FOUR YOUR SERVICE, REPRESENTATIVE HORNSTEIN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU BET.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, HIS FIRST TERM REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A REPUBLICAN TRIFECTA, BUT HE WAS STILL ABLE TO GET SOME THINGS DONE IN THE MINORITY.

REPRESENTATIVE, FIRST OF ALL, I START WITH THE SAME QUESTION.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO RUN FOR OFFICE?

>> OH, BOY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE OPENING A CAN OF WORMS.

WHAT MOTIVATED ME WAS DURING THE COVID ANDEMIC, I'M A PASTOR AT A CHURCH.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE THREESED OUR CHURCH DOWN FOR, LIKE, FOUR SERVICES, I THINK, FOUR OR FIVE SERVICES, ABOUT A MONTH.

AND IT WAS TERRIBLE.

I LOST A LOVED ONE TO COVID.

IT WASN'T FILLING PEOPLE LIKE WHAT THEY WERE PREDICTING, THOUGH.

AND SO -- AND THEN I HAD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY THERE WAS PEOPLE COMMITTING SUICIDE, AND THIS WAS IN THE CHURCH.

NOT MY CHURCH PERSONALLY BUT ANOTHER CHURCH.

AND I HAD PEOPLE COMING TO ME AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE JUST COME AND SIT WITH YOU AT THE LIVE STREAMS?

AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE GOT TO STOP THIS.

WE GOT TO EDEN PRAIRIE UP OUR CHURCH.

PEOPLE ARE CRAVING FELLOWSHIP RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE SCARED.

WAS A FEW MONTHS LATER MANDATED THAT CHURCHES HAD TO CLOSE DOWN.

AND THAT DID NOT SIT WELL WITH MY PITTER.

IT STARTED MOVING ME INTO STUDYING THE CONSTITUTION.

AND GETTING MORE POLITICALLY INVOLVED AS A PASTOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CONDEMN ME FOR THAT.

PASTORS HOULDN'T GET INVOLVED POLITICALLY.

>> Mary: YEAH, IT'S NOT WITHOUT RISK WHO GETS POLITICALLY INVOLVED.

>> ORRECT.

AND THAT DIDN'T SIT RIGHT WITH MY CONVICTIONS EITHER.

SO AS I STARTED STUDYING THE CONSTITUTION, I JUST CAME TO REALIZE THAT THESE RIGHTS WE HAVE ARE INALIENABLE, LIKE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS, AND THE DAY AFTER RESTRICTING HAPPENED, I HAD A GOOD FRIEND CALLED ME AND SAY THAT YOU AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT WHERE THERE IS NO SITTING REGISTRATION, AND I SAID TO HIM, WELL, YOU SHOULD RUN.

>> Mary: SO YOU DIDN'T VOLUNTEER FIRST OFF?

>> NO, AND HE SAID, NO, NO, YOU SHOULD RUN.

AND AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF PRAYER, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE PATH GOD WANTED ME TO GO DOWN.

>> 6A, DAVIS.

DAVIS, PRESENT.

>> Mary: SO YOU COME INTO THE MINORITY.

WHAT KIND OF SESSION WHAT IT FOR YOU NOT BEING IN POWER.

>> I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A REPUBLICAN TRIFECTA.

AND WHEN THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED, IT WAS QUITE SHOCKING.

AND WOKE ME UP TO THE REALITY OF MINNESOTA POLITICS.

THE TRIFECTA WASN'T EVEN REALLY WILLING TO LISTEN TO ME OR MY IDEAS.

>> Mary: SO DID YOU LEARN SOME THINGS OR WERE YOU JUST FULLY FRUSTRATED BY YOUR REALITY?

>> NO, I WAS FRUSTRATED, BUT NO, I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN MY FIRST YEAR.

GETTING TO KNOW FOLKS ACROSS THE IMRIEL, BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CAMERAS AREN'T ON US.

I ACTUALLY, WITH A DEMOCRAT TRIFECTA, WAS ABLE SOMEHOW, I THINK IT WAS A MIRACLE OF GOD, BUT TO GET ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION DONE.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY PEOPLE TO ALLOT HARVEST IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

NOW, I WANT AED IT TO BE A FELONY CRIME.

BUT IT WAS CHANGED TO A PETTY MISDEMEANOR.

>> Mary: THAT'S STILL A VERY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.

>> I WAS ABLE TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

AND I HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.

CROSS LAKE IS THE TOWN I'M CLOSEST TO.

>> Mary: THAT'S PART OF THE NORTHLAND THAT DEMOCRATS USED TO DOMINATE AND REPUBLICANS ARE MAKE ACHE INROADS, ARE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT UP THERE?

>> WE DOOR KNOCKED 5,000 DOORS AND AT THE DOORS, THE PEOPLE I WAS DOOR KNOCKING, YOU KNOW, I FIGURED, WELL, MAYBE IT LEANS A LITTLE RED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW?

AND O I WASN'T CONFIDENT.

BUT ON ELECTION NIGHT, I WON MY RACE BY 25 POINTS.

SO IT WAS VERY HEAVY RED DISTRICT.

THE EGISLATION THAT CAME THROUGH, I MEAN, IT HAD MY HEAD SPINNING, MARY.

AND I'M JUST -- I'M LOOKING AT OTHER EPRESENTATIVES, I'M GOING, IS THIS NORMAL?

AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

WE'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH LEGISLATION PUSHED THROUGH SO FAST.

AND I WAS WARNED, MISTAKES ARE GOING TO BE MADE.

>> I RECOGNIZE THE MEMBER FROM CROW WING, REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS.

>> THANK YOU, Mr. SPEAKER.

>> Mary: SO ANY GOALS FOR UPCOMING SESSION, THINGS YOU THINK YOU CAN GET ACROSS THE AISLE?

>> SOCIAL SECURITY TAX.

I WOULD LIKE A FULL ELIMINATION OF THAT.

>> Mary: DO YOU THINK THAT SHIP HAS SAILED?

>> I HOPE NOT.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH IT, AND MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT.

I STILL GET PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE, HEY, WHAT WITH DEE HERE?

>> MORE SURPLUS HELPS THE ARGUMENT.

DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE GIVES YOU A CHANCE.

>> WE HAD A $18.5 BILLION SURPLUS LAST YEAR, AND NO, I DON'T THINK IT'LL HELP THE ARGUMENT AT ALL.

MY WIFE RUNS THE FINANCES IN OUR HOUSE.

BECAUSE SHE'S -- IT'S JUST ONE OF OUR GIFTING, SHE'S VERY GOOD AT IT, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY FRUGAL, SO I'M COMING IN WITH A FRUGAL HEART AND THIS SPENDING TO ME IS WAY OUT OF CONTROL.