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Port, Lindsey

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: ,
Birth County:
Birth Country:
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.

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.]

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

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

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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