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Erin Maye Quade (born March 12, 1986) is an American politician from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.[1] She became one of the three first Black women in the Minnesota Senate upon taking office in 2023.[2]
Erin Maye Quade | |
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Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 56th district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | redrawn district |
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 57A district | |
In office January 3, 2017 – January 7, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tara Mack |
Succeeded by | Robert Bierman |
Personal details | |
Born | March 12, 1986 |
Political party | Democratic (DFL) |
Spouse | Alyse Maye Quade |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of St. Thomas (B.A.) |
Website | Campaign website |
A former staffer for U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, Maye Quade served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. In 2018, she was a candidate for lieutenant governor of Minnesota, serving as Erin Murphy's running mate. The DFL endorsed the Murphy-Maye Quade ticket, making Maye Quade the first LGBTQ person to be endorsed on a major Minnesota political party's ticket.
Maye Quade is biracial.[3] She graduated from Eastview High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota, in 2004,[4] and from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and justice and peace studies in 2008.[5]
After college, Maye Quade became a community organizer.[3] She worked as a staffer for U.S. Representative Keith Ellison,[6] who encouraged her to run for office.[3]
In 2016, Maye Quade ran for the District 57A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. During the campaign, opposition operatives were accused of stalking her campaign staff so persistently that neighborhood watch committees were called in to monitor their activity.[6] She defeated Republican nominee Ali Jimenez-Hopper in the general election, 52% to 47%;[3] hers was one of only two House seats in Minnesota to change hands from Republican to DFL that year. She was the third Black woman to serve in the chamber.[7]
In 2017, Maye Quade accused state legislators Dan Schoen and Tony Cornish of sexual harassment.[8][9] Both members resigned from office.[4] Following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, she led a 24-hour sit-in at the Minnesota House to protest its lack of action on gun control.[10]
In June 2018, Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Erin Murphy chose Maye Quade as her running mate.[11] Maye Quade received the DFL endorsement by acclamation at the Minnesota DFL convention on June 3, 2018,[12] making her the first LGBTQ person to be endorsed on the ticket of a major Minnesota political party; at age 32, she was also one of the youngest. Maye Quade and Murphy lost the DFL primary to U.S. Representative Tim Walz and State Representative Peggy Flanagan in August 2018.[13]
In October 2021, Maye Quade announced her candidacy for the Minnesota Senate seat currently held by Greg Clausen.[1]
On April 23, 2022, Maye Quade gave a campaign speech at the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party convention while experiencing uterine contractions before childbirth.[14] She did not get the nomination at the convention, suspended her campaign, and delivered her daughter, Harriet, at 1 a.m. on April 24.[15] In May, Maye Quade reentered the race.[16]
Her victory made her and Clare Oumou Verbeten the first openly LGBTQ women and first Black women elected to the Minnesota Senate.[17]
Maye Quade is openly gay.[18] She is a Lutheran.[19]
Maye Quade's wife, Alyse, is the Political Director of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party and the former Midwest organizing manager for Everytown for Gun Safety.[3][20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Erin Maye Quade | 11,825 | 52.23 | +10.71 | |
Republican | Ali Jiminez-Hopper | 10,758 | 47.52 | −10.92 | |
Write-in | 56 | 0.25 | +0.21 | ||
Total votes | 22,639 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic (DFL) | Tim Walz Peggy Flanagan |
242,832 | 41.60% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Erin Murphy Erin Maye Quade |
186,969 | 32.03% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Lori Swanson Rick Nolan |
143,517 | 24.59% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Tim Holden James Mellin |
6,398 | 1.10% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Olé Savior Chris Edman |
4,019 | 0.69% | |
Total votes | 583,735 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Erin Maye Quade | 3,939 | 64.9% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Justin Emmerich | 2,133 | 35.1% | |
Total votes | 6,072 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic (DFL) | Erin Maye Quade | 22,281 | 56.7% | |
Republican | Jim Bean | 17,007 | 43.3% | |
Total votes | 100% |
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