73rd Minnesota Legislature

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Seventy-third Minnesota Legislature
72nd Minnesota Legislature 74th Minnesota Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction Minnesota, United States
Meeting place Minnesota State Capitol
TermJanuary 4, 1983 (1983-01-04) – January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08)
Website www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members67 Senators
President Jerome M. Hughes
Majority Leader Roger Moe
Minority Leader James E. Ulland
Party control Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members134 Representatives
Speaker Harry A. Sieben
Majority Leader Willis Eken,
Harry A. Sieben
Minority Leader David M. Jennings
Party control Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

The seventy-third Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 4, 1983. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 2, 1982.

Contents

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 1983 to May 23, 1983. A continuation of the regular session was held between March 6, 1984 and April 24, 1984. There were no special sessions of the seventy-third Minnesota Legislature. [1]

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

Senate

Party [2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
DFL IR
End of previous Legislature 4423670
Begin4225670
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 4225670

House of Representatives

Party [3]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
DFL IR
End of previous Legislature 70641340
Begin77571340
September 12, 1983761331
January 11, 1984581340
June 4, 1984751331
August 1, 1984741322
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature 65691340

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood) [4]
Senate Majority Leader
Roger Moe (DFL-Ada) [5]
Senate Minority Leader
James E. Ulland (IR-Duluth) [5]

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings) [6]
House Majority Leader
Until August 1, 1984 Willis Eken (DFL-Twin Valley) [7]
After August 1, 1984 Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings) [7]
House Minority Leader
David M. Jennings (IR-Truman) [7]

Members

Senate

NameDistrictCityParty
Adkins, Betty 22 St. Michael DFL
Anderson, Don A. 12 Wadena IR
Belanger, William 41 Bloomington IR
Benson, Duane 32 Lanesboro IR
Berg, Charlie 11 Chokio IR
Berglin, Linda 60 Minneapolis DFL
Bernhagen, John 21 Hutchinson IR
Bertram, Joe 16 Paynesville DFL
Brataas, Nancy 33 Rochester IR
Chmielewski, Florian 14 Sturgeon Lake DFL
Dahl, Gregory 50 Lino Lakes DFL
Davis, Chuck 18 Princeton DFL
DeCramer, Gary 27 Ghent DFL
Dicklich, Ron 05 Hibbing DFL
Diessner, Bill 56 Afton DFL
Dieterich, Neil 63 St. Paul DFL
Frank, Don 51 Spring Lake Park DFL
Frederick, Mel 30 Owatonna IR
Frederickson, Dennis 23 New Ulm IR
Freeman, Michael O. 40 Richfield DFL
Hughes, Jerome M. 54 Maplewood DFL
Isackson, Doran L. 28 Storden IR
Johnson, Dean 15 Willmar IR
Johnson, Doug 06 Tower DFL
Jude, Tad 48 Maple Grove DFL
Kamrath, Randy P. 20 Canby IR
Knaak, Fritz 53 White Bear Lake IR
Knutson, Howard A. 38 Burnsville IR
Kroening, Carl 57 Minneapolis DFL
Kronebusch, Patricia Louise 34 Rollingstone IR
Laidig, Gary 55 Stillwater IR
Langseth, Keith 09 Glyndon DFL
Lantry, Marilyn 67 St. Paul DFL
Lessard, Bob 03 International Falls DFL
Luther, Bill 47 Brooklyn Park DFL
McQuaid, Phyllis W. 44 Saint Louis Park IR
Mehrkens, Lyle 26 Red Wing IR
Merriam, Gene 49 Coon Rapids DFL
Moe, Donald 65 St. Paul DFL
Moe, Roger 02 Ada DFL
Nelson, Tom A. 31 Austin DFL
Novak, Steve 52 New Brighton DFL
Olson, Gen 43 Minnetrista IR
Pehler, Jim 17 St. Cloud DFL
Peterson, Collin Clark 10 Detroit Lakes DFL
Peterson, Darrel L. 29 Fairmont IR
Peterson, Donna C. 61 Minneapolis DFL
Peterson, Randolph W. 19 Wyoming DFL
Petty, Eric D. 62 Minneapolis DFL
Pogemiller, Larry 58 Minneapolis DFL
Purfeerst, Clarence 25 Faribault DFL
Ramstad, Jim 45 Plymouth IR
Reichgott Junge, Ember 46 New Hope DFL
Renneke, Earl 35 Le Sueur IR
Samuelson, Don 13 Brainerd DFL
Schmitz, Robert J. 36 Jordan DFL
Sieloff, Ron 64 St. Paul IR
Solon, Sam 07 Duluth DFL
Spear, Allan 59 Minneapolis DFL
Storm, Don 42 Edina IR
Stumpf, LeRoy 01 Thief River Falls DFL
Taylor, Glen 24 Mankato IR
Ulland, James E. 08 Duluth IR
Vega, Conrad 39 South St. Paul DFL
Waldorf, Gene 66 St. Paul DFL
Wegscheid, Darril 37 Apple Valley DFL
Willet, Gerald 04 Park Rapids DFL

