{{Short description|American politician}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jeremy Munson | state_house = Minnesota | district = 23B | term_start = February 20, 2018 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | predecessor = Tony Cornish | successor = Bjorn Olson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|31}} | birth_place = Brainerd, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = | children = 2 | education = University of Minnesota, Crookston (BS) }} '''Jeremy Munson''' (born December 31, 1975)<ref name="Van Berkel 20182">{{cite web|last=Van Berkel|first=Jessie|date=February 11, 2018|title=Cash pours in for two Minnesota special elections|url=http://www.startribune.com/cash-pours-in-for-two-minnesota-special-elections/473750003/|access-date=February 13, 2018|website=Star Tribune|archive-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213060033/http://www.startribune.com/cash-pours-in-for-two-minnesota-special-elections/473750003/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Munson, Jeremy - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=15496|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.lrl.mn.gov|archive-date=February 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225182145/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=15496|url-status=live}}</ref> is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Munson represented District 23B in the Minnesota House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota State Rep. Jeremy Munson - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/285026/Jeremy_Munson.html|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.legistorm.com|language=en}}</ref> He lives on a farm outside Lake Crystal, Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15496 | title=Rep. Jeremy Munson (23B) - Minnesota House of Representatives | access-date=April 21, 2023 | archive-date=November 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127024856/https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15496 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Munson For House|url=https://www.jeremymunson.com/|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Munson For House|archive-date=February 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225182141/https://www.jeremymunson.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Munson grew up in Brainerd, Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the University of Minnesota Crookston.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Jeremy Munson {{!}} Thrivent |url=https://connect.thrivent.com/jeremy-munson/about |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=connect.thrivent.com}}</ref>
== Career == After graduating from college, Munson lived in New York City for a year and worked as an account manager for RBC Capital Markets. He is a self-employed business consultant in regulatory compliance.<ref name="Mewes 2018" /> He has since worked as a business analyst for the Taylor Corporation, Target, Ameriprise Financial, Allianz Life, Prime Therapeutics, Edina Realty, Aon, and the Andersen Corporation. In 2013, he founded Minnesota Hops Company, which specializes in growing hops for Minnesota's craft brewing industry.<ref name="Mewes 2018">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/munson-looks-to-bring-grassroots-values-to-capitol/article_f7c86a5c-fc9c-11e7-9d39-9bd5e9d6a5e8.html|title=Munson looks to bring grassroots values to Capitol|last=Mewes|first=Trey|date=January 21, 2018|work=Mankato Free Press|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121131552/http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/munson-looks-to-bring-grassroots-values-to-capitol/article_f7c86a5c-fc9c-11e7-9d39-9bd5e9d6a5e8.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Mewes 2018" /> He stepped down from this position to run in the 2018 special election.
=== Minnesota House of Representatives === Munson was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/munson-wins-b-special-election/article_b2ce6246-1054-11e8-90a5-631c00e4e23a.html | title=Munson wins 23B special election | work=Mankato Free Press | date=February 12, 2018 | access-date=February 13, 2018 | last1=Mewes | first1=Trey | archive-date=February 13, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213064546/http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/munson-wins-b-special-election/article_b2ce6246-1054-11e8-90a5-631c00e4e23a.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2018, Munson and three other House members formed a separate New House Republican Caucus out of dissatisfaction with the House minority leadership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2018/12/renegade-house-members-split-from-gop-caucus/|title=Renegade House members split from GOP caucus|last=Bakst|first=Brian|website=Capitol View|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-08|archive-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417022936/https://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2018/12/renegade-house-members-split-from-gop-caucus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Throughout his time in the legislature, Munson authored numerous bills, including HF0638 and HF2518 that supported patient's right to shop for medical care, worked on price transparency, and created a shared savings account that would allow patients to share in any savings. Munson also authored HF 2578 to propose term limits. On March 25, 2021, Munson proposed HF2423, a bill that would cede several Minnesota counties to South Dakota.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2423&type=bill&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0 |title=Text of bill as introduced |access-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521082741/https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2423&type=bill&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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. Rural Minnesotans love their communities and neighbors, but they want better governance"<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=|date=2021-03-28|title=Minnesota lawmaker proposes bill to allow counties to join South Dakota|url=https://wqow.com/2021/03/28/minnesota-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-allow-counties-to-join-south-dakota/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-28|website=WQOW|language=en-US|archive-date=March 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328155533/https://wqow.com/2021/03/28/minnesota-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-allow-counties-to-join-south-dakota/}}</ref> South Dakota governor Kristi Noem supported his idea.<ref name=":0" /> Munson was also one of seven Minnesota lawmakers to sign a letter demanding that states decertify their election results because he said thirteen states, including Minnesota, did not follow their own election laws. He always maintained that if election laws are not followed, the results are not valid. He further argued that many states, including Minnesota, needed better safe guards on their elections to not only prevent fraud, but to also identify and remove any ballets found to be fraudulently cast.<ref name="bringmethenews.com">{{cite web |title=7 MN Republicans urge states to audit 2020 election results |url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/despite-no-evidence-of-fraud-7-mn-republicans-urge-states-to-audit-2020-election-results |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419013040/https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/despite-no-evidence-of-fraud-7-mn-republicans-urge-states-to-audit-2020-election-results |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=April 21, 2023}}</ref>
His second term in office, Munson was invited to be part of the joint House and Senate healthcare committee that resulted in the passing of legislation aimed at preventing kickbacks between Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and creating better transparency. This legislation was signed into law and included the language from Munson's price transparency bill that allowed patients with health insurance to pay the lower cash price when the cash price was lower than the negotiated insurance price.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Legislature - Office of the Revisor of Statutes |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/status_result.php?body=House&session=0922021&author%5B%5D=&legid=15496 |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=www.revisor.mn.gov}}</ref>
