The 2026 Minnesota Governor’s Race, Losing to Klobuchar & What’s Next |House Speaker Lisa Demuth

Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth joins Jay for a post-election conversation about how a small-business owner and School Board member ended up in the middle of Minnesota politics. Demuth walks through her unlikely path into public life: winning a write-in school board race, getting elected to the House in 2018, rising to minority leader, and making history in 2025 as Speaker of the Minnesota House. She explains what drove her to jump into the 2026 governor’s race (even after losing the party endorsement), what the campaign trail was really like, and the day-to-day reality of trying to govern in a closely divided Capitol.

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