Jason Lewis (Minnesota)

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Jason Lewis
Image of Jason Lewis
Prior offices
U.S. House Minnesota District 2
Successor: Angie Craig
Predecessor: John Kline

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Iowa

Graduate

University of Colorado, Denver

Contact

Jason Lewis (Republican Party) was a member of the U.S. House, representing Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2017. He left office on January 3, 2019.

Lewis (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Minnesota. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.



Committee assignments

U.S. House

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Lewis was assigned to the following committees:[1]

Key votes

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Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

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Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Tina Smith (D)
 
48.8
 
1,566,522
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Jason Lewis (R)
 
43.6
 
1,398,145
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Kevin O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
 
5.8
 
185,064
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Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)
 
1.8
 
57,174
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Rob Barrett Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
22
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George Dennis Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
5
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Steve Carlson (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
3
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John Berman (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
2
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Jason Shaver (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
0
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Josh Ondich (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2,261

Total votes: 3,209,198
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Paula Overby, Ahmad Hassan, Steve Carlson, and Christopher Seymore in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Tina Smith
 
87.1
 
497,501
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Paula Overby
 
5.3
 
30,497
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Ahmad Hassan
 
3.5
 
20,037
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Steve Carlson Candidate Connection
 
2.9
 
16,429
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Christopher Seymore
 
1.1
 
6,480

Total votes: 570,944
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Jason Lewis defeated Cynthia Gail, John Berman, Bob Carney Jr., and James Reibestein in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Jason Lewis
 
78.1
 
191,288
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Cynthia Gail
 
7.2
 
17,675
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John Berman
 
6.6
 
16,212
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Bob Carney Jr.
 
4.3
 
10,503
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James Reibestein
 
3.8
 
9,210

Total votes: 244,888
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Oliver Steinberg advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Oliver Steinberg
 
100.0
 
3,275

Total votes: 3,275
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Kevin O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Kevin O'Connor
 
100.0
 
6,996

Total votes: 6,996
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Angie Craig defeated incumbent Jason Lewis in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Angie Craig (D)
 
52.7
 
177,958
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Jason Lewis (R)
 
47.1
 
159,344
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
666

Total votes: 337,968
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Angie Craig

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Jason Lewis advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Jason Lewis

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2016

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Republican incumbent John Kline, who began serving in Congress in 2002, chose not to run for re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jason Lewis (R) defeated Angie Craig (D) and Paula Overby (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Craig faced no primary opponent, while Lewis defeated Matthew Erickson, John Howe, and Darlene Miller in the Republican primary on August 9, 2016.[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJason Lewis 47% 173,970
     Democratic Angie Craig 45.2% 167,315
     Independent Paula Overby 7.8% 28,869
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 360
Total Votes 370,514
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJason Lewis 48.9% 11,641
Darlene Miller 30.7% 7,305
John Howe 13.6% 3,244
Matthew Erickson 6.8% 1,612
Total Votes 23,802
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign website

Lewis' campaign website stated the following:

In Congress, Jason was honored to help pass historic tax cuts and regulatory reform to improve the nation’s economy and spur jobs and wages. While serving on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, he focused on robust infrastructure development while working to reform the Met Council to ensure they have locally elected members on their boards just like other planning agencies.

Congressman Lewis was integral in getting landmark Career and Technical Education (CTE) legislation passed with his amendment supporting dual-enrollment opportunities for students to get a jump start on their careers. On the Budget Committee, he prioritized tax and spending cuts with a return to fiscal responsibility by supporting budget resolutions that included across the board spending reductions and balanced within 10 years.

And Jason quickly became a leading Republican voice calling for criminal justice reform and authored the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Trump.

His was a record of accomplishment, but there’s much more to Jason than all of that.

His grandfather—with just an 8th grade education—started a successful enterprise lasting 50 years in the industrial and automotive aftermarket. Lewis Motor Supply, Inc. became a family tradition when Jason’s father took over the business and a third generation business when Jason took the helm along with his two sisters.

Unfortunately, the government had other ideas. In the mid-80s, the family warehouse was targeted for a highway project under the power of eminent domain. After negotiations with government agencies failed to produce a price the family thought adequate for rebuilding, Jason faced the difficult decision of closing a profitable business and eliminating a substantial number of jobs.

Lesson learned.

You see, Jason has spent a lifetime in the private sector whether his family business or a 25 year broadcasting career. It is this experience that taught him the importance of living within your means; how government often gets in the way of progress; and why a productive job is the most important social program of all.[49]

—Jason Lewis' campaign website (2020)[50]


2018

Campaign website

Lewis' campaign website stated the following:

Promises Made, Promises Kept
In 2016, Jason Lewis ran for Congress to reduce our nation’s out of control spending, lower the tax burden on middle-class Minnesota families, and defend our freedoms and liberties. Since taking office, Lewis has successfully fulfilled these campaign promises and more.

