Candidate for U..S Senate Jason Lewis (R-Minn.) | Photo: U.S. House of Representatives Updated: January 25, 2020 07:06 AM BEMIDJI, Minn. - U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis told an audience in Minnesota's Beltrami County that elected officials did the right thing when they voted to ban resettlement of refugees. Earlier this month, the northern Minnesota county became the first in the state to ban refugee resettlement. Lewis is a former Republican congressman who is running for the Senate.