Live election results: Michelle Fischbach wins reelection to 7th District

(FOX 9) - Incumbent Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach has won reelection to Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District over Democrat Erik Osberg.

With about 37% of the votes reported, Fischbach had 62% of the vote to Erik Osberg's 37.9%.

Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District covers western Minnesota including all of Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Marshall, Meeker, Morrison, Murray, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Roseau, Sibley, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin and Yellow Medicine counties and parts of Becker, Brown, Hubbard and Stearns counties. 

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Results will start coming in after polls close at 8 p.m. Find live results below.

Who is Michelle Fischbach? 

Rep. Michelle Fischbach was first elected to Congress in 2020 after unseating Democrat Rep. Collin Peterson. She currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Rules Committee. She previously served in the Minnesota Senate from 1996 to 2018. In 2011, she became the first woman in the state to become Senate President.

She first got involved in politics as an intern to Rudy Boschwitz, then a U.S. Senator for Minnesota. In 1994, Fischbach became the first woman elected to the Paynesville City Council, where she served until she was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996.

Fischbach is a native Minnesotan. She received a B.A. in Political Science from St. Cloud State University and a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law. She lives on a hobby farm in the Paynesville area with her husband Scott. 

The Source: Information in this story comes from The Associated Press' election results, campaign websites and previous FOX 9 reporting.