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Last Tuesday, voters in Senate District 47, which covers Woodbury and Washington County, and Senate District 29, which includes most of Wright County and parts of Hennepin and Meeker counties, held primary elections as part of the process of filling the two seats in the Minnesota Senate vacated by the resignation of former Sen. Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) and the passing of Sen. Bruce Anderson (R-Buffalo Township).
Despite being 15 months out from the 2026 election, the race for governor in the State of Minnesota continues to evolve.
Last week, three Democrats faced off in the DFL primary for the seat previously held by former Speaker Emeritus Rep. Melissa Hortman.
As the summer starts to wind down, Minnesota voters are looking ahead to three upcoming special elections for open legislative seats.
State Sen. Nicole Mitchell resigned her Senate seat last Friday, a week after being convicted of felony burglary following an April 22, 2024 arrest at her stepmother’s home in Becker County.
On Friday, a Becker County jury convicted Sen. Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) of felony first degree burglary and possession of burglary tools after a week-long trail in northern Minnesota.
Governor Walz announces the special election to fill House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman’s seat.
Three weeks after the 2025 legislative session ended, the legislature held a one-day special session to take up and pass the remaining pieces of the state’s biennial budget and avert the looming partial government shutdown that would have started July 1st.
Earlier today, Gov. Tim Walz formally called the Minnesota Legislature back to the State Capitol for a special legislative session, beginning Monday, June 9, 2025, at 10:00 am.
While the Minnesota legislature may have adjourned the 2025 legislative session at midnight on May 19, 2025, most legislators remained around the State Capitol last week in anticipation of a possible special legislative session.
Last Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Erin Murphy (DFL-St. Paul), Speaker of the House Rep. Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring), and Speaker Emeritus Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) held a joint press conference to announce that they had reached a “global budget deal.”
