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In 164 years of Minnesota statehood, no Black woman had ever served in the Minnesota Senate. That changes in a big way starting Tuesday, Jan. 3. 

In November, Minnesota voters elected three Black women to the state Senate. All three are DFLers. One is the youngest woman ever elected to the state senate. 

Ahead of Tuesday’s start of the new legislative session, we listen back to MPR News host Angela Davis’s conversation with the three new state senators. They talk about what drew them to politics, their goals for the upcoming term and the perspective they’ll bring to the chamber.

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Coming up on at 9 a.m. on Monday, we listen back to MPR News host Angela Davis’s conversation with the three Black women elected to the state senate. They talk about what drew them to politics, their goals for the upcoming term and the perspective they’ll bring to the chamber.

In 164 years, no Black woman had ever served in the Minnesota Senate. That changes in a big way starting Tuesday, Jan. 3. In November, Minnesota voters elected three Black women to the state Senate. All three are DFLers. One is the youngest woman ever elected to the state senate. On the day before the new legislature takes office, we listen to Angela's conversation with Senators-elect Zaynab Mohamed, Erin Maye Quade and Clare Oumou Verbeten.  

Three Black women make Minnesota Senate history

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