run-against-rep-kline |title=Angie Craig officially announces run against Rep. Kline |date=April 6, 2015 |publisher=MinnPost |access-date=October 19, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2016/10/second-district-race-what-it-would-mean-elect-former-medical-device-executiv/ |title=Second District race: What it would mean to elect a former medical device executive to Congress |publisher=MinnPost |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2018}}

U.S. House of Representatives

=Elections=

== 2016 ==

{{see also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 2}}

File:AngieCraig2016.jpg

In 2016, Craig ran for the United States House of Representatives in {{ushr|MN|2}}. She announced her candidacy before Republican incumbent John Kline announced his retirement. She faced no opposition in the Democratic primary. In the general election, she faced former conservative talk show host Jason Lewis.{{cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2016/08/its-jason-lewis-vs-angie-craig-what-s-likely-be-one-most-watched-congression |title=It's Jason Lewis vs. Angie Craig in what's likely to be one of the most-watched congressional races in the country |publisher=MinnPost |date=August 13, 2016 |access-date=October 19, 2018}} She lost by fewer than 7,000 votes.

== 2018 ==

{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 2}}

Craig sought a rematch with Lewis in 2018.{{cite web|last=Rao |first=Maya |url=http://www.startribune.com/in-rematch-with-jason-lewis-angie-craig-seeks-stronger-connection-with-voters/491850741/ |title=In rematch with Jason Lewis, Angie Craig seeks stronger connection with voters |publisher=StarTribune.com |date=August 27, 2018 |access-date=October 19, 2018}} As in 2016, she was unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the general election, she defeated Lewis, whose candor was felt to be his eventual undoing. Regarding slavery, for instance, he said in 2016, "If you don't want to own a slave, don't, but don't tell other people they can't."[https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/09/-democratic-rep-angie-craig-assaulted-in-apartment-building-elevator-her-office-says.html The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota and the Progressive Who’s Running Against Him], Star Tribune, John Weiner, September 2, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

Craig is the first openly lesbian mother to be elected to Congress, the first woman to be elected in Minnesota's 2nd district, and the first openly gay person elected to Congress from Minnesota.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lgbtq-midterm-elections_us_5be29707e4b0dbe871a49ea0 |title=LGBTQ Candidates Record Historic Midterm Wins In Rainbow Wave |date=November 7, 2018 |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |access-date=November 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instyle.com/news/angie-craig-first-lesbian-mom-congress|title=If She Wins, Angie Craig Will Be the First Lesbian Mom in Congress|publisher=InStyle|author=Romi Oltuski|date=October 21, 2018|access-date=November 6, 2018}} She received 52.6% of the vote, winning three of the six counties in the district.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/minnesota-house-district-2|title=Minnesota Election Results: Second House District|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 31, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/115?officeinelectionid=16974&districtid=557|title=MN Election Results|website=electionresults.sos.state.mn.us|access-date=December 31, 2018}} When she took office on January 3, 2019, she became the first DFLer to represent this district since it was reconfigured as a south suburban district in 2003.

== 2020 ==

{{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 2}}

File:Angie Craig 117th Congress.jpg

Legal Marijuana Now Party nominee Adam Weeks said that Republican operatives offered him $15,000 to run for Congress in the 2nd district in order to "pull votes away" from Craig. He said: "They want me to run as a third-party, liberal candidate, which I'm down. I can play the liberal, you know that."[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adam-weeks-minnesota-house-candidate-recruited-by-republicans/ Before death, pro-marijuana candidate reportedly said GOP recruited him to "pull votes away" from Minnesota Democrat], CBS News, October 29, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.{{Cite news |last=Bierschbach |first=Briana |date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=November 11, 2020|title=Pot party candidate said GOP recruited him to 'pull votes' from Minnesota Democrat |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |volume=XXXIX|issue=207 |url=https://www.startribune.com/gop-recruited-pot-party-candidate-to-pull-votes-from-dfler-he-said/572888651/?refresh=true}} Leaders of prominent pro-marijuana legalization groups Minnesotans for Responsible Marijuana Regulation, Sensible Change Minnesota, and Minnesota NORML called the strategy "unconscionable".

