NEW: DFL Shares Newly Discovered Evidence Related to Tyler Kistner’s Previously Undisclosed Single Car Crash on June 29th

Tyler Kistner totaled his car on drive home from podcast taping at a bar in June, where he was photographed holding a drink  Witness says Kistner smelled of alcohol following the crash and removed a drawstring bag of bottles from his car before police arrived Today, DFL Chairman Ken Martin shared newly discovered details related […]

DFL to MN GOP: Disavow Plan to Send “SWAT Teams” to Polling Places

Today, Minnesota DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin called on the Minnesota GOP and their candidates to disavow their plan to send “SWAT Team,” including members of law enforcement, to polling places on election day. Recently, several outlets reported that Marty Probst, husband of GOP Secretary of State candidate Kim Crockett, was at an October 6th meeting of the Tea […]

DFL Party Raises Over $30 Million in 2022

Today, the Minnesota DFL Party announced raising over $30 million and spending almost $28 million in 2022. The DFL Party has almost $4 million on hand going into the final stretch of the campaign. The DFL Party raises both state and federal money because there are different campaign finance laws for state and federal campaigns. As such, it is necessary to […]

CFB Finds Prima Facie Campaign Finance Violation by Jim Schultz

Schultz’s violation could result in the largest fine in Minnesota history – over $3.3 million for Schultz and $6.6 million for MN for Freedom Yesterday, the State of Minnesota Campaign Finance Board determined that there is prima facie evidence that Jim Schultz’s campaign violated campaign finance laws by illegally coordinating with the independent expenditure group Minnesota for […]

DFL Statement on Trump Endorsing Scott Jensen

Today, Wednesday, October 26, DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin released the following statement after Donald Trump endorsed Big Lie proponent Scott Jensen for Minnesota governor: “Scott Jensen has embraced the Big Lie, even calling for throwing our Secretary of State in jail. Now, Donald Trump has rewarded him with an endorsement,” said DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin. “Fortunately, […]

DFL Responds to Donald Trump’s Endorsement of Kim Crockett

Today, after Donald Trump endorsed Kim Crockett for Secretary of State, DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin issued a statement condemning Crockett for receiving the support of a man whose lies about a stolen election and incited an insurrection against the United States government. Donald Trump endorsed Kim Crockett via a Truth Social post this morning, […]

Scott Jensen Refuses to Answer Whether 2020 Election Was Legitimate

Today, October 21, DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin released the following statement after Republican nominee for Minnesota governor Scott Jensen refused to answer the WCCO voter guide question about whether he believes that President Biden was “legitimately elected” in 2020. When asked “Do you believe Joe Biden is the legitimately elected President of the United States?”, Jensen would only […]

Wellstone Family Launches Virtual Tour of Wellstone Memorial and Historic Site

Today, almost 20 years after Senator Paul Wellstone passed away in a tragic plane crash, the family of Senator Wellstone is announcing the launch of a virtual tour of the Wellstone Memorial and Historic Site in Eveleth, Minnesota. Minnesotans who wish to visit Senator Wellstone’s memorial from their homes can visit wellstonememorial.org. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology from Matterport, an industry […]

DFL Party Files Complaint Against Jim Schultz for Illegal Coordination with Independent Expenditure Group

Tim Pawlenty was previously penalized an “unprecedented” $600,000 for similar behavior Today, the Minnesota DFL Party filed a complaint against Jim Schultz’s campaign for Attorney General of Minnesota for illegally coordinating with an independent expenditure group, Minnesota for Freedom. A copy of the complaint is linked here and has been attached to this email. Both Jim […]

DFL Party Calls on Jim Schultz to Release Client List

Today, DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin released a statement calling on Republican Attorney General candidate Jim Schultz to release his client lists from the two hedge funds he worked for: “Today, I am calling on Jim Schultz to release the list of clients he worked for at his various hedge funds. The Attorney General’s office […]