A retired journalist and former businesswoman from the United States, Angie Craig is also known as Angela Craig. Following her graduation from Jonesboro’s Nettleton High School, she attended the University of Memphis and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism there.
She ran for office as a Democrat in the 2016 election, but lost to Jason Lewis. In the following year, she ran again and won.
After then, Angie Craig represented Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district as a representative in the United States beginning in 2019.
In a repeat of the 2020 election, she won with 51% of the vote over Republican nominee Tyler Kistner in 2022.
When news broke that Angie Craig had reportedly been assaulted in her Washington, D.C. apartment complex in February 2023, it garnered considerable media attention.
Who is Kendrick Hamlin? Meet The Man Who Attacked Rep Angie Craig
A homeless guy has been detained by police on suspicion of attacking Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig in the elevator of her apartment complex.
Following the horrible attack on Craig, 50, at around 7.15am on Thursday, Washington D.C. police said in a statement that Kendrick Hamlin had been charged with simple assault.
As the congressman and Hamlin, 26, waited for the elevator in the lobby of her building in northeastern Washington, D.C., he was reportedly acting abnormally.