# Cedrick Frazier *Minnesota attorney and DFL member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 43A* Cedrick Rommel Frazier (born April 28, 1979) is a Minnesota attorney who sits in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] for District 43A as a member of the [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party]] (DFL). The district covers the Hennepin County cities of New Hope and Crystal.[^1] He won his House seat in 2020, succeeding Lyndon Carlson. He was named vice chair of the House Public Safety Committee in January 2021 and worked on public safety and criminal justice legislation in the session after the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd in [[Minneapolis]].[^1][^2] In 2026 Frazier is a candidate for [[Hennepin County Attorney]]. Wikipedia's article on the election reports that he and Anders Folk advanced from the August 11, 2026 nonpartisan primary to the November 3, 2026 general election. The seat is held by [[Mary Moriarty]], who announced on August 7, 2025 that she would not seek a second term.[^3][^4] ## Early life, education, and career Frazier finished high school in Chicago, Illinois. He then came to Minnesota to compete in NCAA football and track at the University of Minnesota Morris, where he took a bachelor's degree in psychology.[^1] At Minnesota State University, Mankato, he held a fellowship with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He completed a master's degree there in urban studies, focused on local government management.[^1] He next studied at William Mitchell College of Law. As a law student he joined Phi Beta Sigma and held clerkships with the Hennepin County Public Defender's Office in Minneapolis and with the Municipal Law Litigation Department of the League of Minnesota Cities. After earning his J.D. and passing the bar, he worked as a public defender in Hennepin County.[^1] Beginning in 2008 he was Director of Equity and Diversity for the Minneapolis Public School District, and he later became the district's legal counsel. After eight years in public education he moved to the legal staff of [[Education Minnesota]], which the biography describes as the state's largest labor union.[^1] ## New Hope City Council In August 2018 Frazier was appointed to the New Hope City Council. He filled the seat left vacant when Erik Lammle moved out of the city. Before the appointment, Frazier had served on the city's Planning Commission. He took the oath of office on September 10, 2018.[^1] As a council member he pressed for dialogue on policing practices between the city's Human Rights Commission and its police department. He also put forward ordinances aimed at protecting tenants of affordable housing units.[^1] ## Minnesota House of Representatives Frazier won election to the House in 2020, taking the seat long held by Lyndon Carlson.[^1] ### Tenure House Speaker Melissa Hortman named Frazier vice chair of the House Public Safety Committee on January 1, 2021.[^1] His public safety and criminal justice work followed two killings during encounters with law enforcement: those of George Floyd and Daunte Wright.[^1] Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis. Officer [[Derek Chauvin]] knelt on his neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds while he was handcuffed and prone. Three other officers, [[Tou Thao]], [[J. Alexander Kueng]] and [[Thomas Lane]], did not intervene.[^2] The neck restraint was listed as an authorized technique in Minneapolis Police Department use-of-force policy. Chauvin's 17 prior civilian complaints over 19 years of service had produced no discipline affecting his employment.[^2] The 2021 Legislature was politically divided. It passed a $52 billion state budget and avoided a possible state government shutdown. The biography calls Frazier a key budget negotiator in that session, and says Governor [[Tim Walz]] credited him with keeping police reform prominent during it.[^1] On July 13, 2021, Hortman named Frazier to a select panel that would decide how to distribute $250 million in the state budget set aside for frontline workers. The money came from one-time federal funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[^1] Frazier was chief author of the Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act. It was the original bill seeking emergency paid sick leave for employees excluded from the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The cited biography does not state whether the bill was enacted.[^1] On September 1, 2021, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced that he would retire at the end of his term, after 24 years in the office. Frazier was widely seen as a possible candidate and expressed interest. He then announced he had concluded that 2022 was not the right time for him to run.[^1] On December 6, 2021, he endorsed Mary Moriarty, a former Hennepin County chief public defender.[^1] Moriarty had been Hennepin County Chief Public Defender from 2014 to 2021. She became County Attorney on January 2, 2023, for a term ending January 4, 2027.[^4] ### 2026 Hennepin County Attorney candidacy Moriarty announced on August 7, 2025 that she would not seek a second term.[^4] According to Wikipedia's article on the 2026 election, Frazier and Anders Folk advanced from the August 11, 2026 nonpartisan primary to the general election set for November 3, 2026.[^3] The primary result cited here rests on that article; no official canvass is cited for it.[^3] ## Personal life Frazier lives in New Hope, Minnesota, with his wife, Stella. They have three daughters.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who Cedrick Frazier, DFL member of the Minnesota House for District 43A.[^1] ### Where District 43A: New Hope and Crystal, Hennepin County.[^1] ### When - Appointed to the New Hope City Council in August 2018 and sworn in on September 10, 2018.[^1] - Elected to the House in 2020.[^1] - Named vice chair of the House Public Safety Committee on January 1, 2021.[^1] - Named to the $250 million frontline-worker panel on July 13, 2021.[^1] - Advanced from the August 11, 2026 county attorney primary, as reported by Wikipedia.[^3] ### What - Chief author of the Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act.[^1] - Served on the select panel distributing $250 million in American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds for frontline workers.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia, *Cedrick Frazier* (rev. 1365523408, retrieved 2026-10-26) — Frazier's birth date, education, legal and school-district career, New Hope council service, House election and committee roles, 2021 budget and panel work, the Essential Workers Emergency Leave Act, the 2021 county attorney decision and endorsement, and family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrick_Frazier [^2]: Wikipedia, *Murder of George Floyd* — the May 25, 2020 killing at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South, the 9 minutes 29 seconds restraint, the three non-intervening officers, the restraint's authorized status in MPD use-of-force policy, and Chauvin's 17 prior complaints. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd [^3]: Wikipedia, *2026 Hennepin County Attorney election* — Frazier and Anders Folk advancing from the August 11, 2026 nonpartisan primary to the November 3, 2026 general election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Hennepin_County_Attorney_election [^4]: Wikipedia, *Mary Moriarty* — Moriarty's service as Hennepin County Chief Public Defender (2014–2021), as County Attorney from January 2, 2023 (term ending January 4, 2027), and her August 7, 2025 announcement that she would not seek a second term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Moriarty