Jim Hagedorn
{{Short description|American politician (1962–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jim Hagedorn
| image = Jim Hagedorn, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
| state = Minnesota
| district = {{ushr|MN|1|1st}}
| term_start = January 3, 2019
| term_end = February 17, 2022
| predecessor = Tim Walz
| successor = Brad Finstad
| birth_name = James Lee Hagedorn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|8|4}}
| birth_place = Blue Earth, Minnesota, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|17|1962|8|4}}
| death_place = Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
| resting_place = {{ubl|Riverside Cemetery|Blue Earth, Minnesota, U.S.}}
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Carnahan
|2018}}
| relatives = Tom Hagedorn (father)
| education = George Mason University (BA)
}}
James Lee Hagedorn ({{IPAc-en|'|h|æ|g|ɛ|d|ɔːr|n}} {{Respell|HAG|e|dorn}}; August 4, 1962 – February 17, 2022) was an American politician from Minnesota. A Republican, he was the U.S. representative for {{ushr|MN|1}} from 2019 until his death.{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Maya |date=November 7, 2018 |title=GOP's Jim Hagedorn wins Minnesota's First District seat on fourth try |work=Star Tribune |url=http://www.startribune.com/democrat-dan-feehan-faces-gop-s-jim-hagedorn-in-minnesota-s-first-congressional-district/499705631/ |access-date=November 7, 2018}} The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa and includes Rochester, Austin, and Mankato.
Hagedorn lost to future Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz in 2014 and 2016.
Early life and education
Hagedorn was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, in 1962,{{Cite web |date=June 2, 2017 |title=Candidate Conversation - Jim Hagedorn (R) |url=https://www.insideelections.com/news/article/candidate-conversation-jim-hagedorn-r |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 21, 2020 |website=Inside Elections |language=en}} the son of former U.S. Representative Tom Hagedorn and Kathleen Hagedorn (née Mittlestadt).{{Cite book |last=Holt |first=Marjorie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuRLAAAAMAAJ |title=The Case Against the Reckless Congress |year=1976 |publisher=Green Hill Publishers |isbn=9780916054083 |access-date=November 7, 2018}} He was raised on his family's farm near Truman, Minnesota, and in McLean, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., while his father served in Congress from 1975 to 1983.{{Cite web |title=Jim Hagedorn |url=https://greatermankato.com/candidates/jim-hagedorn |access-date=November 7, 2018 |website=Greater Mankato Growth |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930142129/https://greatermankato.com/candidates/jim-hagedorn |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |last=Mewes |first=Trey |date=August 10, 2018 |title=GOP voters to decide between Hagedorn and Nelson |publisher=Mankato Free Press |url=http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/elections/gop-voters-to-decide-between-hagedorn-and-nelson/article_78475cc6-9b1a-11e8-a849-cbc42112dbff.html |access-date=November 7, 2018}} Hagedorn graduated from Langley High School.
He graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and political science in 1993.{{Cite web |title=Jim Hagedorn's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/146027/jim-hagedorn |access-date=May 20, 2020 |publisher=Vote Smart}}
Early political career
=Government career=
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Hagedorn served as a legislative aide to U.S. Representative Arlan Stangeland from 1984 to 1991.{{Cite web |title=Biography - Jim Hagedorn (1962) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H001088 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}} He then worked in the United States Department of the Treasury as director for legislative and public affairs for the Financial Management Service from 1991 to 1998 and as congressional affairs officer for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until 2009.{{Cite web |last=Karnowski |first=Steve |date=October 12, 2018 |title=MN 1st District candidates Jim Hagedorn, Dan Feehan debate |url=https://www.twincities.com/2018/10/12/mn-elections-1st-congressional-district-candidates-jim-hagedorn-dan-feehan-debate-trump-health-care/ |access-date=November 7, 2018 |publisher=Twincities.com}}
=''Mr. Conservative'' blog=
