Committee Membership in the House

We like other legislative observers are awaiting the membership of the House legislative committees. The shift to the DFL Majority shows a different alignment and areas of interest.  We understand the DFL Majority is still waiting for the requests from the Republican...

Persell Survives Recount

Former Rep John Sterling Persell Jr (DFL-05A, Bemidji) will return to St Paul in January for his fifth term after surviving a razor-thin recount against Rep Matt Bliss (R-05A, Pennington). On election night the margin between the two was 8 votes in favor of Persell...

Takeaways from the 2018 Election

In Minnesota, the question over whether this is a blue, purple or red state has been laid to rest. Minnesota is a Blue state. No Republican has been elected statewide since 2008, and then only by a plurality. In this election, Attorney General candidate Doug Wardlow...

DFL House Majority Set to Defines Itself

Tonight, the DFL House Majority will meet at 7:00 pm in the State Office Building to vote on its leadership for the 2019-20 legislative session. House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman (DFL-36B, Brooklyn Park) is expected to stand and be elected as Speaker, but the...