Trina Swanson

Trina Swanson grew up in Hermantown with a mother who worked as a nurse and a father who worked in construction and a paper mill.¹ At 18, she began working at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Duluth.² Her first duties included filing papers before she moved into helping attorneys and the public.¹

After law school, Swanson joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Bloomington.¹ Her career included posts in Germany and Kenya and leadership work in the agency's international operations in Washington.¹ She spent nearly 20 years at USCIS before leaving federal service in 2025.²

Swanson returned to Minnesota and started an immigration law firm before launching her congressional campaign.² She links her health care agenda to her family's experience after her mother lost her nursing job and employer provided coverage.¹ Her campaign also emphasizes affordable routes into college, trade school and apprenticeships.¹

She supports universal health coverage, protecting health insurance tax credits and lowering prescription prices.³ She favors hiring more immigration judges and application officers, expanded screening capacity and an earned path to citizenship for Dreamers.³ Swanson supports mining subject to scientific and environmental safeguards while opposing mining projects that threaten the Boundary Waters watershed.³ Her agenda also includes stable funding for Tribal health, schools, infrastructure and housing.³