Rep. Demuth sworn-in

Republican Lisa Demuth is Minnesota's first House speaker of color
House Speaker Rep. Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) speaks after a House GOP leadership press conference at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.
New Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth on priorities, vision for 2025 session
Under a new power-sharing deal, Demuth will be speaker at least through next year. She spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.
Rep. Demuth sworn-in as 1st Black MN House Speaker
Rep. Lisa Demuth, representing Cold Spring, has been sworn-in as both the first Republican woman and person of color to be the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Rep. Demuth elected as first Black woman to serve as MN House Speaker
The deal to end the weeks-long legislative standoff made history when Rep. Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring) became the first person of color to be elected as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives on Thursday.
Republican Rep. Demuth Elected Speaker of the House After Deal Reached With Democrats
Rep. Lisa Demuth, a Republican from Cold Spring, has been elected as Speaker of the House after a power-sharing agreement was reached with Democrats. It ends a stalemate that prevented the chamber from conducting official business for more than three weeks.
Normalcy and history: Minnesota House finally gets to work, and with a first-ever Black speaker
The 2025 legislative session began over three weeks ago, but Republican and Democratic House members on Thursday shook hands and greeted each other with smiles while walking onto the floor, like they hadn’t seen each other in ages.
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