Minnesota Senate
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The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House district (e.g. Senate district 32 contains House districts 32A and 32B). The Minnesota Constitution forbids a House district to divide a Senate district. Before the 1960s, Senators were apportioned by county, resulting in the underrepresentation of those in cities. From statehood through 1972 the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota served as President of the Senate. In 1972 the voters approved a constitutional amendment that provided for the senate to elected the president from among its members effective January 1973.
Members are usually elected to four year terms except when districts are redrawn after the census, when they are elected to a two year term. The state legislature is located in the Minnesota State Capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
[edit] Current session
The 2007-2008 Session, of the 85th Minnesota Legislature, first convened on January 3, 2007. The President of the Senate is James Metzen. The majority leader is Lawrence Pogemiller and the minority leader is David Senjem. The first regular session will end no later than May 21, 2007.
| Affiliation | Members |
|
| Democratic-Farmer Labor Party | 44 (65.7%) | |
| Republican Party | 23 (34.3%) | |
| Total |
67 | |
| District | Representative | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LeRoy A. Stumpf | DFL |
| 2 | Rod Skoe | DFL |
| 3 | Tom Saxhaug | DFL |
| 4 | Mary Olson | DFL |
| 5 | David J. Tomassoni | DFL |
| 6 | Thomas M. Bakk | DFL |
| 7 | Yvonne Prettner Solon | DFL |
| 8 | Tony Lourey | DFL |
| 9 | Keith Langseth | DFL |
| 10 | Cal Larson | R |
| 11 | Bill G. Ingebrigtsen | R |
| 12 | Paul E. Koering | R |
| 13 | Joseph R. Gimse | R |
| 14 | Michelle L. Fischbach | R |
| 15 | Tarryl Clark | DFL |
| 16 | Betsy L. Wergin | R |
| 17 | Rick Olseen | DFL |
| 18 | Steve Dille | R |
| 19 | Amy T. Koch | R |
| 20 | Gary W. Kubly | DFL |
| 21 | Dennis R. Frederickson | R |
| 22 | Jim Vickerman | DFL |
| 23 | Kathleen J. Sheran | DFL |
| 24 | Julie A. Rosen | R |
| 25 | Thomas M. Neuville | R |
| 26 | Dick Day | R |
| 27 | Dan Sparks | DFL |
| 28 | Steve Murphy | DFL |
| 29 | David H. Senjem | R |
| 30 | Anny Lynch | DFL |
| 31 | Sharon L. Erickson Ropes | DFL |
| 32 | Warren Limmer | R |
| 33 | Gen Olson | R |
| 34 | Julianne E. Ortman | R |
| 35 | Claire A. Robling | R |
| 36 | Pat Pariseau | R |
| 37 | Chris Gerlach | R |
| 38 | Jim Carlson | DFL |
| 39 | James Metzen | DFL |
| 40 | John P. Doll | DFL |
| 41 | Geoff Michel | R |
| 42 | David Hann | R |
| 43 | Terri Bonoff | DFL |
| 44 | Ron Latz | DFL |
| 45 | Ann H. Rest | DFL |
| 46 | Linda Scheid | DFL |
| 47 | Leo T. Foley | DFL |
| 48 | Michael J. Jungbauer | R |
| 49 | Debbie J. Johnson | R |
| 50 | Satveer Chaudhary | DFL |
| 51 | Don Betzold | DFL |
| 52 | Ray Vaneveer | R |
| 53 | Sandy Rummel | DFL |
| 54 | John Marty | DFL |
| 55 | Charles W. Wiger | DFL |
| 56 | Kathy L. Saltzman | DFL |
| 57 | Katie Sieben | DFL |
| 58 | Linda Higgins | DFL |
| 59 | Lawrence Pogemiller | DFL |
| 60 | D. Scott Dibble | DFL |
| 61 | Linda Berglin | DFL |
| 62 | Patricia Torres Ray | DFL |
| 63 | Dan Larson | DFL |
| 64 | Richard J. Cohen | DFL |
| 65 | Sandra L. Pappas | DFL |
| 66 | Ellen R. Anderson | DFL |
| 67 | Mee Moua | DFL |
[edit] Previous sessions
- Minnesota Senate 2005-2006 Session
- Minnesota Senate 2003-2004 Session
- Minnesota Senate 2001-2002 Session
