MINNETONKA, Minn. – David Hann is out as chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota.
Wayzata City Councilman Alex Plechash was elected Minnesota GOP chair Saturday by the State Central Committee. Hann, a former state senator from Eden Prairie, was elected chair in October 2021 following the resignation of Jennifer Carnahan and re-elected in December of 2022.
Plechash served as a congressional district vice chair and a Republican committeemen. Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin put out a statement saying, “The Minnesota GOP has been completely captured by the most extreme fringe activists in Minnesota politics.”
Hann was not a strong supporter of President-elect Donald Trump.
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