BLUE EARTH (AP) — Minnesota freshman Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn said Wednesday he is being treated for cancer but still plans to run for re-election this year.

Hagedorn, 57, released a statement saying he was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer on Feb. 15, 2019, and has received care and immunotherapy at Mayo Clinic in Rochester this past year.

Exactly two months after marrying his wife, Minnesota GOP chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan, and just six weeks into his job as Minnesota’s 1st District congressman, Hagedorn said he was given the “unexpected and rather shocking news. Just like millions of other Americans, I was told by my doctor: you have cancer. After prayers and long talks with those closest to me, I was determined to fight it like hell.”

Hagedorn said he feels “great” and has not missed a single vote due to illness.

“This disease has not and will not deter me. I will keep fighting cancer and fighting for America and the people of southern Minnesota,” he said.