Former Senate Leader of Minnesota’s Democrats Leaves Party

Minnesota state Sens. Dave Tomassoni and Tom Bakk in file photographs. Minnesota Senate

The former Democrat leader in Minnesota’s state Senate announced with a colleague on Nov. 18 that he’s leaving the party.

State Sens. Tom Bakk and Dave Tomassoni said they’re exiting the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, the Democrat Party in the state.