Five-term Senator Jeremy Miller of Winona will not seek re-election, he announced. Miller said he is looking forward to being home more with his family, growing his business, and volunteering. Miller, age 42, noted that he has not ruled out seeking public office in the future. In 2022 Miller was touted as a possible successor to MN-1 Congressman Jim Hagedorn, who died in office. Miller didn’t respond to the vibes. Instead, they went to Brad Finstad, a New Ulm farmer closely allied with Donald Trump.
He worked on broadband..
Miller characterized himself as “People First” while also favoring limited government. Priorities included quality schools and colleges. A related priority was economic development. He tried repeatedly to expand sports gambling as a tourism and economic development tool but couldn’t overcome arguments that that gambling was destructively addictive. He advocated exempting Social Security income from state taxation with limited success. He supported numerous southeast Minnesota infrastructure projects in including broadband expansion and hiking and bicycling trails.