St. Paul, MN - Today, at the start of the 2025 Legislative Session, State Representative Dan Wolgamott (DFL - St. Cloud) 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.
“Minnesotans voted for a tied Minnesota House of Representatives, and want Republicans and Democrats to work together. Instead, what we saw today was a disgusting attempt by my Republican colleagues to silence the will of the voters, and it will not stand,” said Rep. Wolgamott. “Until House Republicans honor the will of the voters and agree to a bipartisan power-sharing agreement, I will be in my district, working with members of our community to ensure my constituents’ voices are heard in a legitimate House of Representatives, and visiting college campuses in my capacity as Co-Chair of the House Higher Education Committee.”
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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