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Lindsey Port

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Lindsey Port
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 55th district
56th district (2021-22)
Assumed office
January 5, 2021
Preceded byDan Hall
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic (DFL)
Residence(s)Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
OccupationNon-profit advisor and consultant

Lindsey Port is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, she represents Senate District 55, which includes parts of Burnsville, Savage, and Lakeville in Dakota and Scott counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Early life, education

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Port grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with her parents and sister. She moved to Minnesota in 2001 to attend the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.[1]

Minnesota Senate

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Port was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2020 with 53% of the vote, defeating Republican incumbent Dan Hall.[2] In 2016 she ran for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 56B and lost to Republican incumbent Roz Peterson.

Port serves on the following committees:[3]

  • Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee
  • Housing Finance and Policy Committee
  • Technology and Reform Policy Committee

Personal life

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Port lives in Burnsville with her husband and two kids and serves as the Executive Director of a professional development nonprofit group.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Senator Lindsey Port". Minnesota Senate DFL. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "2020 Minnesota State Senate Election Senate District 14 Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Port, Lindsey - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Intro". Lindsey Port for MN. Retrieved January 15, 2021.