ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Senate Majority leader Kari Dziedzic says she plans to step down from her position before the 2024 legislation session, after learning her cancer has returned.

Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis, in her office on Dec. 23, 2022. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. One of the architects of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party’s ...

Former Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic (DFL-Minneapolis), who represented parts of the University community, died in Minneapolis on Friday after a years-long battle with ovarian cancer. She was ...

Former Senate DFL Leader Melisa López Franzen praised Dziedzic as a hard worker. “The last time I spoke to Kari a few weeks ago she was still serving her constituents,” she wrote on social media.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – Minnesota Senator and former DFL Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic has reportedly passed away at the age of 62, following a battle with cancer.

The Minnesota Senate on Thursday unanimously agreed to rename a Minneapolis bridge for the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, the former DFL leader who died late last year after a battle with cancer.

Kari Dziedzic was first elected to the state legislature in 2012 in a special election, then re-elected in 2016, 2020 and 2022.

Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic (DFL-Minneapolis) is stepping down from her leadership position after learning her cancer has returned. In a statement released Friday through a Senate DFL ...

At Issue – Feb. 4 This week of At Issue features Kari Dziedzic stepping down as majority leader, a new challenger to Amy Klobuchar, the KSTP/SurveyUSA results and much more.

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis, speaks during a news conference Jan. 4, 2023, at the Minnesota State Capitol. (KSTP/file) ...

Sen. Kari Dziedzic of Minneapolis, died on Dec. 27 of ovarian cancer. For 12 years, she represented northeast Minneapolis — where she was born and raised — in the state Senate.

UPDATED: February 4, 2024 at 10:16 AM CST Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic is stepping down from her leadership role due to health issues, the Minneapolis lawmaker announced Friday.