House of Representatives

NameDistrictCityParty
Anderson, Bob 10B Ottertail IR
Anderson, Bruce W. 28A Slayton DFL
Anderson, Glen H. 20A Bellingham DFL
Battaglia, David Peter 06A Two Harbors DFL
Beard, Pat 56B Cottage Grove DFL
Begich, Joseph 06B Eveleth DFL
Bennett, Tony 53A Shoreview IR
Berkelman, Thomas R. 08B Duluth DFL
Bishop, Dave 33B Rochester IR
Blatz, Kathleen 41B Bloomington IR
Boo, Ben 08B Duluth IR
Bergstrom, Don 18B Big Lake DFL
Brandl, John 62B Minneapolis DFL
Brinkman, Bernard J. 16B Richmond DFL
Burger, John 43A Long Lake IR
Carlson, Doug 14B Sandstone IR
Carlson, Lyndon 46B Crystal DFL
Clark, Janet H. 60B Minneapolis DFL
Clark, Karen 60A Minneapolis DFL
Clawson, John T. 19B Lindstrom DFL
Cohen, Richard 64B St. Paul DFL
Coleman, Sharon L. 51A Spring Lake Park DFL
Dempsey, Terry 23A New Ulm IR
Den Ouden, Gaylin 21B Prinsburg IR
Dimler, Chuck 36A Chanhassen IR
Eken, Willis 02B Twin Valley DFL
Elioff, Dominic J. 05A Virginia DFL
Ellingson, Robert L. 47B Brooklyn Center DFL
Erickson, Wendell O. 27B Hills IR
Evans, James 10A Detroit Lakes IR
Findlay, Gary 11A Herman IR
Fjoslien, David O. 11B Brandon IR
Forsythe, Mary 42B Edina IR
Frerichs, Don 32A Rochester IR
Graba, Jerome Clifford 12A Sebeka DFL
Greenfield, Lee 61A Minneapolis DFL
Gruenes, Dave 17B St. Cloud IR
Gustafson, Ben E. 07B Duluth DFL
Gutknecht, Gil 33A Rochester IR
Halberg, Chuck 38A Burnsville IR
Haukoos, Bob 31A Albert Lea IR
Heap, Jim 45B Golden Valley IR
Heinitz, Orlando Jacob 48A Plymouth IR
Himle, John 41A Bloomington IR
Hoberg, Dwaine 09A Moorhead IR
Hoffman, Chuck 55B Stillwater DFL
Hokr, Dorothy 46A New Hope IR
Jacobs, Joel 49B Coon Rapids DFL
Jennings, David M. 29A Truman IR
Jensen, Robert C. 36B Farmington DFL
Johnson, Virgil 34A Caledonia IR
Kahn, Phyllis 58B Minneapolis DFL
Kalis, Henry 29B Walters DFL
Kelly, Randy 67A St. Paul DFL
Knickerbocker, Jerry 43B Minnetonka IR
Knuth, Daniel 52B New Brighton DFL
Kostohryz, Dick 54B North St. Paul DFL
Krueger, Rick 12B Staples DFL
Kvam, Adolph Leonard 21A Litchfield IR
Larsen, Ernest A. 50A Anoka DFL
Levi, Connie 55A Dellwood IR
Long, Dee 59A Minneapolis DFL
Ludeman, Cal 27A Tracy IR
Mann, George 28B Windom DFL
Marsh, Marcus M. 17A Sauk Rapids IR
McDonald, K. J. 35B Watertown IR
McEachern, Bob 22A St. Michael DFL
McKasy, Bert 39A Mendota Heights IR
Metzen, James P. 39B South St. Paul DFL
Minne, Lona 05B Hibbing DFL
