Legislative Evaluation Assembly of Minnesota

Annual LEA 2025 Awards Banquet

VIP registrations are available

On-line registration is closed.

Pay at the door

Event on Monday, February 24th, 2025 at the Mermaid Event Center, Mounds View 2200 County Hwy. 10, Mounds View, MN 55112

Check-in and Social Hour Begins at 5:00 P.M. — Dinner 6:30 P.M. — Program 7:00 P.M.

Featured Speaker: Ken Cuccinelli

“Fighting Against Illegal Immigration and for Election Transparency”

Our keynote speaker this year is Ken Cuccinelli. He is currently the National Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative. From 2019-2021, Ken Cuccinelli served in the federal government, in the first Trump Administration as the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, then as acting deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. Ken has been a leading spokesman on immigration, election security and homeland security. He was appointed by President Trump to serve as an original member of the Coronavirus Task Force. In addition to practicing law for over 25 years, Ken also served in state government in the Virginia Senate from 2002-2010 and as Virginia’s attorney general from 2010-2014. Ken earned a mechanical engineering degree from UVA, a law degree from the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and a master’s in international transactions from George Mason University.

Mr Cuccinelli has been blessed to be married to his wife Teiro for 33 years. They have 7 children and 4 grandchildren.

Ken has agreed to pose for photos and sign written works of his brought to the event by guests, before the dinner and official program. A donation is strongly encouraged to help defray costs associated with this rare opportunity to bring Mr. Cuccinelli to Minnesota for LEA. You can donate on this response form or at – https://lea-mn.org/donate

Reserve your dinner online below. Meals for guests are priced at $60 if paid by February 16th ($65 at the door – for registrations February 17th-21st). Those who wish to attend are asked to register by February 8th. Guests needing lodging to attend the event should call the adjacent AmericInn directly at (763) 786-2000. A block of rooms at a rate of $101 plus tax are reservable at least until February 8th.

LEA members will also hear from attending honorees and elect board members at this dinner meeting. If you have any questions, please contact us at (651) 234-0052 or info@lea-mn.org. We look forward to seeing you at the banquet.

If you are interested in serving on the LEA board or on our report research and preparation committee, please contact the LEA Nominating Committee by sending email to: info@lea-mn.org. Prospective LEA board candidates should contact us by February 8th.