===U.S. House of Representatives special election campaign=== {{Main|2022 Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election}} In February 2022, Munson filed paperwork to run in the Minnesota's 1st congressional district special election to replace U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn, who had died of kidney cancer earlier that month.<ref>{{cite web |title=State Rep. Jeremy Munson files paperwork to run for US Congress |url=https://www.kttc.com/2022/02/25/state-rep-jeremy-munson-files-paperwork-run-us-congress/ |website=KTTC |language=en |access-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412132738/https://www.kttc.com/2022/02/25/state-rep-jeremy-munson-files-paperwork-run-us-congress/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has been endorsed by U.S. Senator Rand Paul and U.S. Representatives Jim Jordan, Thomas Massie, and Scott Perry.<ref name="PB_convention">{{cite web |last1=Stolle |first1=Matthew |title=GOP district convention fails to endorse congressional candidate, but Munson claims win with most delegates |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/gop-district-convention-fails-to-endorse-congressional-candidate-but-munson-claims-win-with-most-delegates |website=Rochester Post Bulletin |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=en |date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206080807/https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/gop-district-convention-fails-to-endorse-congressional-candidate-but-munson-claims-win-with-most-delegates |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MPRPrimary">{{cite web |title=Munson loan swells fundraising for open congressional seat |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/04/19/munson-loan-swells-fundraising-for-open-congressional-seat |website=MPR News |access-date=23 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614061931/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/04/19/munson-loan-swells-fundraising-for-open-congressional-seat |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MinnPostEndorsements">{{cite web |last1=Orenstein |first1=Walker |last2=Kaul |first2=Greta |title=What fundraising and endorsements tell us about the special election in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2022/04/what-fundraising-and-endorsements-tell-us-about-the-special-election-in-minnesotas-1st-congressional-district/ |website=MinnPost |access-date=23 April 2022 |date=18 April 2022 |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325161550/https://www.minnpost.com/national/2022/04/what-fundraising-and-endorsements-tell-us-about-the-special-election-in-minnesotas-1st-congressional-district/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Munson faced fellow state representative Nels Pierson, former state representative Brad Finstad, and former Minnesota Republican Party chair Jennifer Carnahan in the August 9 primary election.<ref name="MinnPostEndorsements" />
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=Farmer and ex-legislator Finstad declared winner of Hagedorn seat |url=https://www.rollcall.com/2022/08/10/farmer-and-ex-legislator-finstad-declared-winner-of-hagedorn-seat/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Roll Call |language=en |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201024/https://rollcall.com/2022/08/10/farmer-and-ex-legislator-finstad-declared-winner-of-hagedorn-seat/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Electoral history == {{Election box begin no change|title=2022 General Republican primary results<ref name=primaryresults>{{cite web |title=Minnesota US House Primary Results |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=148&scenario=USRepresentative |access-date=1 September 2022 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202210407/https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=148&scenario=USRepresentative |url-status=live }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Brad Finstad|votes=48,252|percentage=76.0}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (US)|candidate=Jeremy Munson|votes=15,207|percentage=24.0}}{{Election box total no change|votes=63,459|percentage=100.0}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 Special Republican primary results<ref name="primaryresults"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Brad Finstad|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=13,695|percentage=38.12}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Jeremy Munson|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=13,268|percentage=36.93}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Jennifer Carnahan|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=2,887|percentage=8.04}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Matt Benda|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=2,629|percentage=7.32}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Nels Pierson|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=1,878|percentage=5.22}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Kevin Kocina|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=960|percentage=2.67}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bob Carney Jr.|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=193|percentage=0.54}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Roger Ungemach|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=151|percentage=0.42}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=J.R. Ewing|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=142|percentage=0.40}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Ken Navitsky|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=127|percentage=0.35}} {{Election box total no change|votes=35,930|percentage=100.00}} {{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2020 Minnesota House of Representatives general election, District 23B}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate=Jeremy Munson |party=Republican Party of Minnesota |votes=13,919 |percentage=64.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate=Leroy McClelland |party=Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |votes=7,577 |percentage=35.2 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes=27 |percentage=0.1 }} {{Election box total no change |votes=21,523 |percentage=100.00 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2018 Minnesota House of Representatives special election, District 23B}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate=Jeremy Munson |party=Republican Party of Minnesota |votes=3,941 |percentage=59.21 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate=Melissa Wagner |party=Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |votes=2,658 |percentage=39.93 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes=57 |percentage=0.86 }} {{Election box total no change |votes=6,656 |percentage=100.00 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=2018 Minnesota House of Representatives general election, District 23B}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change |candidate=Jeremy Munson |party=Republican Party of Minnesota |votes=10,290 |percentage=60.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change |candidate=Jim Grabowska |party=Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |votes=6,827 |percentage=39.84 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change |votes=19 |percentage=0.11 }} {{Election box total no change |votes=17,136 |percentage=100.00 }} {{Election box end}}
==Personal life== Munson married Kallie Eberhart, of Madelia, Minnesota, in 2004. The couple have resided on their farm outside Lake Crystal, Minnesota since 2003. They have two daughters.<ref name="Van Berkel 20182"/>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{MN-legdb|15496}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15496 Official House of Representatives website] * [http://jeremymunson.com/ Official campaign website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munson, Jeremy}} Category:Candidates in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections Category:Living people Category:Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:People from Blue Earth County, Minnesota Category:1975 births Category:University of Minnesota Crookston alumni Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature