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House DFLers pick Rep. Zack Stephenson as next caucus leader

By HPIS Staff
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) speaks on the House Floor in 2024. (House Photography file photo)
Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) speaks on the House Floor in 2024. (House Photography file photo)

House DFLers chose Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) to serve as leader of their caucus late Monday.

He takes the leadership position that opened when Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and her husband Mark were assassinated June 14.

In his fourth term, Stephenson currently co-chairs the House Ways and Means Committee and serves on the commerce and taxes committees.

House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) released the following statement: "Leader Stephenson has a difficult job ahead, stepping into the shoes of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. I hope that we can build a strong working relationship based on respect and our shared priority of making life better for Minnesotans. I look forward to continuing our important bipartisan work as 'Team House', begun by Melissa and I last session."
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