In late September, Weeks died of a drug overdose. Minnesota law requires a special election if a major-party nominee dies within 79 days of Election Day. The law was enacted to prevent a repeat of the circumstances of the 2002 U. S. Senate election, in which incumbent Paul Wellstone died 11 days before the general election. Since the Legal Marijuana Now Party was a major party in Minnesota (because its 2018 candidate for state auditor won five percent of the vote), the 2nd District race was set to be postponed to February 9, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Jessie |title=Second Congressional District race delayed after death of Legal Marijuana Now candidate |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-congressional-race-delayed-after-candidate-s-death/572523221/ |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |volume=XXXIX|issue=174 |date=September 25, 2020}} Craig sued to keep the election on November 3, arguing that the requirement for a special election could leave the 2nd district without representation for almost a month, and also violated federal election law.{{cite news |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Jessie |title=Rep. Angie Craig files lawsuit over delay of Second Congressional District race |url=https://www.startribune.com/rep-angie-craig-files-lawsuit-over-delay-of-second-congressional-district-race/572568852/?refresh=true |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |volume=XXXIX|issue=178 |date=September 28, 2020}} Republican nominee Tyler Kistner joined the Minnesota Secretary of State as a defendant. The federal judge hearing the case ruled for Craig, noting that federal election law bars moving the date of House elections in all but a few circumstances. Kistner appealed to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which also sided with Craig. The appeals court held that the death of a candidate from a party with "modest electoral strength" could not justify postponing the election. After Kistner's appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected, the election was cleared to continue as scheduled on November 3.{{cite news |last1=Van Oot |first1=Torey |last2=Condon |first2=Patrick |title=Judge blocks delay of Minnesota congressional race |url=https://www.startribune.com/federal-judge-minn-congressional-race-is-back-on-for-november/572693992/ |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |volume=XXXIX|issue=189 |date=October 10, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Jessie |title=Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election stays on Nov. 3, Appeals Court rules |url=https://www.startribune.com/ruling-election-in-2nd-congressional-district-will-be-held-nov-3/572844522/ |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=Minneapolis Star Tribune |volume=XXXIX|issue=203 |date=October 23, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/09/judge-winner-of-cd2-race-must-be-decided-in-november|title=Judge: Winner of CD2 race must be decided in November|author1=Brian Bakst|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|date=October 9, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/23/appeals-court-rules-2nd-district-race-should-proceed|title=Appeals court rules 2nd district race should proceed|author1=Brian Bakst|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|date=October 23, 2020}} Craig won by a narrow margin.

== 2022 ==

{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 2}}

In the 2022 election, Craig defeated Republican nominee Tyler Kistner in a rematch of the 2020 election{{Cite web|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/angie-craig-tyler-kistner-2nd-congressional-district-rematch-minnesota/89-00cc82ee-2ba2-4c6b-946f-db26476f12fc|title=Angie Craig vs. Tyler Kistner in 2nd Congressional District rematch|date=November 4, 2022|website=kare11.com}} with 51% of the vote to Kistner's 46%.{{cite news |title=Minnesota Second Congressional District Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-minnesota-us-house-district-2.html |access-date=December 8, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2022}}

== 2026 ==

On April 29, 2025, Craig announced that she would run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Tina Smith. Also running for the Democratic nomination are Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and former state senator Melisa López Franzen. Craig had been considered a serious contender in the race for months before announcing her candidacy.{{Cite web |last=Radelat |first=Ana |date=2025-04-29 |title=Rep. Angie Craig makes it official, announcing U.S. Senate bid |url=https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2025/04/rep-angie-craig-makes-it-official-announcing-u-s-senate-bid/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=MinnPost |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Van Oot |first=Torey |date=2025-04-29 |title=Minnesota's U.S. Senate race just got more crowded |url=https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/04/29/angie-craig-running-minnesota-senate-2026 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Axios |language=en}}

