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Matthew Martin Little is an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 58 in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Little graduated from Rosemount High School in 2003. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from University of Minnesota Morris in 2007.^[1][2]

Little worked as a regional field coordinator for the National Association of Letter Carriers in Washington, D.C. for two years and spent a year teaching English in Chile before attending the University of Minnesota Law School.^[3] In 2014, he earned his juris doctor, graduating magna cum laude.^[4][2]

In 2010, Little was elected to the Lakeville City Council. In 2012, at age 27, he became the youngest person to be elected mayor of Lakeville.^[1]

Little works as an attorney at his Lakeville firm, Little Law, which focuses on medical malpractice and personal injury law.^[3]

In 2016, Little was narrowly elected to the Minnesota Senate, where he served on the jobs and economic growth, transportation, and veterans and military affairs committees.^[5] He has gained national attention for his use of the social media app TikTok, where he has more than 100,000 followers.^[6][7]

Little ran for reelection in 2020 but lost to Republican nominee Zach Duckworth.^[8]

In 2022, Little ran for Dakota County Attorney but lost to Republican nominee Kathy Keena.^[9]

On April 30, 2025, Little announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district, after incumbent Angie Craig decided to run for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat instead. He was the first candidate to enter the Democratic primary^[10] and has since been joined by state representative Kaela Berg and state senator Matt Klein.

In April 2026, The Intercept detailed concerns from local rapid response units in the fight against ICE that Minnesota Democrats were co-opting the movement for votes, claiming that Little used the movement for political gain.^[11] Little addressed the Intercept article briefly during an interview with WCCO-TV, saying that his involvement in the movement was personal, as his wife, a naturalized citizen and a U.S. resident since age 10, had to carry documents during the occupation. He said, “We posted some videos to hold them accountable, but there’s a whole host of stuff we were doing that we don’t post about, don’t talk about. It was important to be out there for my family.”^[12]

In the same interview, Little said he would abide by the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and support the endorsed candidate if he were not endorsed.^[12]

In a February 2026 precinct caucus straw poll, Little received 43.29% of the vote to Klein’s 20.97% and Berg’s 6.68%.^[13] On May 9, Little won the DFL endorsement at the Second Congressional District Endorsement Convention, receiving 63% of delegate votes on the first ballot.^[14]

During his 2026 congressional campaign, Little has condemned Operation Metro Surge, calling ICE agents “lawless street gangs”. He advocates replacing ICE with an agency aligned with the U.S. Constitution, mandating clear identification for agents, restricting the qualified immunity of federal agents by amending section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code, and ensuring transparency about the location of detainees.^[15]

Little has advocated for a permanent expansion of the U.S. Child Tax Credit, and opposes tariffs.^[16] He supports the Affordable Loans for Students Act, which would cap all current and future student loan interest rates at 2%.^[17]

Little condemned Hamas‘s October 7 Attacks, as well as Israel‘s response, which he called “genocidal“. He advocated the end of military aid and weapons sales to Israel, permitting humanitarian aid to reenter Gaza, removing illegal settlements from Palestinian territories, and creating a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.^[18]

Little has advocated for the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex; protecting Obergefell v. Hodges; banning conversion therapy on a national level; and overturning U.S. v. Shilling, which prohibits transgender people from serving in the military.^[19]

Little has publicly refused funding from AIPAC, super PACs, health insurance PACs, or corporate PACs for his campaign. He supports overturning Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Buckley v. Valeo to legalize campaign spending limits, banning members of Congress from trading stocks, requiring presidents and family members to divest business assets and place them in a blind trust, and creating a pardon board for federal pardons. Little also calls for preventing lobbyists and corporations from fundraising for federal political campaigns or donating money to government events and functions.^[20]

Little wants to raise the federal corporate tax, eliminate carried interest loopholes,^[21] and raise tax caps for Social Security.^[22]

Little opposes defunding police staff, has expressed concern for cybercrime and the fentanyl crisis, and supports the Dakota County SMART Center for police training.^[23]

• Matt Little at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
• Official Senate website
• Campaign website
• Matt Little TikTok account