Minnesota Republicans decry legislative session as partisan, seek to win back House

Minnesota Republicans have their sights set on winning back the state House in next year's election after the DFL-controlled Legislature enacted a sweeping agenda that spent much of the state's $17.5 billion surplus.

Reflecting on the legislative session Tuesday, Republican leaders said their 2024 campaign message practically writes itself: Democrats spent most of the surplus, raised taxes by $1 billion over the next two years and broke campaign promises to eliminate the tax on Social Security income and send Minnesotans large rebate checks.

"The fact that we raised taxes ... at a time when we walked in with a $17 billion surplus, I think that is the most egregious because that means that Minnesota lawmakers were greedy," said House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring. "A lot of Minnesotans are going to be disappointed when the dust settles and they realize that."

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