From 2002 to 2008, Hagedorn authored a now-deleted blog, Mr. Conservative. According to Mother Jones, the blog made Native Americans a "favorite punching bag" and commented on female Supreme Court justices and Barack Obama's ancestry "in ways many voters won't appreciate."{{Cite magazine |last=Murphy |first=Tim |date=April 22, 2014 |title=House candidate called female senators "undeserving bimbos in tennis shoes" |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/minnesota-gop-congressional-candidate-jim-hagedorn-mr-conservative-blog-tim-walz/ |magazine=Mother Jones |language=en-US |access-date=July 24, 2020}} Hagedorn said the blog was intended to be humorous and satirical.{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=Ricardo |date=August 23, 2014 |title=GOP U.S. House hopeful Jim Hagedorn defends old blog posts now under fire |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/gop-u-s-house-hopeful-defends-old-posts-that-lambasted-women-gays/272379051/ |access-date=August 5, 2020}}
Hagedorn's blogging history led the conservative newspaper the Washington Examiner to run an editorial calling him "the worst midterm candidate in America" in 2018.{{Cite news |last=Wegmann |first=Philip |date=April 10, 2018 |title=Jim Hagedorn: The worst Republican candidate in America? |work=Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jim-hagedorn-the-worst-republican-candidate-in-america |access-date=July 24, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Hannah |date=August 21, 2018 |title=U.S. House control could hinge on Minnesota's Jim Hagedorn, 'worst Republican candidate in America' |work=City Pages |url=http://www.citypages.com/news/us-house-control-could-hinge-on-jim-hagedorn-worst-republican-candidate-in-america/491292691 |access-date=July 24, 2020}}
U.S. House of Representatives
= Elections =
==2010 ==
{{Main|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 1}}
Hagedorn lost the Republican nomination for Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the 2010 election.{{Cite news |last=Pathé |first=Simone |date=August 14, 2018 |title=Hagedorn Wins GOP Nomination for Toss-Up Minnesota Race |work=Roll Call |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/hagedorn-wins-gop-nomination-for-toss-up-minnesota-race |access-date=August 23, 2019}}{{Cite news |last1=Syed |first1=Moiz |last2=Willis |first2=Derek |date=October 15, 2009 |title=Two GOP candidates with familiar names consider run against Walz |work=Post-Bulletin |url=https://postbulletin.typepad.com/political_party/2009/10/two-gop-candidates-with-familiar-names-consider-run-against-walz.html |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102042802/https://postbulletin.typepad.com/political_party/2009/10/two-gop-candidates-with-familiar-names-consider-run-against-walz.html |archive-date=November 2, 2012}}
== 2014 ==
{{Main|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 1}}
Returning to Minnesota in 2013, he won the Republican nomination, but lost to Democratic incumbent Tim Walz.{{Cite news |last=Hunt |first=Chuck |date=November 15, 2013 |title=Back for another campaign |work=Faribault County Register |url=http://www.faribaultcountyregister.com/page/content.detail/id/509440/Back-for-another-campaign.html?nav=5002 |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924120239/http://www.faribaultcountyregister.com/page/content.detail/id/509440/Back-for-another-campaign.html?nav=5002 |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |url-status=live |quote=The Blue Earth native and sometimes resident is back to try again to become the Republican candidate to run against U.S. Congressman Tim Walz a year from now in the November 2014 election.}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Hagedorn
| party = Republican Party of Minnesota
| votes = 12,748
| percentage = 54.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Aaron Miller
| party = Republican Party of Minnesota
| votes = 10,870
| percentage = 46.0
}}
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| title = Minnesota's 1st congressional district, 2014{{Cite web |title=Results for All Congressional Districts, 2014 |url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/20 |access-date=January 8, 2015 |website=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tim Walz (incumbent)
| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| votes = 122,851
| percentage = 54.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Hagedorn
| party = Republican Party of Minnesota
| votes = 103,536
| percentage = 45.7
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 308
| percentage = 0.1
}}
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== 2016 ==
{{Main|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 1}}
Hagedorn again won the Republican nomination, and again lost to Walz in a closer race.
