State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who was recently convicted of two burglary-related felony charges, resigned her seat on Friday.
Attorneys for the Woodbury DFLer said this week that she would leave the Senate by Aug. 4 after she finished up some work at the Legislature, including helping her staff find new employment and getting health insurance for her son.
“She completed her tasks early,” said Mitchell’s attorney Dane DeKrey of the Ringstrom DeKreylaw firm. “She’s done.”
In an email to constituents, Mitchell thanked those “who shared with me the issues they care about and trusted me to work on their behalf.”
“It has been a true honor to serve the state of Minnesota and the community I grew up in,” she wrote.
Mitchell was found guilty last week of first-degree burglary and felony possession of burglary tools after her 2024 arrest for breaking into her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes.
Her departure means Gov. Tim Walz can now call a special election to fill the seat, though a date for that has not yet been finalized. The two DFL state representatives from the area, Ethan Cha and Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger, have both said they intend to run.
Walz also needs to call a special election to the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Bruce Anderson, a Republican. Anderson died unexpectedly this week after serving more than three decades at the Capitol.
