D. Scott Dibble is a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member representing District 61 in the Minnesota Senate, covering portions of South, Southwest, Downtown, and Bryn Mawr neighborhoods in Minneapolis, primarily in Hennepin County. Born August 27, 1965, in New York City, he moved to Minnesota at age 13 after living in Bermuda, Italy, Portugal, Alabama, and Texas due to his family's U.S. Air Force service. He is openly gay, the first openly gay man elected to the Minnesota Legislature without prior office, and lives in Minneapolis's Uptown with his husband, Richard Leyva. Notable achievements include authoring Minnesota's 2013 marriage equality law, leading the Freedom to Breathe Act for clean indoor air, the Homeless Youth Act, Minnesota Tenants' Bill of Rights, medical cannabis legalization, Next Generation Energy Act for renewables and carbon reduction, Mercury Emissions Reduction Act, electric vehicle advancements, transportation veto override in 2008, and anti-bullying Safe and Supportive Schools legislation.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Graduated from Apple Valley High School; studied German and Political Science at University of St. Thomas , University of Minnesota, and Humphrey Institute .
• Early Activism: 1980s ACT-UP organizer during HIV/AIDS crisis; helped form Minneapolis Police Civilian Review Authority after police abuse; aide to Minneapolis City Council Member Doré Mead in 1990s; organized for 1993 Minnesota Human Rights Act.
• Legislative Service: Elected to Minnesota House ; Senate since 2003 ; re-elected 2006, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2022; chairs Transit Subdivision, ranking member on Transportation Committee; investigated I-35W bridge collapse.