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Minnesota House Republicans announce organizational agreement; Lisa Demuth to serve as speaker for two years
Summary
Republican leaders said they reached an agreement to organize the Minnesota House, naming Rep. Lisa Demuth speaker-designate, keeping Republican committee chairs while a narrow majority holds, and creating a Fraud Prevention and Agency Oversight Committee chaired solely by Rep. Kristen Robbins.
Republican leaders in the Minnesota House announced an organizational agreement at a Jan. 2025 news conference, saying Republican Rep. Lisa Demuth will serve as speaker for the next two years and that committee leadership and procedures are set while the majority remains 67–66.
The agreement sets Republican chairs in every committee while the GOP holds a one-seat majority and establishes a Fraud Prevention and Agency Oversight Committee that Rep. Kristen Robbins will chair alone for two years, with a committee makeup the speakers described as five Republicans and three Democrats. "I will be the Republican speaker of the house for the next 2 years," Rep. Lisa Demuth said. "The committee will be chaired by Representative Kristen Robbins for the entire 2 years. She will be the sole chair."
Why it matters: the agreement ends a weeks-long stalemate over quorum that left the House unable to organize and hold regular business. Leaders said the deal preserves the majority party’s ability to set committee agendas while also including provisions that would convert some roles to shared co-chair…
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