US Rep. Hagedorn dies at age 59 (Minnesota 1st District)

KSTP-TV (ABC Affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul) ^ | 2/18/22 | Rebecca Omastiak - Staff Reporter

[MplsSteve]

U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, R-Minn. 1st District, has died.

Hagedorn’s wife and former GOP chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan confirmed the news with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Friday morning.

He was 59.

Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2019 and began receiving care at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He announced he had a kidney removed as well as cancerous tissues surrounding the kidney.

Then in July 2021, he announced a reoccurrence of his kidney cancer.

[MplsSteve]

For those you so inclined, Minnesota's 1st CD stretches across the lower southern half of Minnesota from the Wisconsin border to the South Dakota border. It is a GOP leaning district that the GOP captured in 2016 - but it's not a slam dunk. Gov Tim Walz held this seat before being elected Governor in 2016.

[McGavin999]

I hate cancer, it’s such a horrible way to go. RIP congressman

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Kidney cancer is one of the worst too, almost as bad as pancreatic cancer which is the GOAT of cancers.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

So what happens? Gov appoints a dem to fulfill the rest of the term???

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

But did he die with COVID?

[fhayek]

I don’t think a Congressman can ever be appointed. Special election, maybe.

[xp38]

RIP

[Red Badger]

Special election for House members..............

[Mears]

Give it a rest.

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[zeestephen]

Re: "Pancreatic cancer, which is the GOAT of cancers."

Pancreatic cancer has the lowest one-year survival rate in men (23.7 per cent) and women (25.3 per cent) and for five-year survival in both men (6.4 per cent) and women (7.5 per cent).

[cicero2k]

Mayo is one of the best in cancer treatment. RIP Congressman.

[jjotto]

https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/02/18/u-s-rep-jim-hagedorn-dies-after-two-year-battle-with-cancer/

… Minnesota statute indicates that if a vacancy occurs more than 22 weeks but fewer than 27 weeks before the state primary, the governor has three days to call for a special election to be held on the day of the primary election, with a special primary held 11 weeks prior.

The Minnesota primary election is scheduled for Aug. 9, 25 weeks from now…

[zeestephen]

Re: Give it a rest

Last month, Hagedorn — who was vaccinated — tested positive for Covid-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms, and was hospitalized as a precaution since he was being treating for kidney cancer at the time.

[telescope115]

I have a friend who is battling kidney cancer. They removed the bad kidney a couple years ago and he’s been fighting it at home ever since. He had to retire early.

I worked with someone who developed medullary thyroid cancer. He succumbed to it, eventually. It had spread to his liver and other areas. Radiation and chemo just prolonged his suffering.

It is nasty stuff.

[Avalon Memories]

Gov appoints a dem to fulfill the rest of the term?

Representatives are never appointed by governors. Only senators are if they become unable to complete their term. Special elections are held to fill a rep's term.

[Dick Vomer]

Radiation and chemo just prolonged his suffering.

It's cost versus benefit decision. I have to say that your friend made a good decision, because it was his decision to retire.... but just because you have Stage 4 Renal Cell carcinoma doesn't mean you HAVE to retire.

Some choose a different path.

[jjotto]

Governors have only ever appointed senators, a Constitutional holdover from when senators represented state governments rather than the general population.

[Mears]

Thanks.

[oh8eleven]

Radiation and chemo just prolonged his suffering.

Over the last few years I've known at least 7 or 8 people with lymphoma - including my FIL, my USMC buddy and his wife, and my next door neighbor.
    Their lives (and bank accounts) were devastated as they fought the disease ... and oh, how they suffered.
They all eventually succumbed.

[montag813]

Watch Biden ship 10,000 Afghans into the district for the special election.