Shane Mekeland (born July 28, 1969)[1] is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019.
He first ran after three-term incumbent Jim Newberger announced he would not seek reelection in order to run in the 2018 U.S. Senate election.
[8][9] Mekeland opposed bipartisan legislation to increase worker protection laws for meatpacking workers, saying that existing laws were adequate to deal with injuries and other issues and additional regulations would lead to increased consolidation.
[10][11] He criticized cities for charging high fees on building permits to pay for other government services.
He said he believed the attack was politically motivated, and posted online that "the media and the likes of Maxine Waters, Hillary, and Eric Holder" were responsible for driving the behavior.