FILE - In this combination of June 10, 2018, file photos are candidates in Minnesota's 1st District Congressional race in the November 2018 election from left, Republican Jim Hagedorn and Democrat Dan Feehan before a parade in Waterville, Minn. Feehan says he's running again for Congress in southern Minnesota after narrowly losing to Republican Hagedorn last year. Hagedorn edged Feehan by about a half-percentage point for the seat Tim Walz left for his successful run for governor. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

MANKATO — Democrat Dan Feehan formally announced plans to run for Minnesota’s First Congressional District seat against incumbent Republican Congressman Jim Hagedorn.

Feehan released a campaign video Tuesday, announcing his intention to run.

“As a former soldier, teacher, and public servant, I believe our politics should be about putting people first,” Feehan said. “After 9/11, I volunteered for the Army because I love our country–and when my platoon was taking fire in Iraq, we were in it together, regardless of race, religion or politics. That’s what makes America great. Back home in southern Minnesota, we work hard to come together to solve problems. I’m running for Congress because we need that approach to fix the broken system in Washington DC.”

Feehan condemned negative comments made by Hagedorn in which the congressman called women senators “bimbos” and veteran amputees “half soldiers.”

“When politicians spread hate and pit us against each other, they betray our values,” he said. “Real patriotism means standing up for the people that make America work; the farmers, the teachers, the welders.”

Feehan said he would take a stand against special interest groups by promising not to take corporate PAC money.

This will be Feehan’s second run for Minnesota’s First District. He ran against Hagedorn in 2018 and lost by a narrow margin, coming within 1,300 votes.