Joe Teirab, Angie Craig face off for 2nd Congressional District seat [Video]

Joe Teirab, Angie Craig vie for open 2nd Congressional District seat

The race between Joe Teirab and Angie Craig for Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District seat wraps up in one week.

Teirab bringing experience as federal prosecutor to the race

Joe Teirab quit his job as a federal prosecutor, hoping to unseat incumbent Angie Craig in the 2nd Congressional District.

“I think the big thing is that I stand for change,” he says. “I’m not the status quo.”

Teirab, 37, says his number one issue is the economy — cutting government spending and regulations.

“We had tax cuts that passed in 2017 that small business owners that I talked to in the second district were big fans, making sure more money is in their pockets,” he notes.

This is Teirab’s first run for public office.

He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, who served in Iraq as a judge advocate and later, was an assistant U.S. attorney on the Feeding Our Future government fraud case, and various criminal …

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