=Tenure=

File:Angie Craig at a campaign event in Apple Valley, Minnesota.jpg

According to the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Craig held a Bipartisan Index Score of 0.3 in the 116th United States Congress for 2019, placing her 114th out of 435 members.{{cite web |url=https://www.thelugarcenter.org/assets/htmldocuments/2019%20BPI%20House%20Scores.pdf |title=The Lugar Center – McCourt School Bipartisan Index House Scores 116th Congress First Session (2019)|publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=May 20, 2020}}

During Donald Trump's presidency, Craig voted in line with Trump's stated position 5.5% of the time.{{cite web |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/angie-craig/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607035440/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/angie-craig/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |title=Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump – Angie Craig |work=ABC News |date=January 30, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2020}} In the 117th Congress, she voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time.{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/angie-craig/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508162313/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/angie-craig/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2021|website=FiveThirtyEight |access-date=1 June 2022 |language=en |date=2021-04-22}} Craig broke more frequently with the Biden administration in 2023, voting in line with the president's positions 70.6% of the time, the fourth-lowest rate of any House member in the Democratic Caucus.{{Cite web |last1=Yang |first1=Tia |last2=Burton |first2=Cooper|title=How often every member of Congress voted with Biden in 2023 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/member-congress-voted-biden-2023/story?id=106718543 |access-date=July 5, 2024 |website=ABC News |language=en}} Trump has signed more of Craig's bills into law than Biden.{{cite web |title=Angie Craig Is Pro-Gun, Pro-Choice, & Pro-Union |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkG_SJ52sgQ |access-date=May 25, 2025}}

On February 25, 2022, Craig introduced the Affordable Insulin Now Act, a bill intended to cap out-of-pocket insulin prices at $35 per month. The bill passed the House.{{Cite web |last=Craig |first=Angie |date=2022-02-25 |title=H.R.6833 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Affordable Insulin Now Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6833 |access-date=March 30, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Hunter Woodall Star |title=U.S. House passes Rep. Angie Craig's bill limiting insulin costs |url=https://www.startribune.com/u-s-house-passes-rep-angie-craigs-bill-limiting-insulin-costs/600161153/ |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=Star Tribune|date=March 31, 2022 }}

On April 27, 2023, Craig's congressional office announced that its staff would no longer be required to have bachelor's degrees.{{Cite web |last=Spewak |first=Danny |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Rep. Angie Craig drops college requirement for staffers |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/representative-angie-craig-drops-college-requirement-for-staffers/89-ec3eafe5-8714-4683-9c70-cbeb04fd88bb |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230428182904/https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/representative-angie-craig-drops-college-requirement-for-staffers/89-ec3eafe5-8714-4683-9c70-cbeb04fd88bb |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |access-date=April 28, 2023 |website=kare11.com |language=en-US}}

Craig played a role in negotiations for the 2024 United States federal budget, in which the far-right Freedom Caucus has demanded deep spending cuts and refused to work with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In response to the intraparty dispute, on September 20, 2023, Craig introduced the MCCARTHY (My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your) Shutdown Act, which proposes that members' pay be withheld for each day that a federal government shutdown lasts.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Madison |date=September 21, 2023|title=A Democratic representative just introduced the 'My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your Shutdown Act' to halt congressional pay during a government shutdown |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-for-halting-legislator-pay-mccarthy-shutdown-act-2023-9 |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

In 2025, Craig was one of 46 House Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the Laken Riley Act.{{cite news |last=Rashid |first=Hafiz |date=January 22, 2025 |title=The 46 Democrats Who Voted for Republicans' Racist Immigration Bill |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/190569/list-house-democrats-vote-pass-laken-riley-act-immigration-bill |accessdate=January 31, 2025 |publisher=The New Republic}}

=Committee assignments=

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Angie Craig |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/C001119 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=August 7, 2023}}

=Caucus memberships=

Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus (co-chair){{Cite web|url=http://dearcolleague.us/2019/01/join-the-congressional-lgbt-equality-caucus-3/|title=Join the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus – DearColleague.us|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=February 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123845/http://dearcolleague.us/2019/01/join-the-congressional-lgbt-equality-caucus-3/|url-status=dead}}
New Democrat Coalition{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|publisher=New Democrat Coalition|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208100356/https://newdemocratcoalition-himes.house.gov/members|archive-date=February 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}
House Pro-Choice Caucus{{Cite web|url=http://houseprochoicecaucus-degette.house.gov/about-pcc/members|title=Members|date=August 19, 2021|website=House Pro Choice Caucus}}
Congressional Coalition on Adoption{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}
Problem Solvers Caucus{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Caucus Members {{!}} Problem Solvers Caucus |url=https://problemsolverscaucus.house.gov/caucus-members |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=problemsolverscaucus.house.gov |language=en}}

