{"id":1051944,"date":"2025-03-11T22:42:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T02:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051944"},"modified":"2025-03-11T22:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T02:42:43","slug":"democratic-minnesota-house-candidate-david-gottfried-wins-special-election-blocks-republican-house-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democratic-minnesota-house-candidate-david-gottfried-wins-special-election-blocks-republican-house-majority\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Minnesota House Candidate David Gottfried Wins Special Election, Blocks Republican House Majority\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Democrats clinched victory in the House District 40B race, successfully blocking Republicans from gaining a majority in the state House<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, DC<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the DNC congratulates Democratic candidate David Gottfried for his victory in tonight\u2019s Minnesota legislative special election. Thanks to this victory, the Minnesota House remains at a tie \u2013 giving House Democrats a fighting chance to defend against the GOP\u2019s extreme attacks on reproductive freedom, labor, and working families.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gottfried\u2019s victory comes on the heels of special election victories earlier this year in Virginia, Iowa, and other states across the country as Democrats build back power starting at the grassroots. While Trump and MAGA Republicans govern for the ultra-wealthy, Democrats fight for working people, community by community, block by block. The message is clear: Americans are sick of Trump\u2019s antics and are ready to reject him and his Republican lackeys at the ballot box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to this pivotal victory, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a proud Minnesotan, I\u2019m honored to congratulate David Gottfried on his crucial special election victory. Minnesota is a shining example of what can happen under Democratic leadership: providing free breakfast and lunch for K-12 students, investing in mental health services, strengthening worker protections, establishing paid family and medical leave, and enshrining protections for reproductive freedom into law. Since November\u2019s election, Democrats continue to fight and win in communities across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats clinched victory in the House District 40B race, successfully blocking Republicans from gaining a majority in the state House Washington, DC \u2013 Today, the DNC congratulates Democratic candidate David Gottfried for his victory in tonight\u2019s Minnesota legislative special election. Thanks to this victory, the Minnesota House remains at a tie \u2013 giving House Democrats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1051944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democratic Minnesota House Candidate David Gottfried Wins Special Election, Blocks Republican House Majority\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democratic-minnesota-house-candidate-david-gottfried-wins-special-election-blocks-republican-house-majority\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-12T02:42:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democratic-minnesota-house-candidate-david-gottfried-wins-special-election-blocks-republican-house-majority\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/democratic-minnesota-house-candidate-david-gottfried-wins-special-election-blocks-republican-house-majority\/\",\"name\":\"Democratic Minnesota House Candidate David Gottfried Wins Special Election, Blocks Republican House Majority\u00a0 - 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