title: Lindsey Port
text: # Lindsey Port
  
  Lindsey Port is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, she represents Senate District 56, which includes parts of Burnsville, Savage, and Lakeville in Dakota and Scott counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
  
  ## Early life, education
  
  Port grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with her parents and sister. She moved to Minnesota in 2001 to attend the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
  
  ## Minnesota Senate
  
  Port was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2020 with 53% of the vote, defeating Republican incumbent Dan Hall. In 2016 she ran for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 56B and lost to Republican incumbent Roz Peterson.
  
  Port serves on the following committees:
  
  * Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee
  * Housing Finance and Policy Committee
  * Technology and Reform Policy Committee
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Port lives in Burnsville with her husband and two kids and serves as the Executive Director of a professional development nonprofit group.
  
  