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    Port, Lindsey

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    Senate 2021-2022 (District 56); Senate 2023-Present (District 55)

    Party when first elected:  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Counties Served:  Dakota, Scott

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 8/27/1982
    Birth Place: ,
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    Date of Death:
    Gender: Female
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Burnsville
    Occupation (when first elected): Nonprofit executive

    EDUCATION

    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Steve
    Children: Two children (daughters)
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    She moved to Minnesota in 2001.

    She was an unsuccessful candidate for District 56B of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016.

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    Total Days Served: 1570

    SESSIONS SERVED

    94th Legislative Session (2025-2026) (second half of Senate term)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/14/2025
    Body: Senate
    District: 55
    Elected: 11/8/2022
    Residence: Burnsville
    Term of Office: 1/2/2023 to 1/3/2027
    Oath Date: 1/2/2023
    Counties Represented: Dakota, Scott
    Occupation: Nonprofit Advisor and Consultant
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate [She served on this committee from 1/14/2025 to 2/3/2025.]
    • Health and Human Services
    • Housing and Homelessness Prevention (Chair) [She was chair beginning 2/3/2025. She was co-chair from 1/14/2025 to 2/3/2025.]
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    93rd Legislative Session (2023-2024)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/2023
    Body: Senate
    District: 55
    Elected: 11/8/2022
    Residence: Burnsville
    Term of Office: 1/2/2023 to 1/3/2027
    Oath Date: 1/3/2023
    Counties Represented: Dakota, Scott
    Occupation: Nonprofit Advisor and Consultant
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate
    • Housing and Homelessness Prevention (Chair)
    • Transportation
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    92nd Legislative Session (2021-2022)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/2021
    Body: Senate
    District: 56
    Elected: 11/3/2020
    Residence: Burnsville
    Term of Office: 1/4/2021 to 1/1/2023
    Oath Date: 1/5/2021
    Counties Represented: Dakota, Scott
    Occupation: Nonprofit executive
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Special Session Bills Authored:     2021 1st Sp.S. - Author
    Committees:
    • Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy
    • Housing Finance and Policy
    • Local Government Policy: Subcommittee on Metropolitan Governance [This committee was terminated for 2022.]
    • Technology and Reform Policy
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    OTHER INFORMATION

    News Sources

    The Library maintains newspaper clippings on individual legislators during their terms. Clippings are available from 1973 to the present in a variety of formats: 1973-1999, microfiche available at the Library; 2000-2009, scanned in yearly compilations and digitally available on the legislative network; 2009-present, archived in a searchable database maintained by the Library and available on the legislative network.
    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

    Photographs

    Lindsey Port and Julie Coleman on the Minnesota Senate floor, St. Paul, Minnesota 4/25/2022. Lindsey Port and Julia Coleman discuss Senate business during a floor session. Lindsey Port is a Democrat from Burnsville and Julia Coleman is a Republican from Chanhassen. Photo credit: A.J. Olmscheid, Senate Media Services.

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