Judge Rules DFL Candidate Not Eligible to Be Sworn in, Giving GOP Majority in Minnesota House

Judge Rules DFL Candidate Not Eligible to Be Sworn in, Giving GOP Majority in Minnesota House

A Minnesota judge ruled that a Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party candidate is ineligible to be sworn in after not meeting residency requirements, giving Republicans a majority in the Minnesota House.

In a ruling issued on Friday, Ramsey County District Court Judge Leonardo Castro stated that DFL candidate Curtis Johnson, who won his race to represent Minnesota’s House District 40B, did not meet the residency requirements of living in “the district” for “six months before the election,” according to CBS News.

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