Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirement ahead of the 2026 midterms, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

Thursday morning, leaders of the Minnesota DFL and GOP announced details of their power-sharing agreement reached in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night, ending a weeks-long stalemate.

ST. PAUL — Sen. Doron Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, was sworn in on the Senate floor Monday morning, giving the majority back to Democrats and triggering a contentious debate on whether the Senate ...

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If the Minnesota House was a tennis match, what has happened to the once-majority DFL caucus would be described as unforced errors. It was the voters in a handful of districts that turned their ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — When House DFL leaders first threatened to boycott the start of the 2025 legislative session, the walkout seemed likely to last only a few weeks, given that a special ...

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The impasse in the Minnesota House appears to be over, with the DFL and GOP jointly announcing that they have reached a power-sharing agreement. Few details are available at this time, with a joint ...

The move is the latest development in a bitter power dispute in the chamber, which prompted DFL lawmakers to boycott the start of the session. At issue is the definition of quorum, or the minimum ...

Ken Martin has led Minnesota's DFL Party since 2011. Photo: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images (cropped) ...