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State Representative Paul Thissen
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Thissen Introduces New DFL House Majority
(St. Paul, Minnesota) — Today, State Representative Paul Thissen and the House DFL Caucus introduced some of the members of the newly-elected DFL majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Rep. Thissen said that with the campaign over, the new House DFL majority was ready to get to work.
“Minnesota is facing some big challenges ahead, but our new and returning members are ready to get to work for the middle class,” said Thissen. “Voters said loud and clear yesterday that they expect their legislators put aside the extreme partisanship, end the gridlock and work together to find common ground in order to move our state forward. That’s precisely what this new DFL majority will do.”
Thissen also took a moment to thank candidates from both parties and House Speaker Kurt Zellers.
“Campaigns can be fierce, but at the end of the day every Minnesotan who is willing to devote themselves to public service deserves our thanks,” said Thissen. “I want to thank Speaker Zellers for his service as Speaker of the House. I sincerely look forward to working with him and his caucus to deliver positive results for our state.”
“Voters expect progress and results, and that’s what they will get from a DFL majority,” Thissen concluded. “We take seriously the responsibility that was given to us and will work hard with Governor Dayton and Republican legislators to govern effectively. It is going to take all of us working together to meet the challenges facing us. Yesterday was a great day for Minnesota. We are ready to get to work.”
The new House DFL majority will consist of 73 members — pending the recount in District 8B.
02A Roger Erickson
03A David Dill
03B Mary Murphy
04A Ben Lien
04B Paul Marquart
05A John Persell
05B Tom Anzelc
06A Carly Melin
06B Jason Metsa
07A Tom Huntley
07B Erik Simonson
10A John Ward
10B Joe Radinovich
11A Mike Sundin
11B Tim Faust
12A Jay McNamar
14B Zach Dorholt
17A Andrew Falk
17B Mary Sawatzky
19A Terry Morrow
19B Kathy Brynaert
20B David Bly
24B Patti Fritz
25B Kim Norton
26A Tina Liebling
27A Shannon Savick
27B Jeanne Poppe
28A Gene Pelowski
36B Melissa Hortman
37A Jerry Newton
40A Mike Nelson
40B Debra Hilstrom
41A Connie Bernardy
41B Carolyn Laine
42A Barb Yarusso
42B Jason Isaacson
43A Peter Fischer
43B Leon Lille
44B John Benson
45A Lyndon Carlson
45B Mike Freiberg
46A Ryan Winkler
46B Steve Simon
48A Yvonne Selcer
49A Ron Erhardt
49B Paul Rosenthal
50A Linda Slocum
50B Ann Lenczewski
51A Sandy Masin
51B Laurie Halverson
52A Rick Hansen
52B Joe Atkins
53A JoAnn Ward
54A Dan Schoen
56B Will Morgan
59A Joe Mullery
59B Ray Dehn
60A Diane Loeffler
60B Phyllis Kahn
61A Frank Hornstein
61B Paul Thissen
62A Karen Clark
62B Susan Allen
63A Jim Davnie
63B Jean Wagenius
64A Erin Murphy
64B Michael Paymar
65A Rena Moran
65B Carlos Mariani
66A Alice Hausman
66B John Lesch
67A Tim Mahoney
67B Sheldon Johnson
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