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Lisa Demuth

Lisa Demuth

R · Minnesota · 2026

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GovernorMinnesota · 2026
Top priorities
  • Taxes and affordability, which her campaign names as her top priority
  • Eliminating fraud in state programs
  • Public safety

Per her campaign priorities page.

Biography

Lisa Demuth is speaker of the Minnesota House, a fourth-term state representative from Cold Spring, a former small-business owner and an eleven-year ROCORI school board member, and the Republican nominee for governor. She is the first Black major-party nominee for Minnesota governor.

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