GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — An influential Democratic-Farmer-Labor official in northern Minnesota resigned Friday, Dec. 12, a little over a year after she was charged with criminal vehicular homicide.

On Monday, the Reformer reported the DFL Party was standing by 8th District DFL Chair Cyndy Martin despite the charge.

Local congressional district parties aren’t controlled by the state party, but state officials declined to use their influence to pressure Martin to resign.

On the evening of July 3, 2024, police in Itasca County responded to a report of a person lying in the lane of Highway 169, near Nashwauk. They discovered the body of 19-year-old Carter Haithcock, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Martin the next morning called 911 and said that she may have been involved in a collisi

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