Lisa Demuth

Lisa Demuth once left a newspaper clipping about school board vacancies on her husband’s dinner plate and suggested he run; he told her she should do it.¹ She and Nick have four adult children and seven grandchildren.² Her first job was working as a car hop at the Frosty Mug in Paynesville.³

Her earlier working life included a title insurance company and running a small business.¹² While raising children, she helped organize a local group for mothers of preschoolers through her church.¹ She won a ROCORI School Board seat through a write in campaign in 2007 and served there for eleven years.¹²

Elected to the Minnesota House in 2018, Demuth became Republican caucus leader in 2022 and speaker in February 2025, the first Black legislator and first Republican woman to hold the speakership.² She helped negotiate the 2025 budget agreement with Democrats, including a compromise ending MinnesotaCare eligibility for adults without legal immigration status.⁴

Against Democrat Amy Klobuchar, Demuth proposes capping vehicle registration fees at $99 and fully eliminating state income taxes on Social Security benefits.⁵⁶ She also wants to reduce the lowest two income tax brackets and end automatic inflation adjustments to the gas tax, putting specific changes to drivers’ and retirees’ bills on the campaign agenda.⁵