Minnesota’s first Latina state senator lays out her first session

“Minnesota’s DFL leaders delivered on at least some of the promise of the 2006 watershed election that swept them to majorities in both houses of the 2007 legislature, while Minnesota’s Republican governor has used the “savings” he sliced from state programs to promote himself to higher on the list of 2008 U.S. vice presidential hopefuls.

Such was the feeling at a Friday, May 25 Capitol press conference held especially for Minneapolis independent media. The meeting with South Minneapolis reporters and editors was arranged and hosted by Minnesota State Senator Patricia Torres Ray, DFL-Minneapolis, whose first year in the state legislature found her serving as the Senate’s Majority Whip, taking on duties that included maintaining caucus discipline on partisan issues and procedural questions. Her influence was vital in the last hours of haggling over bill provisions.”

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