US House candidate for Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District, Erik Osberg, won the DFL endorsement yesterday earning 65% of the vote on the first ballot over MN State House Rep. Heather Keeler who received 35% of the vote.
On winning the endorsement Osberg said, “I’m incredibly humbled and grateful to the delegates, and honored to have earned their trust and their vote. Our campaign talks a lot about gratitude and I couldn’t have reached this point without the incredible team we’ve put together.”
Osberg, a first-time candidate for office, has worked for the last nine years as the Rural Rebound Initiative Coordinator for Otter Tail County. He is now preparing to face Republican Michelle Fischbach in the general election in November.
On the prospects of winning in the general election, Osberg said, “We believe this will be a very competitive race. Colin Peterson, a Democrat, held this seat for almost 20 years. We will continue to do what we’ve done since we launched this campaign over 13 months ago: meeting voters where they’re at and having face-to-face conversations about what really matters to the people of western Minnesota. One of the things we’ve heard most is that the people in this district don’t feel like they have a voice with our current congressperson. Our goal is to change that and to provide real representation to the people of CD7.”
Osberg added, “We also want to thank Representative Keeler and her team for running a strong campaign which pushed us to be our very best.”
