Minnesota Employment Legislative Update 2025, Part I: Breaking the Tie to Make the Law
After controlling Minnesota’s House, Senate, and governorship since 2023, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party’s legislative and gubernatorial “trifecta” at the state capitol is no more. The 2025 regular session of the Minnesota Legislature began with Democrats and Republicans tied at sixty-seven members each in the House and a slim DFL majority in the Senate, meaning no single party can push through its agenda alone.
With every vote carrying significant weight in the session, legislators must reach across the aisle to achieve the majority vote required to pass bills. The question is, who will compromise, and what will it take to break the tie?