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party of Minnesota
|candidate = Jim Hagedorn
|votes = 10,851
|percentage = 76.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party of Minnesota
|candidate = Steve Williams
|votes = 3,330
|percentage = 23.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
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| title=Minnesota's 1st congressional district, 2016{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2016 |title=November 8, 2016 General Election Unofficial Results |url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/100 |access-date=November 20, 2016 |website=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111235109/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/USRepresentative/100 |archive-date=November 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
|candidate = Tim Walz (incumbent)
|votes = 169,074
|percentage = 50.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party of Minnesota
|candidate = Jim Hagedorn
|votes = 166,526
|percentage = 49.6
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes = 277
|percentage = 0.1
}}
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== 2018 ==
{{Main|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 1}}
Hagedorn received the Republican nomination, despite the NRA Political Victory Fund endorsing another candidate, state Senator Carla Nelson, who also received funds from Representative Elise Stefanik, Richard Uihlein and Paul Singer. Hagedorn described himself as the most conservative candidate, who was loyal to Donald Trump.{{Cite news |last=Pathé |first=Simone |date=August 10, 2018 |title=In Minnesota's 1st District, a Test Between New and Old GOP Candidates - Roll Call |work=Roll Call |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2018/08/10/in-minnesotas-1st-district-a-test-between-new-and-old-gop-candidates/ |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730174917/https://www.rollcall.com/2018/08/10/in-minnesotas-1st-district-a-test-between-new-and-old-gop-candidates/ |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}
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| title = 2018 Republican primary results{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=114&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=556|title=Results for U.S. Representative District 1|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|date=August 17, 2018|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Hagedorn
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 25,418
| percentage = 60.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Carla Nelson
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 13,589
| percentage = 32.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Steve Williams
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,145
| percentage = 5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Andrew Candler
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 1,106
| percentage = 2.6
}}
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After Hagedorn won the primary, then-head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Representative Steve Stivers, said of the viewpoints expressed on Hagedorn's blog, "that is news to me". The NRCC spokeswoman said the posts were inappropriate and not condoned by the group.{{Cite news |last1=Markay |first1=Lachlan |last2=Kucinich |first2=Jackie |date=November 12, 2018 |title=GOP Chief Shocked to Discover His Candidate's Crazy Remarks |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-gop-campaign-official-i-had-no-idea-my-top-recruit-jim-hagedorn-made-these-crazy-remarks |access-date=July 24, 2020}}
In the general election, with Walz giving up the seat to run for governor of Minnesota, Hagedorn defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Feehan, a former Department of Defense official, in a very close race.
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| title = Minnesota's 1st congressional district, 2018{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=115&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=556|title=Results for U.S. Representative District 1|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|date=November 19, 2018|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Hagedorn
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 146,199
| percentage = 50.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Dan Feehan
| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| votes = 144,884
| percentage = 49.7
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 575
| percentage = 0.2
}}
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== 2020 ==
{{Main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota#District 1}}
Hagedorn was reelected in 2020, narrowly defeating Feehan again.{{Cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com/u-s-rep-jim-hagedorn-wins-re-election-in-minnesota-s-first-district/572986232/|title=U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn wins re-election in Minnesota's First District|first=Briana|last=Bierschbach|work=Star Tribune|date=November 5, 2020|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
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| title = Minnesota's 1st congressional district, 2020{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=USRepresentative&districtId=556|title=Results for U.S. Representative District 1|publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State|date=November 19, 2020|accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Hagedorn (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 179,234
| percentage = 48.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Dan Feehan
| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
| votes = 167,890
| percentage = 45.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bill Rood
| party = Grassroots Party
| votes = 21,448
| percentage = 5.8
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 284
| percentage = 0.1
}}
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=Tenure=