During his first term in Congress, Lewis has been a strong, independent voice and worked with his colleagues on both side of the aisle on major reforms to better the future of Minnesota and the country.

Focusing on our economy
Lewis supported more than a dozen Congressional Review Act resolutions rolling back burdensome, duplicative, and unnecessary big-government rules, saving over 4.2 million hours of unnecessary paperwork and $3.7 billion in regulatory costs. Congressman Lewis introduced the REG Act to ensure executive agency guidance documents making significant and burdensome policy changes receive Congressional oversight and public comment. As a member of Budget Committee, Lewis was integral in passing tax reform to jump start our economy and let Americans keep more of their hard-earned money.

Putting Minnesota First
Lewis led efforts to increase Career & Technical Education (CTE) training and funding. Lewis successfully authored and passed a ‘dual enrollment’ amendment to reduce college costs for families by encouraging students to gain higher education credits while in high school. Additionally, Congressman Lewis offered an amendment to the appropriations bill to increase funding for CTE State Grants by reallocating funding. Congressman Lewis was the Republican sponsor of a bipartisan bill which was signed into law and will restore local planning authority by repealing an Obama administration rule that expanded the authority of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) like the Met Council.

Fixing our Justice System
Lewis introduced the Juvenile Justice Reform Act, with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), which passed the House. This legislation will give troubled young people a second chance, improve accountability of taxpayer dollars and eliminate duplicative grant programs. Additionally, Congressman Lewis joined Rep. Scott to also introduce the SAFE Justice Act to make comprehensive reforms to our criminal justice system by reducing the number of federal crimes, returning power to local authorities, and encouraging the use of evidence-based strategies for reducing recidivism. Lewis also cosponsored the Second Chance Reauthorization Act to help states and communities reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for adults and youth released from prison.

Defending our Rights and Liberties
Congressman Lewis introduced the Drone Innovation Act which protects the 10th Amendment and seeks a balance between state & local control and national airspace in this emerging technology. As a Member of the 4th Amendment Caucus, Lewis has worked to advance policies that protect citizens’ rights against warrantless search & seizures and privacy violations. Lewis opposed attempts to grant a sweeping and full re-authorization of FISA without serious reforms to ensure that federal agencies are not violating American constitutional rights. Lewis also cosponsored legislation that will protect Minnesota’s right to regulate and allow medical marijuana and the ability of patients to access it for medical treatments. Importantly, it will allow marijuana to be further researched in regards to its safety and effectiveness as a medical treatment.

Protecting our Tax Dollars
Lewis introduced the Defense Spending Accountability Act to reduce the salary of top DOD officials if the Pentagon didn’t meet audit deadlines; ultimately resulting in the Pentagon beginning their first audit. Congressman Lewis also cosponsored a bipartisan amendment to cut the $28.6 billion National Defense Restoration Fund, a new unaccountable slush fund for the military, and put it towards deficit reduction. Lewis also voted in opposition to the bloated FY17 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Omnibus Bill) providing $1.163 trillion to fund discretionary programs within the federal government, an increase of $14 billion from previous spending levels.

[49]

—Jason Lewis' campaign website (2018)[51]

2016

Campaign website

The following issues were listed on Lewis' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

  • Jobs and Economy: You can’t tax and spend your way out of a tax and spend crisis. Moreover, overregulation is hampering business growth and stifling job creation... It’s time to get our economy working for all Americans, and that means making work pay again. It means encouraging capital formation right here at home instead of abroad. It means an end to substituting bailouts for bankruptcy for the well connected and instead unleashing the real engine of economic growth: small and medium-size businesses.
  • Reforming the Tax Code: Today’s IRS code–filled with loopholes and tax credits for every conceivable special interest–has over four million words...We need a flatter and fairer tax code that not only treats everyone the same, but encourages work, savings, and investment.
  • Education: Let’s not put our children on an education assembly line with one-size fits all bureaucratic testing. We need real changes–such as merit pay, collective-bargaining reform, seniority rules changes, and school choice–in order to best serve our children.
  • Terrorism and Borders: The only way to keep our homeland safe, along with slowing the influx of criminals and drugs, is to enforce the laws on the books and secure the border. Further, the fiscal cost of unlawful immigration is simply unsustainable.
  • Healthcare: Empowering healthcare consumers should be issue one for any representative. And we do that by undoing the costly ACA ‘essential health benefits,’ allowing individuals to buy policies across state lines, and enacting true portability by changing the tax code.

