Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirement ahead of the 2026 midterms, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) in the 1990s before joining the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Minnesota's Democratic Party coalition, and working his way up the ranks. From our morning news ...
Ken Martin, a longtime Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair, was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee. Martin has a strong track record in Minnesota, but faces the challenge of ...