Lisa Demuth

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Offers a fraud prevention plan that would replace agency commissioners, hire forensic accountants, require unannounced site visits to program providers, and create an executive-level fraud oversight committee led by her running mate.[2]
• Proposes an affordability agenda of income, property and Social Security tax cuts paired with $1 billion in state agency savings.[3]
• Points to her record negotiating a two-year state budget with DFL leaders as evidence she can make bipartisan deals.[6]
• Says she wants to return Minnesota schools to the national top 10 for educational outcomes.[4]

Background

• Speaker of the House, Minnesota House of Representatives · 2025–present[7]
• Minority Leader, Minnesota House of Representatives · 2023–2025[7]
• State Representative, District 13A, Minnesota House of Representatives · 2019–present[7],[6]
• School board member, Rocori School Board · 2007–2018[7],[6]
• Co-owner and manager of commercial property, Family business · Current[7]

Education

• High school diploma, Bloomington Kennedy High School[7]

Where they stand

• Taxes
  Proposes cutting the two lowest income tax rates, $150 million in property tax cuts, a $99 cap on car tab fees, ending the state tax on Social Security benefits, stopping automatic gas tax increases, and matching federal tip and overtime deductions.[3]
• Public Safety
  Proposes a "3 strikes" sentencing law for violent crimes, making assault of a peace officer a felony, mandatory electronic monitoring for some violent-crime defendants, and an executive order to clear homeless camps and open-air drug markets.[5]
• Education
  Supports opting Minnesota into the federal education scholarship tax credit, a focus on phonics and evidence-based math, school resource officers in every school, and fewer state mandates on schools.[4]
• Economy & Jobs
  Proposes finding $1 billion in savings across state agencies, budgeting based on current revenue, lower business taxes, and expanded Iron Range mining with shorter permitting timelines.[3],[7]
• Energy & Environment
  Supports repealing Minnesota's ban on new nuclear power plants.[7]
• Abortion
  Opposes abortion and supported fetal heartbeat legislation in the Minnesota House. Voted against the 2023 PRO Act, which put a right to reproductive health care in state law.[7],[8]
• Elections & Democracy
  Supports voter identification requirements.[7]
• Fraud & Accountability
  Proposes unannounced site visits to providers in programs such as child care assistance and Medicaid, cross-program checks on known fraudsters, a ban on remittances by welfare recipients convicted of defrauding the state, and moving eligibility decisions from counties to a central state entity. Supports creating an independent state Office of Inspector General.[2],[7]

Voting record

A selection of notable recorded votes. Not a complete record.

In their words