[49]

—Jason Lewis' campaign website, https://join.jasonlewis2016.com/issues/

Campaign finance summary


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Jason Lewis campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020U.S. Senate MinnesotaLost general$7,074,338 $6,713,813
2018U.S. House Minnesota District 2Lost general$2,925,836 $2,928,310
2016U.S. House, Minnesota District 2Won $961,137 N/A**
Grand total$10,961,311 $9,642,123
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine because of coronavirus on October 2, 2020

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On October 2, 2020, Lewis announced that he would self-quarantine after flying on Air Force One with President Donald Trump (R), who later tested positive for the coronavirus. Lewis said he would seek a coronavirus test.[52]

The Jason Lewis Show

Comments Lewis made in 2012 about women and race were discussed in several articles and criticized by Democratic rival Angie Craig (D) in July 2018. On his radio show, "The Jason Lewis Show," Lewis said, "Now, are we beyond those days where a woman can behave as a slut, but you can’t call her a slut?”[53] In another segment, Lewis said, "There's a cultural problem in the African-American community that is leading to [violence]. The entitlement mentality."[54]

Craig called the comments disappointing. "Our leaders are role models for our kids and must hold themselves to that standard," she said.[53]

The Lewis campaign released the following statement: “This has all been litigated before, and as Rep. Lewis has said time and time again, it was his job to be provocative while on the radio.”[55]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. U.S. House Clerk, ""Official Alphabetical List of the House of Representatives of the United States One Hundred Fifteenth Congress,"" accessed February 2, 2017
  2. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed December 13, 2018
  3. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 284," June 21, 2018
  4. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 282," June 21, 2018
  5. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed March 12, 2019
  6. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 549," October 3, 2017
  7. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 344," June 29, 2017
  8. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 342," June 29, 2017
  9. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 256," May 4, 2017
  10. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 405," September 26, 2018
  11. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 399," September 13, 2018
  12. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 313," June 28, 2018
  13. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 257," June 8, 2018
  14. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 216," May 22, 2018
  15. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 127," March 22, 2018
  16. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 69," February 9, 2018
  17. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 60," February 6, 2018
  18. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 44," January 22, 2018
  19. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 33," January 18, 2018
  20. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 708," December 21, 2017
  21. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 692," December 19, 2017
  22. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 670," December 7, 2017
  23. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 637," November 16, 2017
  24. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 589," October 26, 2017
  25. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 557," October 5, 2017
  26. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 528," September 14, 2017
  27. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 480," September 8, 2017
  28. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 441," September 6, 2017
  29. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 299," June 8, 2017
  30. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 249," May 3, 2017
  31. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 230," May 24, 2018
  32. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 49," January 30, 2018
  33. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 631," November 14, 2017
  34. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 435," July 27, 2017
  35. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 413," July 25, 2017
  36. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 437," July 28, 2017
  37. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 407," July 24, 2017
  38. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 378," July 14, 2017
  39. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 136," March 8, 2017
  40. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016
  41. Capitol View, "Gerson grabs CD2 spotlight as others weigh options," September 4, 2015
  42. Pioneer Press, "Howe runs for Second District as ‘conservative’ but ‘electable,’" September 22, 2015
  43. TwinCities.com, "Former lawmaker, LG candidate Pam Myhra enters Second District race," October 7, 2015
  44. Pioneer Press, "'Mr. Right' Jason Lewis is running for the Second District," October 12, 2015
  45. Star Tribune, "Darlene Miller announces run for Congress in Second District," January 7, 2016
  46. TwinCities.com, "Another Democrat files for 2nd Congressional District," March 24, 2015
  47. Daily Kos Elections, "MN-02 Mary Lawrence (D) press release on dropping out of race (Jan. 2016)," January 5, 2016
  48. Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
  49. 49.0 49.1 49.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  50. Jason Lewis' 2020 campaign website, "About Jason Lewis," accessed September 11, 2020
  51. Jason Lewis for Congress, “Accomplishments,” accessed September 17, 2018
  52. CBSN Minnesota', "Several Minnesota Republicans Self-Isolate Following President Trump’s Visit To State," October 2, 2020
  53. 53.0 53.1 Twin Cities Pioneer Press, "With ‘slut’ comments, Rep. Jason Lewis’s radio career flares up again," July 19, 2018
  54. CNN, "GOP congressman said blacks have 'entitlement mentality' and view themselves as victims," July 21, 2018
  55. Star Tribune, "U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis made disparaging comments about women on radio show," July 19, 2018
Political offices
Preceded by
John Kline (R)
U.S. House, Minnesota, District 2
2017–2019
Succeeded by
Angie Craig (D)


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Tom Emmer (R)
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