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Minnesota DFL, Republicans announce power‑sharing deal to organize House; Brad Tabke to be seated
Summary
DFL leaders and House Republicans reached a negotiated power‑sharing agreement that allows the Minnesota House to organize, seats Brad Tabke, names a Republican speaker for two years under constraints, and sets committee co‑chairing and a 68‑vote threshold for creating a vacancy.
DFL leaders and House Republicans announced a negotiated power‑sharing agreement Friday that will allow the Minnesota House of Representatives to organize, seat Brad Tabke of Shakopee and install the Republican leader as speaker for two years under specified constraints.
The agreement, announced in St. Paul, requires bipartisan co‑chairs and equal party representation on most committees, leaves the oversight committee with a Republican chair and Republican majority, and raises the threshold to create a vacancy or "call the question" to 68 votes. DFL leaders said the Minnesota Supreme Court's January 24 ruling on quorum helped prompt the deal.
The agreement ends a nearly four‑week standoff in which DFL members had denied quorum to prevent what they called an effort to oust a duly elected member. "Brad Tabke won on election night, he won in a recount, and he won in court. This agreement upholds the will of the voters as expressed in a free and fair election," said Melissa Hortman,…
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