According to the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Hagedorn held a Bipartisan Index Score of -0.0 in the 116th United States Congress for 2019, placing him 190th out of 435 members.{{Cite report |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) |date=May 13, 2020 |publisher=Georgetown University |access-date=May 20, 2020}} Based on FiveThirtyEight's congressional vote tracker at ABC News, Hagedorn voted with Donald Trump's stated public policy positions 94.4% of the time,{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2017 |title=Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump - Jim Hagedorn |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/jim-hagedorn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607035150/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/jim-hagedorn/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=FiveThirtyEight |publisher=ABC News}} making him average in the 116th United States Congress according to predictive scoring (district partisanship and voting record).{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2017 |title=Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216050029/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2020 |website=FiveThirtyEight |publisher=ABC News}}
== Depictions of Jesus ==
In 2020, in response to activist Shaun King saying that depictions of Jesus as white should be destroyed, Hagedorn wrote that the Democratic Party and Black Lives Matter movement "are at war with our country, our beliefs and western culture." In response to critiques that the term "Western culture" has been used to promote white nationalism, Hagedorn said, "The notion that statues and images of Jesus Christ somehow represent white supremacy and should be destroyed is ludicrous and represent a growing intolerant movement on the left to silence any voices that do not align with their radical secular views."{{Cite news |last=Brice-Saddler |first=Michael |date=June 24, 2020 |title=GOP lawmakers launch new attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/23/jim-hagedorn-matt-gaetz-black-lives-matter/ |access-date=July 24, 2020}} His comments led several corporate donors, including Intel and UnitedHealth Group, to ask him to return their donations.{{Cite news |last=Stolle |first=Matthew |date=July 26, 2020 |title=Hagedorn gets corporate blowback from BLM comments |work=St. Paul Pioneer Press |url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/07/26/minn-state-rep-hagedorn-gets-corporate-blowback-from-blm-comments/ |access-date=August 5, 2020}}{{Cite news |date=July 23, 2020 |title=Intel Calls For Minnesota Rep. Hagedorn To Return Campaign Donation Following Black Lives Matter {{sic|Crit|icsm|nolink=y}} |publisher=WCCO |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/07/23/intel-calls-for-minnesota-rep-hagedorn-to-return-campaign-donation-following-black-lives-matter-criticsm/ |access-date=August 5, 2020}}
== Office funding ==
In 2020, LegiStorm released an analysis of Hagedorn's office spending, finding that the office had spent more than one fifth of its $1.4 million annual office budget on publicly funded constituent mail. Around 40% of his office's annual budget was spent in the first quarter of 2020, surpassing any other member of Congress during the same time period.{{Cite web |title=Rep. Hagedorn spent 40 percent of his 2020 budget in just 3 months - Caught Our Eye |url=https://www.legistorm.com/pro_news/view/id/2586.html |access-date=September 25, 2020 |website=www.legistorm.com}} Some expenses for Hagedorn's mailings went to a firm partially owned by a part-time Hagedorn staffer.{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Gabe |date=August 25, 2020 |title=The other mail scandal: Rep. Jim Hagedorn's office spending problems, explained |work=MinnPost |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2020/08/the-other-mail-scandal-rep-jim-hagedorns-office-spending-problems-explained/ |access-date=June 1, 2021}} Hagedorn initiated an internal review of his office's spending and reported the findings to the House Ethics Committee, which declined to pursue the matter.{{Cite news |date=September 9, 2020 |title=U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn says internal review resolved spending questions; DFL says not so fast |work=St. Paul Pioneer Press |url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/09/09/u-s-rep-jim-hagedorn-says-internal-review-resolved-spending-questions-dfl-says-not-so-fast/ |access-date=June 1, 2021}} As a result of the internal review, Hagedorn dismissed his chief of staff and said, "I acknowledge responsibility for the oversight of my office and will continue to make any necessary management improvements."{{Cite news |last1=Condon |first1=Patrick |last2=Bierschbach |first2=Briana |date=August 26, 2020 |title=E-mails show U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn involved with constituent mail decisions |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/e-mails-show-hagedorn-involved-with-constituent-mail-decisions/572221282/ |access-date=September 23, 2020}}
In October 2020, Politico alleged that Hagedorn "appears to have enjoyed rent-free use of a campaign office supplied by a political donor."{{Cite news |last=Newhauser |first=Daniel |date=October 9, 2020 |title=The mystery of a GOP congressman's seemingly rent-free campaign office |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/10/09/jim-hagedorn-may-violated-election-law-428181\?__twitter_impression=true |access-date=October 9, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Hagedorn denied the report, saying his campaign had leased a post office box and not office space in the building in question.{{Cite news |last=Andrego |first=Lauren |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Hagedorn denies report his campaign used rent-free office |language=en |publisher=KEYC |url=https://www.keyc.com/2020/10/12/hagedorn-denies-report-his-campaign-used-rent-free-office/ |access-date=June 1, 2021}}
== Contesting election results ==
In December 2020, Hagedorn was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated{{Cite news |last1=Blood |first1=Michael R. |last2=Riccardi |first2=Nicholas |date=December 5, 2020 |title=Biden officially secures enough electors to become president |work=AP News |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208201209/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa |archive-date=December 8, 2020}} Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.{{Cite news |last=Liptak |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Liptak |date=December 11, 2020 |title=Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234955/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite report |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf |title=Order in Pending Case |date=December 11, 2020 |publisher=Supreme Court of the United States |access-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234004/https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Diaz |first=Daniella |title=Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000435/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html |archive-date=December 12, 2020}}
