Hello DFLer!

A message from the St Paul DFL Chair:

This winter, the Saint Paul DFL was reconstituted with a new board. I’m honored to take on the role of Chair of the Saint Paul DFL and I hope you’ll join me in fighting for progressive champions up and down the ticket during this year’s critical election! Below are several key updates we have to share since taking over roughly a month ago. 

2026 SAINT PAUL DFL CITY CONVENTION

This year, the newly reconstituted Saint Paul DFL is charged with holding a city convention to endorse candidates for the SPPS School Board. The details for that convention are now final:

DATE: April 26th

LOCATION: Humboldt High School 

Under our new Saint Paul DFL Constitution, to become a city delegate, you must be elected either a delegate or alternate to the CD4 convention and live in the City of Saint Paul. Delegates and alternates for the CD4 convention will be chosen at their respective Senate District conventions in March and April. The city convention will take place in the morning (registration tentatively scheduled for 8:30AM) and will be followed by the endorsing convention for the open Ramsey County District 5 seat (registration tentatively scheduled for 11AM). 

GET INVOLVED WITH THE SAINT PAUL DFL

This year’s election is one of the most critical I’ve ever experienced. I believe we need to do everything in our power to elect progressive champions who will fight for our values at every level of government this fall. That means driving turnout for our soon to be endorsed school board candidates, engaging with voters across the city to ensure our statewide leaders represent our values, and playing our part to elect strong majorities in the state house and state senate. 

If you want to be part of that work – throwing our city convention, driving turnout in Saint Paul, and fighting for progressive champions up and down the ballot – please don’t hesitate to contact me personally or to reach out to the board as a whole (stpauldflmn@gmail.com). Minnesota has been on the front lines of the fight against facism and I know we have what it takes to win that fight this fall!

Matt Privratsky – Chair, Saint Paul DFL