She wants to continue fighting for Minnesota.

About this episode

Lisa Demuth discusses her historic role and her campaign for Governor of Minnesota.

In February 2025, Lisa Demuth made history as the first Black lawmaker and first Republican woman to serve as Speaker of the House. Now she's running for Governor of Minnesota, looking to unseat Tim Walz. She shares her vision with Michele. Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter. Learn More about “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://linktr.ee/micheletafoya Subscribe to “The Michele Tafoya Podcast” here: https://apple.co/3nPW221 Follow Michele on twitter: https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya Follow Michele on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realmicheletafoya/ Learn more about the Salem Podcast network: https://salempodcastnetwork.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Michele Tafoya

Guest: Lisa Demuth

Topics covered

• politics
• Minnesota
• elections
• governance
• Republican Party
• leadership

Keywords

• Lisa Demuth
• Minnesota Governor
• Republican
• Tim Walz
• political commentary
• Michele Tafoya
• elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Salem Podcast Network

Places: Minnesota

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