May 8, 2025
MMA member and State Sen. Matt Klein, MD, (DFL-Mendota Heights) announced on May 6 that he's running in 2026 for Minnesota's Second Congressional District, a seat being vacated by U.S. Rep Angie Craig, who is running for the U.S. Senate.
Klein is a hospitalist at the Mayo Clinic. Klein was elected to the West St Paul school board in 2013, and to the state senate in 2016, where he represents the communities of West St Paul, South St Paul, Mendota Heights, and Inver Grove Heights.
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“It’s great to see our members getting politically involved at both a state and Federal level,” said MMA President Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA. “Physicians need to be at the table wherever decisions are being made about the practice of medicine.”
Klein is the second physician and MMA member to run for Congress in recent years. Member and former State Sen. Kelly Morrison, MD, ran and was elected to serve Minnesota’s Third Congressional District in 2024.
October 8, 2026
On September 29, a Hennepin County jury issued an $84 million malpractice verdict against Fairview Health Services, in a case involving a patient who died of complications following an exercise-induced heart attack.
October 8, 2026
A group of fifth-grade students from Lincoln Elementary School in St. Cloud got a firsthand look at the world of medicine on October 5, during a special Mini Medical School Day hosted by the University of Minnesota Medical School CentraCare Regional Campus St. Cloud.
October 8, 2026
On October 7, the MMA released an updated version of its “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Resource Guide for Physicians.”