Congressman Bill Luther, a Democrat, will take on Republican John Kline for this newly drawn district in southeastern Minnesota. Luther, whose Sixth District seat was dismantled in the redistricting process, beat Kline in two previous contests. That could change in November, because this district south of the Twin Cities is considered more conservative than Luther’s former seat.

Since 1995, Luther has been fighting in Washington for common sense approaches to balancing the nation’s budget, strengthening education, and protecting working families’ retirement security. The son of a dairy farmer, Luther has voted with the IBEW 89 percent of the time in the current Congress.

Kline, a retired U.S. Marine Colonel, has most recently been an executive at a conservative think tank called the Center of American Experiment. Kline has been enthusiastically endorsed by the pro-business fundraising organization, BIPAC.

The IBEW has 2,297 members in Minnesota’s 2^nd District.