= Political positions =

Craig has been described as and self-identified as a centrist moderate Democrat.{{Cite web |last=Radelat |first=Ana |date=2024-11-12 |title=Rep. Angie Craig swung to the right and kept her district blue |url=https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2024/11/craigs-swing-to-the-right-keeps-her-congressional-district-blue/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=MinnPost |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kashiwagi |first=Sydney |date=2025-04-29 |title=Angie Craig launches bid for U.S. Senate |url=https://www.startribune.com/angie-craig-launches-bid-for-us-senate/601341040 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Oot |first=Torey Van |date=2025-04-29 |title=Minnesota's U.S. Senate race just got more crowded |url=https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2025/04/29/angie-craig-running-minnesota-senate-2026 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Axios |language=en}}

Craig's position on police reform has shifted dramatically since she took office. In March, she voted for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.{{Cite web |title=H.R.1280 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1280 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Axios |language=en}} In 2024, she brought the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association's (MPPOA) executive director as her guest to the State of the Union address.{{cite web |last1=Campuzano |first1=Eder |title=Who did Minnesota's representatives and senators bring to the State of the Union address? |url=https://www.startribune.com/state-of-the-union-minnesota-guests/600349227 |website=The Minnesota Star Tribune |access-date=May 25, 2025}} The MPPOA funded Derek Chauvin's legal fees during his prosecution for the murder of George Floyd.{{cite web |last1=Winter |first1=Emergy |title=Minnesota police association, not Minneapolis police union, is paying for Chauvin’s defense |url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/verify/derek-chauvin-trial-defense-funded-by-minnesota-police-association/536-4e75fd51-f98d-453b-b241-48807092b6bd |website=Kare11 |access-date=May 25, 2025}}

On February 1, 2023, Craig was one of 12 Democrats to vote for a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3839808-house-gop-passes-bill-to-end-covid-19-national-emergency/ | title=House passes resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency | date=February 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/104 | title=On Passage - H.J.RES.7: Relating to a national emergency declared by | date=August 12, 2015}}

Craig voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=October 25, 2023 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=October 30, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=October 25, 2023 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}

On July 6, 2024, Craig called for Biden not to run for reelection. She was the first battleground district member to do so.{{Cite web |last1=Carney |first1=Jordan |last2=Ward |first2=Myah |last3=Diaz |first3=Daniella |date=July 6, 2024 |title=Angie Craig becomes first battleground Dem to call for Biden to withdraw |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/06/democrats-biden-angie-craig-00166697 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |website=Politico}}

Craig supported the "nonprofit killer bill" on its first vote in 2024.{{Cite web |last1=Griffith |first1=Michelle |date=November 20, 2024 |title=Minnesota nonprofits raise alarm over congressional bill that would allow Trump to shut them down |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/11/20/minnesota-nonprofits-raise-alarm-over-congressional-bill-that-would-allow-trump-to-shut-them-down/ |access-date=May 25, 2025 |website=Minnesota Reformer}}

Craig has publicly criticized Elon Musk but received $10,000 in contributions from SpaceX's PAC in 2024.{{Cite web |last1=Griffith |first1=Michelle |date=April 30, 2025 |title=Rep. Angie Craig, critic of Musk, donating SpaceX PAC campaign contributions |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/30/rep-angie-craig-critic-of-musk-donating-spacex-pac-campaign-contributions/ |access-date=May 25, 2025 |website=Minnesota Reformer}}

Electoral history

{{Election box begin no change| title = Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, 2024{{cite web |author1=Minnesota State Canvassing Board |title=2024 State Canvassing Board Certificate |url=https://officialdocuments.sos.state.mn.us/Files/GetDocument/145965 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=January 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231005222/https://officialdocuments.sos.state.mn.us/Files/GetDocument/145965 |archive-date=December 31, 2024 |page=18 |format=PDF |date=November 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Angie Craig (incumbent)

