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Redistricting, Senate Proposal to Recruit Law Enforcement Passes, and more

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Redistricting
On Tuesday, Feb. 15, a panel of five judges released Minnesota’s new congressional and legislative district boundary maps. The panel justified their new maps with a combination of accounting for population shifts and a “least change” approach. These maps will shape the local and federal political landscape for the next ten years as well as the upcoming election cycle. Several incumbents may decide to retire early, as they are facing dramatically different districts and/or competition between their colleagues.

Predicted incumbent competitions:

  • In the Senate: 4 GOP pairings, 2 DFL pairings, 1 DFL-GOP pairing
  • In the House: 9 GOP pairings, 7 DFL pairings, 4 DFL-GOP pairings


Senate Proposal to Recruit Law Enforcement Passes
Monday, the Senate passed SF 2848 to attract and recruit more peace officers. The bill, authored by Sen. Karin Housley (R-Stillwater), appropriates $1 million in advertising dollars to improve public opinion of law enforcement. An additional $1 million would go to the pathways to policing program, which recruits more diverse candidates into law enforcement. Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville) proposed an amendment to the bill that would eliminate the advertising budget, instead redirecting that funding to the pathways to policing program. The amendment ultimately failed, and the original bill passed.

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