GOP examines role as Minnesota Capitol goes to DFL

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For Republican candidates this year, two things were central to their campaign messaging: Fraud and warnings of a “Democratic trifecta.”

Republicans worked hard to remind voters how Democrats increased taxes, spending and regulations during the 2023-24 session when they held the House, Senate and governor’s office. Republicans were virtually powerless to stop the items in the Legislature.

“A lot of these folks were in the room four years ago when we were facing a similar DFL trifecta, and the feeling that we had then and that we have now is resolve,” GOP state Rep. Harry Niska said after last week’s leadership election that put him in the House minority leader role.

“We know we have a tough job ahead of us,” said Niska, R-Ramsey. “But we know how important it is to the people of Minnesota that we fight for those common sense principles.”

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