Lindsey Port is a
Minnesota
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politician and a member of the
Minnesota Senate. A member of the
Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party
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, she represents Senate District 55, which includes parts of
Burnsville,
Savage
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, and
Lakeville in
Dakota and
Scott
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counties in the southern
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metropolitan area.
Early life, education
Port grew up in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with her parents and sister. She moved to Minnesota in 2001 to attend the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
Minnesota Senate
Port was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2020 with 53% of the vote, defeating
Republican incumbent
Dan Hall
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. In 2016 she ran for the
Minnesota House of Representatives in District 56B and lost to
Republican incumbent
Roz Peterson
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Early life
Peterson attend ...
.
Port serves on the following committees:
*Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee
*Housing Finance and Policy Committee
*Technology and Reform Policy Committee
Personal life
Port lives in
Burnsville with her husband and two kids and serves as the Executive Director of a professional development nonprofit group.
References
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Democratic Party Minnesota state senators
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
Women state legislators in Minnesota
People from Burnsville, Minnesota
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Minnesota politicians