Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy on DFL wins, next steps
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Voters on Tuesday returned control of the Minnesota House and Senate to the DFL and kept the party in the governor’s office, giving Democrats a governing trifecta.
MPR News host Nina Moini spoke with state Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, about the election results and the priorities DFL lawmakers will pursue when the new Legislature convenes.
Among those priorities, “We need to act on gun violence,” Murphy said.
Overall, Minnesotans “need us and want us to address their lives and their problems, and that's neither left nor right. It's the work we signed up to do,” Murphy said.
Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.
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