On January 7, 2021, Hagedorn objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results in Congress based on false claims of voter fraud.{{Cite news |last1=Yourish |first1=Karen |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Lu |first3=Denise |date=January 7, 2021 |title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html |access-date=January 10, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}
== Financial disclosures ==
In December 2021, Business Insider reported that Hagedorn had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose a sale of stock in Exact Sciences Corp. that he made in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=Warren |date=2021-12-14 |title=Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota violated the law by failing to properly disclose healthcare stock sale |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-hagedorn-minnesota-congress-stock-act-trades-disclosure-2021-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306045747/https://www.businessinsider.com/jim-hagedorn-minnesota-congress-stock-act-trades-disclosure-2021-12 |archive-date=2023-03-06 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
=Committee assignments=
- Committee on Agriculture
- Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/livestock/hagedorn-asks-perdue-ensure-independent-producers-treated-fairly|title=Hagedorn asks Perdue to ensure independent producers treated fairly|work=National Hog Farmer|date=May 19, 2020|accessdate=February 19, 2022}}
- Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations{{Cite web|url=https://hoards.com/article-24939-peterson-conaway-announce-house-agriculture-subcommittee-rosters-for-the-116th-congress.html|title=Peterson, Conaway Announce House Agriculture Subcommittee Rosters for the 116th Congress|work=Hoard's Dairyman|date=February 8, 2019|accessdate=February 19, 2022}}
- Committee on Small Business
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade and Entrepreneurship{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2021/06/16/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-khan-795974|title=The dawn of the age of Khan|last=Din|first=Benjamin|work=Politico|date=June 16, 2021|accessdate=February 19, 2022}}
- Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/congress/committee/?64563&congress=116|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219170234/https://www.c-span.org/congress/committee/?64563=&congress=116|title=Committees of the 116th Congress - House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce|website=www.c-span.org|publisher=C-SPAN|accessdate=February 19, 2022|archive-date=February 19, 2022}}
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Personal life
Hagedorn was married to Jennifer Carnahan, who chaired the Republican Party of Minnesota until 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/08/09/breaking-news/gop-donor-sentenced-to-21-years-for-sex-trafficking-minors/ |title=GOP donor sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors |agency=Associated Press |via=Star-Advertiser |date=August 9, 2023 |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230809232315/https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/08/09/breaking-news/gop-donor-sentenced-to-21-years-for-sex-trafficking-minors/}} They lived in Blue Earth, Minnesota.
Hagedorn was Lutheran.{{Cite report |url=https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/Detailed-tables-NUMBER-CHECK-COMPLETE-1-3.pdf |title=Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress |date=January 3, 2019 |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=April 22, 2023}}
=Health and death=
Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2019{{Cite web |last=Marquette |first=Chris |date=February 20, 2019 |title=Rep. Jim Hagedorn announces he has kidney cancer |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2020/02/20/rep-jim-hagedorn-announces-he-has-kidney-cancer/ |access-date=April 21, 2020 |website=Roll Call |language=en}} and received immunotherapy. In December 2020, he underwent surgery to remove the diseased kidney.{{Cite news |last=Stolle |first=Matthew |date=December 28, 2020 |title=Doctors encouraged by Hagedorn's progress, congressman says |work=Post-Bulletin |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/news/government-and-politics/6819134-Doctors-encouraged-with-Hagedorns-progress-congressman-says |access-date=December 29, 2020 |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017074035/https://www.postbulletin.com/news/government-and-politics/6819134-Doctors-encouraged-with-Hagedorns-progress-congressman-says |url-status=dead }} In July 2021, Hagedorn announced that his cancer had returned.{{Cite news |date=July 7, 2021 |title=Rep. Jim Hagedorn Announces Recurrence Of Kidney Cancer |language=en-US |publisher=WCCO |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/07/07/rep-jim-hagedorn-announces-recurrence-of-kidney-cancer/ |access-date=February 18, 2022}}
In January 2022, Hagedorn was admitted to the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, after testing positive for COVID-19; he had previously been vaccinated against the disease.{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |date=February 18, 2022 |title=Congressman Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota dies at 59 |language=en-US |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congressman-jim-hagedorn-minnesota-dies-59/ |access-date=February 18, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/jim-hagedorn-dies-republican-minnesota-congressman/index.html|title=GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota has died|publisher=CNN|last=Zanona|first=Melanie|date=February 18, 2022}} Hagedorn died on February 17, 2022, at the age of 59.{{Cite news |date=February 18, 2022 |title=US Rep. Hagedorn dies at age 59 |publisher=KSTP |url=https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/us-rep-hagedorn-dies-at-age-59/ |access-date=February 18, 2022}} He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth.{{cite news|url = https://www.keyc.com/2022/03/04/congressman-jim-hagedorn-be-laid-rest-today/|title = Congressman Jim Hagedorn to be laid to rest today|work = KEYC|date = March 4, 2022|accessdate = March 17, 2022|last = McShane|first = Michael}}
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