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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]
The Ninety-fourth Minnesota Legislature is the upcoming meeting of the legislative branch of the state of Minnesota, composed of the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives. It will convene in Saint Paul on January 14, 2025, [ 1 ] following the November 2024 elections for the House as well as a special election for Senate ...
When Martin was elected DFL Party Chair in 2011, he inherited a state party deeply in debt [8] following significant election losses including losing the majority in the State Senate for the first time in 40 years, the majority in the House of Representatives, and one of the longest held Democratic seats in Congress in MN-08 with the defeat of ...
This was the first legislature to be fully DFL-controlled since the 88th Minnesota Legislature in 2013–15. During the first session (2023), the body passed a number of major reforms to Minnesota law, including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, increased spending on infrastructure and environmental protection, modernizing the state's tax code ...
The last election in 2022 resulted in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party attaining a majority in the chamber for the first time since 2012, gaining the DFL a trifecta. [3] Minnesota Senate seats follow a 2,4,4 term length schedule; [ 4 ] there was no regularly-scheduled Minnesota Senate election in 2024.
(DFL) June 26, 1979 [21] 60B Stanley A. Enebo (DFL) Resigned on December 5, 1979, to become the Associate Director of the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association. [22] Donna C. Peterson (DFL) January 22, 1980 [23] 44B Leo G. Adams (DFL) Resigned to accept appointment to the Minnesota Public Service Commission circa June 1, 1980. [24 ...
The 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Minnesota. Incumbent two-term Democratic Governor Tim Walz is eligible to seek a third term due to Minnesota not having gubernatorial term limits in its Constitution , but has not stated whether or not he will do so.
In 2022, Liz Lee, a Hmong-American resident of Saint Paul, challenged Thompson for the DFL nomination to the Minnesota House of Representatives' District 67A. Lee secured the DFL party endorsement at its March convention and defeated Thompson in the August primary with 89 percent of the vote to Thompson's 11 percent. [14]