(CNN) A Minnesota congressman announced Wednesday that he has been receiving treatment for cancer for the past year and intends to run for reelection in 2020.

Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer in February 2019, he said in a press release

"Today, one year later, I am happy to say I feel great and continue to perform my job in Congress unimpeded. I have not missed even a single vote due to illness," he said in a statement, adding that "I will keep fighting cancer and fighting for America and the people of southern Minnesota."

Hagedorn, who was elected in 2018 , noted that the cancer was discovered by chance and that he received the shocking diagnosis "exactly two months after marrying my wife, Jennifer, and just six weeks into my job as the First District's Congressman."

Hagedorn thanked his wife as well as the staff at the Mayo Clinic, where he said he is being treated, and emphasized that battling cancer has not deterred his commitment to his job.

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