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Politics Friday
Mike Mulcahy

Legislative leaders and retiring rural DFLer Paul Marquart

The Minnesota state House floor
The Minnesota state House floor
Glen Stubbe | Star Tribune via AP

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House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, join host Mike Mulcahy to talk about why their party should get control of the state legislature in November's election. Then Mike talks to retiring Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, a rare rural Democrat in Minnesota.

Guests: 

House Speaker Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park

House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown

Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth

Brian Bakst, MPR News politics reporter