# Lindsey Port *Minnesota state senator (DFL), Senate District 55* Lindsey Port is a [[Minnesota]] state senator. She sits in the [[Minnesota Senate]] for the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party (DFL).[^1] Her seat, Senate District 55, takes in portions of [[Burnsville]], [[Savage]] and [[Lakeville]] in Dakota and Scott counties, south of the Twin Cities.[^1] Port lost a 2016 race for the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]].[^2] In 2020 she won a Senate seat, unseating the Republican incumbent, Dan Hall.[^2] In 2023 she was the chief Senate author of the law that made adult recreational cannabis use legal and expunged low-level cannabis convictions.[^2] ## Early life, education Port was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, together with her parents and a sister.[^3] In 2001 she relocated to Minnesota as a student at the Twin Cities campus of the [[University of Minnesota]].[^3] ## Minnesota Senate Port's 2016 candidacy was for the House seat in District 56B. She was defeated there by the Republican incumbent, Roz Peterson.[^2] In 2020 she took 53% of the vote in her Senate race against Dan Hall, the Republican incumbent.[^2] Port carried the 2023 adult-use cannabis law as its chief Senate author. That law also expunged low-level cannabis convictions.[^2] With Representative [[Emma Greenman]], she co-authored a bill to ban junk fees. It was signed into law in May 2024.[^2] The DFL Reproductive Freedom Caucus began in 2021. Port has belonged to it since that start, and she is its Senate chair.[^2] As of the source revision retrieved on 26 October 2026, her committee assignments were the following:[^2] - Housing and Homelessness Prevention (chair) - Rules and Administration, with the Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability (chair) - Elections - Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - Transportation ## Personal life Port is married, has two children, and lives in Burnsville.[^4] She is the executive director of a nonprofit organization devoted to professional development.[^4] She was first infected with COVID-19 in 2020. Since then she has had long COVID, and at times she works remotely.[^4] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Lindsey Port, Minnesota state senator, DFL, Senate District 55.[^1] - Opponents named in her elections:[^2] - Roz Peterson, the Republican incumbent in the 2016 House race in District 56B. - Dan Hall, the Republican incumbent in the 2020 Senate race. ### What - Chief Senate author of the 2023 law on cannabis legalization and expungement.[^2] - Co-author, with Representative Emma Greenman, of a junk-fee ban signed into law in May 2024.[^2] ### When - 2001: moved to Minnesota to attend the University of Minnesota.[^3] - 2016: lost the race for Minnesota House District 56B.[^2] - 2020: elected to the Minnesota Senate with 53% of the vote.[^2] - 2021: the DFL Reproductive Freedom Caucus was founded, and Port has been a member since then.[^2] - 2023: cannabis legalization law.[^2] - May 2024: junk-fee bill signed into law.[^2] ### Where - Senate District 55: parts of Burnsville, Savage and Lakeville, in Dakota and Scott counties.[^1] - Residence: Burnsville.[^4] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lindsey Port* (revision 1378369928, retrieved 2026-10-26) — identifies her as a DFL member of the Minnesota Senate for Senate District 55 and describes the district's area in Dakota and Scott counties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Port [^2]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lindsey Port*, "Minnesota Senate" section (revision 1378369928, retrieved 2026-10-26) — states the 2016 and 2020 election results, the 2023 cannabis law, the May 2024 junk-fee bill, her caucus role and her committee assignments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Port [^3]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lindsey Port*, "Early life, education" section (revision 1378369928, retrieved 2026-10-26) — states she grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and moved to Minnesota in 2001 to attend the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Port [^4]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lindsey Port*, "Personal life" section (revision 1378369928, retrieved 2026-10-26) — states her residence, family, her role as executive director of a nonprofit, and her long COVID since 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Port