Melisa López Franzen

Melisa López Franzen
López Franzen in 2025
Minority Leader of the Minnesota Senate
In office
September 14, 2021  January 3, 2023
Preceded bySusan Kent
Succeeded byMark Johnson
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 49th district
In office
January 8, 2013  January 3, 2023
Preceded byGeoff Michel (41st district)
Succeeded bySteve Cwodzinski
Personal details
Born
Melisa López Aquino

(1980-06-09) June 9, 1980
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Nathan Franzen
(m. 2006)
Children2
EducationInteramerican University, San Germán (BA)
University of Minnesota (MPP)
Hamline University (JD)

Melisa López Franzen (née López Aquino, born 1980) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 49 in the southwest Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the Minneapolis suburbs of Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, and Minnetonka.