The Grassroots—Legalize Cannabis Party (G—LC) is a political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota created by Oliver Steinberg in 2014 to oppose cannabis prohibition. G—LC is a democratic socialist party with a background branching from the Grassroots Party established in 1986.
Tina Liebling is a Minnesota attorney and politician who is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 24B,which consists almost entirely of the city of Rochester in Olmsted County,in southeastern Minnesota. She was a candidate for the Governor of Minnesota in 2018,but withdrew from the race in mid-March.
Paul Thissen is an American politician and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and DFL Minority Leader. Thissen was the longest-serving leader of the Minnesota House Democrats since Martin Olav Sabo in the 1970s. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 61B in south Minneapolis. First elected in 2002,Thissen was reelected every two years through 2016. On April 17,2018,Governor Mark Dayton appointed Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was sworn in on May 14,2018. He is the first person to have served both as Minnesota House Speaker and on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Al Doty is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 12B,which includes portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties. A Democrat,he was first elected in 2006 when he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Greg Blaine. He was re-elected in 2008,but was unseated by Republican Mike LeMieur in the 2010 general election.
Andy J. Welti was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Democrat,he was first elected in 2004,defeating four-term incumbent Republican Bill Kuisle. Just 24 years of age at the time,his victory over Kuisle was regarded as a significant political upset in the traditionally Republican area.
Denise R. Dittrich is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2012,representing District 47A,which included portions of the cities of Coon Rapids and Champlin in Anoka and Hennepin counties,which are part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Patricia Torres Ray is a Colombian-American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 63,which includes portions of southeastern Minneapolis and eastern Richfield in Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is the first Latina woman to serve in the Minnesota Senate. She ran for Congress in Minnesota's 5th district in 2018 to succeed Congressman Keith Ellison,but lost the primary to Ilhan Omar. In November 2021,she announced that she would not run for reelection in 2022.
Kate Knuth is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 50B from 2007 to 2013. She was a Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis in the city's 2021 election.
Kim Norton is an American politician serving as the mayor of Rochester,Minnesota. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously represented District 25B,which consists mostly of the northern portion of the city of Rochester,in the Minnesota House of Representatives. She was elected to become the first female mayor of Rochester in 2018 and reelected in 2022.
Dean L. Urdahl is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2003. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Urdahl represents District 16A in central Minnesota,which includes the cities of Litchfield and Montevideo,Renville County,and parts of Chippewa,Kandiyohi,and Meeker Counties. He is a retired teacher and coach.
Tara Kay Mack is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represented District 57A,which included portions of the cities of Apple Valley and Lakeville in Dakota County,which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Michael Edward Obermueller is a Minnesota lawyer and politician,a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 38B in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area from 2009 to 2011. In 2012 and 2014 Obermueller was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for United States Congress in the second congressional district,challenging incumbent John Kline.
Ken Martin is an American political figure from Minnesota. He is Chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party,President of the Association of State Democratic Committees,and a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Karin Housley is an American politician,businesswoman,and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,she represents Forest Lake,Stillwater,and the surrounding St. Croix Valley. Housley was the Republican nominee in Minnesota's 2018 special election for the United States Senate.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 6,2018,to elect a United States Senator from Minnesota. Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar was reelected in a landslide,defeating Republican state House of Representatives member Jim Newberger. This election was held alongside a special election for Minnesota's other Senate seat,which was held by Al Franken until he resigned in January 2018. U.S. House elections,a gubernatorial election,State House elections,and other elections were also held.
The 2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on November 6,2018,to elect a United States senator from Minnesota to replace incumbent Democratic senator Al Franken until the regular expiration of the term on January 3,2021. Facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct,Franken announced on December 7,2017,that he would resign effective January 2,2018. Governor Mark Dayton appointed Franken's successor,Tina Smith,on December 13,2017,and she ran in the special election. This election coincided with a regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election for the Class 1 Senate seat,U.S. House elections,a gubernatorial election,State House elections,and other elections.
Shane Mekeland is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Mekeland represents District 27A in central Minnesota,which includes the cities of Big Lake,Becker,and surrounding areas of Sherburne County.
Todd Lippert is an American politician and former pastor who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 20B which includes the city of Northfield and portions of Le Sueur and Rice County in south-central Minnesota.
Kelly Louise Morrison is an American doctor and politician who was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,Morrison represented District 45 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Minnetonka,Mound,Minnetrista,and Orono in Hennepin County. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.
Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! is a political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota established in 1998 to oppose drug prohibition. They are formally recognized as a minor party.
