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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]
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 lieutenant governor of Minnesota is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Fifty individuals have held the office of lieutenant governor since statehood. The incumbent is Peggy Flanagan, a DFLer and the first Native American elected to a statewide executive office in Minnesota's history.
Office Current officeholder Governor of Minnesota: Tim Walz (DFL) 1 Lieutenant Governor: Peggy Flanagan (DFL) 2 President of the Senate: Bobby Joe Champion (DFL) 3 Speaker of the House of Representatives: Melissa Hortman (DFL) 4 Secretary of State: Steve Simon (DFL) 5 Auditor: Julie Blaha (DFL) 6 Attorney General: Keith Ellison (DFL)
Roger Jonathon Reinert (born July 22, 1970) is an American politician, mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, and member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). He served in the Minnesota House from 2009 to 2011 and the Minnesota Senate from 2011 to 2017.
Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota.A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2019.
A Minnesota board was justified when it rejected a substitute teaching license for a former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in 2016, an appeals court ruled Monday.
The 2023–24 Minnesota Legislature was sworn into office on January 3, 2023, with 70 DFL members and 64 Republican members. [9] The effects of redistricting and a large number of retirements at the end of the previous session resulted in 39 races without an incumbent. 16 races were uncontested, all in noncompetitive districts.