Congressional candidate accused Rep. Brad Finstad of doctoring photo in campaign ad

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The DFL candidate for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District is criticizing his Republican opponent over a recent ad.

NEW ULM, Minn. — Congressional candidate Jake Johnson is accusing the incumbent U.S. Representative Brad Finstad of doctoring a photo of him for a campaign ad.

According to Johnson's campaign, the ad shows an image of Johnson that was originally taken with a small business owner. But in the ad, it's made to look like Johnson was standing beside Gov. Tim Walz and giving a thumbs up to the camera.

"The Finstad campaign is blasting this image out on the airwaves, despite being fabricated," the Johnson campaign said in a media release.

KARE 11 reached out to the Finstad campaign. Spokesman David FitzSimmons said, &ld...

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