The Dispute Index

Lisa Demuth

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Lisa Demuth is a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 13A and its speaker. First elected in 2018, she previously served on the ROCORI School Board and has worked as a small business owner. She is the Republican nominee for governor in 2026.

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What we have documented

We have documented 2 statements by Lisa Demuth, in 2 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Lisa Demuth

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Lisa Demuth

Role at the time: Minnesota House speaker and Republican candidate for governor

Condemned

Statement summary

Demuth faults Klobuchar for not calling to un-invite Piker, criticizing Omar or condemning the event. She says Klobuchar will not stand up to the DFL's far left wing.

“Amy Klobuchar has yet to call for Democrats to un-invite Hasan Piker to their election rally this evening.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Lisa Demuth criticizes Democrats for hosting Hasan PikerOriginal post text and October 26, 2026 timestamp
Why we used this label

She faults Klobuchar for not calling to un-invite Piker or condemning the event.

Read statementFull case: Ilhan Omar's campaign defends Hasan Piker event as Angie Craig and Jacob Frey object
Portrait of Lisa Demuth

Lisa Demuth

Role at the time: Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate

Mixed or conditional

Statement summary

Demuth endorsed conditional regulation.

“while preserving important tools for law enforcement”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Minnesota candidate reader-policy statementsCandidate statements below the Klobuchar and Demuth photograph
Why we used this label

Relative to continued networked surveillance, negotiated statutory protection is a conditional stance. The proposed category is general safeguards, because a particular access threshold or retention rule is not established.

Read statementFull case: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?

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