‘No one better to fight for us than one of us’: Minnesota flight attendant runs for Congress

Kaela Berg is running in a crowded field with a pro-union message and a vow to protect the state’s immigrants When the Minnesota state legislature is not in session, Kaela Berg is working in the skies. Berg has spent the last six years doubling as a state legislator and a flight attendant, taking shifts when the legislature is on break. Continue reading...

Michael Sainato · Sun, May 3, 2026, 8:00 AM
US news | The Guardian

‘No one better to fight for us than one of us’: Minnesota flight attendant runs for Congress

Kaela Berg is running in a crowded field with a pro-union message and a vow to protect the state’s immigrants

When the Minnesota state legislature is not in session, Kaela Berg is working in the skies.

Berg has spent the last six years doubling as a state legislator and a flight attendant, taking shifts when the legislature is on break.

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