Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I want to start out by thanking my community for reelecting me to serve Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District. Our State continues to have the highest voter turnout in the Nation. It is one of the easiest States to vote in and should be a model for States across the country. In my district, we increased our voter share by 10 percentage points from 2020, and we got more votes than any other House candidate in Minnesota. Beyond that, Minnesotans voted to flip the Minnesota Senate, creating a Democratic trifecta for the first time in nearly a decade. We also voted for incredible new leaders throughout our State that have many firsts behind their names. Bobby Joe Champion will be the first Black president of the Minnesota Senate. Zaynab Mohamed will be the first African-born Somali woman and Gen Z member to be elected to the Minnesota Senate. Along with Zaynab, Clare Oumou Verbeten and Erin Maye Quade will be among the first Black women elected to the Minnesota Senate. Samantha Sencer-Mura will be the first Japanese-American member of the Minnesota House. Leigh Finke will be the first trans member of the Minnesota House. Mary Moriarty will be the first openly gay woman elected to be the Hennepin County attorney. {time} 1045 Representation matters. We know none of these candidates ran to be the ``first.'' They ran to make a difference for their communities. When I was first elected to the Minnesota House, I was the first and only Somali-American legislator.…”