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 231,751

| percentage = 55.53%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Joe Teirab

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 175,621

| percentage = 42.08%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tom Bowman (withdrawn)

| party = Constitutional conservative

| votes = 9,492

| percentage = 2.27%

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{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 455

| percentage = 0.11%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 417,319

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, 2022{{cite news |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=149&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=557 |title=State General Election 2022 − Results for U.S. Representative District 2 |date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Angie Craig (incumbent)

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 165,581

| percentage = 50.87%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tyler Kistner

| party = Republican Party of Minnesota

| votes = 148,578

| percentage = 45.65%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Paula M. Overby

| party = Legal Marijuana Now Party

| votes = 10,730

| percentage = 3.30%

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{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Write-in

| party =

| votes = 585

| percentage = 0.18%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 325,474

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, 2020{{cite news |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=557 |title=State General Election 2020 − Results for U.S. Representative District 2 |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=November 12, 2020 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Angie Craig (incumbent)

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 204,031

| percentage = 48.18%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tyler Kistner

| party = Republican Party of Minnesota

| votes = 194,466

| percentage = 45.92%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Adam Charles Weeks

| party = Legal Marijuana Now Party

| votes = 24,693

| percentage = 5.83%

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{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Write-in

| party =

| votes = 270

| percentage = 0.06%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 423,460

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

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{{Election box begin no change

| title=Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, 2018{{cite news |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=115&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=557 |title=State General Election 2018 – Results for U.S. Representative District 2 |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Angie Craig

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 177,958

| percentage = 52.66%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jason Lewis (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 159,344

| percentage = 47.15%

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{{Election box candidate no change

| party =

| candidate = Write-in

|votes = 666

|percentage = 0.20%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 337,968

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box gain with party link no change

| winner = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

| loser = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, 2016{{cite news |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=100&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=557 |title=State General Election 2016 – Results for U.S. Representative District 2 |date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jason Lewis

| party = Republican Party of Minnesota

| votes = 173,970

| percentage = 46.95%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Angie Craig

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| votes = 167,315

| percentage = 45.16%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Paula Overby

| party = Independence Party of Minnesota

| votes = 28,869

| percentage = 7.79%

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{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Write-in

| party =

| votes = 360

| percentage = 0.10%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 370,514

| percentage = 100.00%

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party of Minnesota

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Personal life

In 2020, Craig moved to Prior Lake, Minnesota, after living in Eagan, Minnesota, for nearly 10 years.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-03 |title=About |url=https://craig.house.gov/about |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Representative Angie Craig |language=en}} She and her wife, Cheryl Greene, were married in 2008, and have four sons, who were teenagers during her first run for Congress in 2016.[https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-mini-trump-of-minnesota-and-the-lesbian-mother-of-four-whos-running-against-him/ The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota — and the Progressive Who's Running Against Him], The Nation, Jon Weiner, September 2, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2023.{{Cite tweet|number=1584914607424114692|user=RepAngieCraig|title=What a journey together. Happy 14th wedding anniversary today to the best wife, mother and grandmother|date=2022-10-25|author=Angie Craig|df=mdy}}

Craig is a Lutheran.{{cite web |title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |website=Pew Research Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090407/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=February 14, 2023 }}

On February 9, 2023, Craig was physically assaulted in the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment building. She escaped after throwing hot coffee in the assailant's face.[https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/09/-democratic-rep-angie-craig-assaulted-in-apartment-building-elevator-her-office-says.html Rep. Angie Craig assaulted in apartment building elevator, her office says], CNBC, Kevin Breuninger, February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023. The man who assaulted her was sentenced to 27 months in prison.{{cite news |last1=Lybrand |first1=Holmes |title=Man who attacked Rep. Angie Craig in DC apartment building sentenced to 27 months in prison {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/angie-craig-attacker-sentenced/index.html |access-date=6 May 2024 |work=CNN |date=16 November 2023 |language=en}}