St. Paul, MN - Today, at the start of the 2025 Legislative Session, State Representative Luke Frederick (DFL - Mankato) joined his House DFL colleagues in denying quorum in response to the illegitimate power grab made by House Republicans - including the invalid election of a House Speaker and an unprecedented threat to deny the seat of a duly elected DFL Representative.
“Instead of providing legitimacy to today’s power grab made by House Republicans, I will be working with members of our community to find ways to best deliver for Mankato this session,” said Rep. Frederick. “Instead of trying to overturn elections they lost, I encourage House Republicans to return to the negotiating table and construct a power-sharing agreement that does not silence the will of the voters.”
House Democrats have engaged in power-sharing negotiations with Republicans since the conclusion of the 2024 election. This morning, DFL Leader Hortman offered a compromise to GOP Leader Demuth that would have Republicans run the Minnesota House for the next three weeks while they have a one-seat advantage, until after the outcome of a January 28th special election in a safe DFL district, at which point the Minnesota House would operate under the power-sharing agreement the two leaders negotiated over the past 60 days.
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