Keith Ellison

Money Moves

As of October 2026: Sued the federal government with three other states to block the CDC grant cancellation

Minnesota's 988 crisis line system is now working with $4.2 million in new federal money. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) obligated the award on September 7, and the project period began September 30.

Updated Oct 5

Rule Changes

As of August 2026: Defending the law in federal court; opposition brief due August 12

In 2024, while six months pregnant, Minnesota's Molly Kelley found out a family friend had used a nudification website to make explicit images of her. He did the same to roughly 80 other women.

Updated Aug 2

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Leading legal challenge to Operation Metro Surge

Minnesota hasn't elected a Republican governor since 2006. Senator Amy Klobuchar wants to keep it that way.

Updated May 23

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Lead plaintiff in state lawsuit; subject of DOJ grand jury investigation; publicly disputed Homan's jail agreement claims January 30

The Department of Homeland Security deployed 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis in what it calls the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history. Two months in, two U.S. citizens are dead: Renee Good, 37, shot January 7, and Alexander Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse, shot January 24; DHS claims self-defense in both cases, but witness videos contradict that.

Updated May 23

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Invited to testify before House Oversight Committee February 10

On January 5, 2026, Governor Tim Walz announced he would drop his bid for a third term. The reversal came just two days before a contentious January 7 House Oversight Committee hearing where Republican state lawmakers testified that Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored widespread fraud and silenced whistleblowers.

Updated May 21

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Leading state lawsuit post-TRO denial; vowed to continue legal fight; school districts lawsuit filed by coalition

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez denied Minnesota's request for a temporary restraining order against Operation Metro Surge on February 2, 2026. She cited insufficient proof of constitutional violations, though she acknowledged evidence of racial profiling and excessive force.

Updated May 20

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Co-leading state investigation

ICE agent Jonathan Ross fired three shots in 700 milliseconds, killing 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her car on a Minneapolis street. Good was a U.S. citizen, a mother of three, standing with her wife to support neighbors during Trump's self-proclaimed "largest immigration operation ever"—2,000 federal agents deployed to Minnesota.

Updated May 20