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Melisa López Franzen
2026 U.S. Senate candidate (Minnesota); former Minnesota Senate Minority Leader
Melisa López Franzen is an American Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) politician who represented District 49 in the Minnesota Senate from 2013 to 2023 and served as Senate Minority Leader from 2021 to 2023. After leaving the Legislature she became the University of Minnesota's executive director of government and community relations. In 2025 she announced a campaign for the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Minnesota. [Melisa López Franzen - Wikipedia ↗]
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- 2023-08-28Executive director of government and community relations (chief lobbyist) for the University of Minnesota, effective August 2023. University of Minnesotasource · newssingle source — not corroborated
- —Member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 49 (DFL) from 2013 to 2023; Senate Minority Leader from 2021 to 2023. Minnesota Senatesource · directorysingle source — not corroborated
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