Is Minnesota’s Democrat Senate seat in play for Republicans in 2026?
Another Democrat Senator has announced retirement amid turmoil in the party after a devastating loss to Trump.
The Democrat party is in total disarray after Trump won the 2024 election in a landslide.
Republicans control all three branches of government after Trump won the 2024 election in a landslide with huge down ballot victories.
The Republicans kept control of the House of Representatives and took control the Senate in a huge governmentwide sweep this election.
The US Supreme Court currently has 6 Conservative justices and 3 three liberal justices.
Democrats don’t have a leader after voters rejected the Biden-Harris-Obama agenda.
On Thursday, Minnesota Democrat Senator Tina Smith announced she will not be seeking reelection in 2026.
“I’ve decided not to run for re-election to the Senate in 2026,” Tina Smith said in a video posted to X.
“This job has been the honor of a lifetime. For the rest of my term, I’ll work as hard as I can for Minnesotans and our country,” she said.
Tina Smith insisted her decision to retire was not political even though the Democrat party is in shambles.
“This decision is not political, it is entirely personal. But it’s not lost on me that our country is in need of strong progressive leadership right now, maybe more than ever,” she said.
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I’ve decided not to run for re-election to the Senate in 2026.
This job has been the honor of a lifetime. For the rest of my term, I’ll work as hard as I can for Minnesotans and our country.
Thank you so much, Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/3sWVib8nKJ
— Senator Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) February 13, 2025
Last month Democrat Michigan Senator Gary Peters announced he won’t run for reelection.
