U.S. Representative Angie Craig has represented Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District since 2019, where she flipped a Republican-held seat. Born and raised in Arkansas in a mobile home park by a single mother, she worked her way through college while holding two jobs. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis in 1994 and worked as a journalist before transitioning to corporate communications and business leadership. She moved to Minnesota in 2005 for a job at St. Jude Medical and eventually led a workforce of 16,000 employees for a major Minnesota manufacturer. Craig is married to Cheryl, a former middle school teacher, and they are mothers to four adult sons and grandmothers to three grandsons. She is the first openly LGBTQ+ person from Minnesota elected to Congress and the first lesbian mother to serve in Congress. In December 2024, she became the first openly LGBTQ+ person and first woman to serve as ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee.
Craig grew up in poverty in Arkansas in a mobile home and was raised by a single mother. She worked two jobs to help put herself through state college. She started her career as a newspaper reporter and worked her way up over 20 years in business, eventually leading a workforce of 16,000 for a major Minnesota manufacturer. She moved to Minnesota in 2005 for a job at St. Jude Medical. Craig first ran for Congress in 2016 in Minnesota's 2nd District, narrowly losing to Republican Jason Lewis by fewer than 7,000 votes. She defeated Lewis in a 2018 rematch and has been reelected twice, winning her 2024 reelection by 14 points in what was previously a swing district. She is married to Cheryl, a former teacher, and they are mothers of four adult sons.