Meet Dana Ferguson
Dana Ferguson is a political correspondent for MPR News.
Before joining MPR News, Dana covered Minnesota politics and state government for Forum News Service. She has also reported on state legislatures in South Dakota for the Argus Leader and in Wisconsin for The Associated Press and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Dana has made appearances on MSNBC, C-SPAN, ABC News Live and NPR for her political coverage and insight. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including multiple awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, a third-place award at the National Headliner Awards for abortion coverage and was named Outstanding Young Journalist by the South Dakota Newspaper Association in 2018.
Dana received a bachelor’s degree in communication and Spanish from DePauw University, where she was a member of the Media Fellows Program. She grew up in St. Louis Park.
Recent Contributions
- ‘Remembering them forever’: Hortman Memorial Highway honors slain lawmaker, husband
- Flanagan keeps Senate seat in DFL hands, will be first female Native senator
- Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota political trailblazer, will be state’s first female governor
- DFL wins control of Minnesota House and Senate
- DNC Chair Ken Martin returns to Minnesota to rally DFLers
- GOP U.S. Senate candidate Michele Tafoya votes early
- By bus, by phone and on foot: Campaign 2026 reaches its final mile on eve of midterm
- Minnesota sees massive early voting heading toward Election Day
- Candidates prioritize safety in first campaign since lawmaker shootings
- Moderate GOP state Sen. Jim Abeler faces tough challenge as top Democratic target
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