Minnesota state senator Nicole Mitchell, convicted of the court for theft after breaking into her former manager’s house, is expected to resign at the beginning of next month, his lawyer pointed out, according to information released by the American news agency. Associated Press.
The 51-year-old parliamentarian faces requests for immediate resignation from fellow Minnesota legislators since his conviction last Friday (18).
Senate Democratic leader Erin Murphy said Mitchell had communicated to the party colleagues that he would waive if he was convicted, “and I hope she will fulfill this promise,” he said.
The senator represents the suburban district of Woodbury, a place that is usually quite disputed. His resignation would leave the state legislature temporarily tied in 34 to 34 chairs between Republicans and Democrats.
Arrested in April 2024, Mitchell would have invaded his stepmother’s house because she refused to give her items such as the parliamentarian’s father ashes, police said. After being considered guilty by the court, his sentence will be announced at a hearing whose date has not yet been released.
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Mitchell has not yet officialized her resignation because, according to her lawyer, she needs two weeks to end her legislative activities and secure health insurance for her child before the date scheduled to leave office on August 4.
Democratic Governor Tim Walz-a vice-presidential candidate on the Kamala Harris plate in the last national election-told the press on Monday that he plans to summon a special election to fill Mitchell’s place “as soon as time allows.”
Walz also stated that his goal would be to give candidates time to organize their campaigns and then fill the vacancy before the Legislative Assembly meets for its ordinary session in February.
The governor pointed out that the probability of having to summon a special session between the end of September and the end of December, to cover any gaps in the state budget resulting from President Donald Trump’s federal budget bill seems to be “relatively small”.
