Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session is headed toward a historically sour start. House Democrats are threatening to take the extraordinary step of not showing up for the first two weeks of the session,

Democrats have also voiced concern that Republicans could refuse to seat Rep.-elect Brad Tabke, a Democrat from Shakopee, who won by 14 votes. Those results are facing a legal challenge after Scott County officials said 20 ballots were accidentally discarded.

In a pair of news conferences on Monday, both parties took jabs at one another, as Republicans claimed an “organizational majority," and Democrats threatened to not show up on the first day of the legislative session unless Republicans honored a power-sharing agreement.