Overview
- Rest said she will step down at the end of her current term after more than four decades representing New Hope–area suburbs.
- She is the only Minnesota lawmaker to have chaired the Taxes Committee in both chambers and in 2023 led a package with rebate checks and a child tax credit estimated to cut child poverty by about one-third.
- First elected to the House in 1984 and to the Senate in 2000, she later served as assistant majority leader and as Senate president pro tem.
- Her departure sets up an open contest in 2026 for a district covering Crystal, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale and Plymouth as Democrats hold a one-seat Senate majority.
- Authorities earlier reported that a shooting suspect stopped near her home before police checked on her and found she was safe, highlighting ongoing security concerns for public officials.