In Minnesota Governor, Democrats Find Their Own Version of DeSantis

One Republican state representative said the Democratic Party in Minnesota has been taken over by the most liberal elements of the party.

AP/Steve Karnowski
Governor Walz displays a bill he signed into law requiring Minnesota utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040. AP/Steve Karnowski

Governor DeSantis rose to national prominence as a pugilistic conservative willing to take on what he sees as the excesses of liberal culture, and was rewarded by Florida’s voters with a 20-point re-election victory. Democrats in search of their own DeSantis are looking increasingly at Minnesota, where Governor Walz is plowing ahead with some of the most ambitious, partisan policies in the country. 

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