Jeremy Munson (born December 31, 1975) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the

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, Munson represented District 23B in the

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. He lives on a farm outside

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Early life and education

Munson grew up in

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. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the

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Career

After graduating from college, Munson lived in New York City for a year and worked as an account manager for

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. He has since worked as a business analyst for the Taylor Corporation,

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, Allianz Life, Prime Therapeutics,

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, Aon, and the

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. In 2013, he founded Minnesota Hops Company, which specializes in growing hops for Minnesota's craft brewing industry. Munson was chair of the Blue Earth County Republican Party for two years before becoming chair of the Minnesota's 1st congressional district Republicans in 2017. He is a self-employed business consultant in regulatory compliance. Munson has supported false claims and conspiracy theories regarding the 2020 election. He has repeated the lie that

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won the election and advocated for overturning the 2020 election results. Munson was one of seven Minnesota lawmakers to sign a letter demanding that states decertify their election results despite no evidence of fraud.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Munson was elected to the

in a 2018 special election, succeeding Republican incumbent Tony Cornish, who, after facing sexual harassment and assault allegations from multiple women who worked as staffers, legislators and lobbyists, signed a settlement agreement with one of the women and resigned from office. In December 2018, Munson and three other House members formed a separate New House Republican Caucus out of dissatisfaction with the House minority leadership. On March 25, 2021, Munson proposed HF2423, a bill that would cede several Minnesota counties to

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. Munson claimed, "Minnesota becomes more politically polarized every year and the metro politicians have shown us that rural Minnesotans are no longer represented by Saint Paul. It's time to leave." South Dakota governor

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supported his idea.

U.S. House of Representatives special election campaign

In February 2022, Munson filed paperwork to run in the Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election to replace U.S. Representative

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, who had died of

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earlier that month. He has been endorsed by U.S. Senator Rand Paul and U.S. Representatives

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, and Scott Perry. Munson faced fellow state representative

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, former state representative

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, and former

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chair Jennifer Carnahan in the August 9 primary election. Munson lost the special primary election and the general primary election to Finstad, who won the general election for the seat in both August and November.

Electoral history

Personal life

Munson married Kallie Eberhart, of Madelia, Minnesota, in 2004. The couple have resided on their farm outside

since 2003. They have two daughters.

References

External links

Official House of Representatives website

Official campaign website
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