Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent (DFL-Woodbury) announces today that after serving in the Minnesota Senate for 10 years, she will retire at the end of her term next year and not seek re-election. The decision was based on her need… Read More »Senator Kent announces retirement, stepping down as DFL Leader
Today, the Minnesota Senate adjourned sine die after an extended special session where Senate Republicans decided to take up a handful of commissioner confirmations. After adjournment, Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent (DFL-Woodbury) released the following statement: “The Senate adjourned sine die today… Read More »Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent statement on finally adjourning sine die
On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Daunte Wright was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center police. In response, Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent (DFL-Woodbury) released the following statement:
Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent called for Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka’s resignation as majority leader amid public reports of multiple, large, in-person Senate Republican gatherings that led to a COVID-19 outbreak. Information about the outbreak was not disclosed to… Read More »Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent Calls for Senate Majority Leader Gazelka’s Resignation Amid Reports of Lack of COVID-19 Precautions, Outbreak, Cover-up
After it was made public that Republican Senators and Senate Republican staff members were instructed to stay home due to several of their staff and members having tested positive for COVID-19, Senator Susan Kent released the following statement: “It is… Read More »Senate DFL Leader Susan Kent on Lack of Senate Republican Transparency Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
After Governor Walz called a special session upon extending the state’s peacetime state of emergency, the Minnesota State Senate adjourned having preserved the Governor’s peacetime emergency powers. Following adjournment, Senator Susan Kent released the following statement