Overview
- The St. Paul DFL senator said she will not seek reelection and will leave office at the close of next year's session.
- First elected to the House in 1984 and to the Senate in 1990, she now chairs the Senate Capital Investment Committee after a past stint as Senate president.
- She highlighted work on reproductive rights, pension policy, earned sick and safe time, and the 2023 $2.6 billion bonding bill.
- In a statement, Pappas thanked St. Paul residents and said departing the Legislature feels like saying farewell to family.
- Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy praised her as a tremendous asset, and her exit joins planned departures by Sens. Ann Rest, Jim Carlson and Jeremy Miller.