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Melisa López Franzen (née López Aquino, born 1980) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate.A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 49 in the southwest Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the Minneapolis suburbs of Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, and Minnetonka.
In 2018, the Minnesota DFL elected Tim Walz as Governor, marking the first time the DFL has had three consecutive terms in the Governor's office. In addition, the DFL won every constitutional office, won back the majority in the State House of Representatives, flipped two congressional seats from red-to-blue, one of those seats being ...
The DFL's base of support is diverse, and it includes urban and suburban voters, working class voters, labor unions, environmentalists, and other progressive groups. [19] The party has a strong presence in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. [20] The DFL has lost support in traditional DFL strongholds such as the Iron Range since 2016. [21]
For more than four decades, D.J. Leary was a behind-the-scenes influence in Minnesota public policy — a DFL public affairs consultant with a quick but gentle wit and a network of contacts in ...
Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is a state agency of Minnesota. Its headquarters are in Minneapolis. [1] Commissioners. Name Appointed by Term Start
[53] [54] [55] He has criticized the council for lacking transparency, public input, and adequate environmental reviews, for cost overruns, [56] [57] and for its handling of the Southwest Light Rail project; he supported audits of the council's performance and legislation to transfer the project to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie told ABC News he will also be bringing forward legislation to abolish the Department of Education within the "first few weeks" of the 119th Congress.
Minnesota Democrats control the state House by six seats out of 134 legislators on the ballot this fall. That narrow margin is all that stands between all-DFL-controlled government in the state ...