Munger, Willard 07A Duluth DFL
Murphy, Mary 08A Hermantown DFL
Nelson, Darby 49A Champlin DFL
Nelson, Ken 62A Minneapolis DFL
Neuenschwander, Bob 03A International Falls DFL
Norton, Fred C. 65A St. Paul DFL
O'Connor, Rich 66B St. Paul DFL
Ogren, Paul Anders 14A Aitkin DFL
Olsen, Sally 44A Saint Louis Park IR
Omann, Ben 16A St. Joseph IR
Onnen, Tony 22B Cokato IR
Osthoff, Tom 66A St. Paul DFL
Otis, Todd 59B Minneapolis DFL
Pauly, Sidney 42A Eden Prairie IR
Peterson, J.P. 18A Princeton DFL
Piepho, Mark J. 24A Mankato IR
Piper, Pat 31B Austin DFL
Price, Leonard 56A Woodbury DFL
Quinn, Joe 50B Blaine DFL
Quist, Allen 23B St. Peter IR
Redalen, Elton 32B Fountain IR
Reif, Robert W. 53B White Bear Lake IR
Rice, Jim 57A Minneapolis DFL
Riveness, Phil 40B Bloomington DFL
Rodosovich, Peter 25B Faribault DFL
Rodriguez, Carolyn Jane 37A Apple Valley DFL
Rodriguez, Frank J. 65B St. Paul DFL
Rose, John 63A Roseville IR
Sarna, John 58A Minneapolis DFL
Schafer, Gary 35A Gibbon IR
Scheid, Linda 47A Brooklyn Park DFL
Schoenfeld, Jerry E. 30B Waseca DFL
Schreiber, Bill 48B Brooklyn Park IR
Seaberg, Art 38B Mendota Heights IR
Segal, Gloria 44B St. Louis Park DFL
Shaver, Craig H. 45A Wayzata IR
Shea, Tom J. 30A Owatonna DFL
Sherman, Tim 34B Winona IR
Sieben, Harry A. 37B Hastings DFL
Simoneau, Wayne 51B Fridley DFL
Skoglund, Wes 61B Minneapolis DFL
Solberg, Loren 03B Bovey DFL
Sparby, Wally 01B Thief River Falls DFL
St. Onge, Doug J. 04A Bemidji DFL
Stadum, Tony 02A Ada IR
Staten, Sr., Randolph Wilbert 57B Minneapolis DFL
Sviggum, Steve 26A Kenyon IR
Swanson, James C. 40A Richfield DFL
Thiede, Paul M. 13A Pequot Lakes IR
Tomlinson, John D. 67B St. Paul DFL
Tunheim, Jim 01A Kennedy DFL
Uphus, Sylvester 15A Sauk Centre IR
Valan, Merlyn Orville 09B Moorhead IR
Valento, Don 54A Little Canada IR
Vanasek, Robert 25A New Prague DFL
Vellenga, Kathleen 64A St. Paul DFL
Voss, Gordon 52A Blaine DFL
Waltman, Bobby Joe 26B Elgin IR
Welch, Richard J. 19A Cambridge DFL
Welker, Ray 20B Montevideo IR
Welle, Alan 15B Willmar DFL
Wenzel, Steve 13B Little Falls DFL
Wigley, Richard E. 24B Lake Crystal IR
Wynia, Ann 63B St. Paul DFL
Zaffke, Maurice J. 04B Backus IR

Membership changes

House of Representatives

DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor
seated
08B Thomas R. Berkelman
(DFL)
Resigned on September 12, 1983 to become a lobbyist for AT&T. [8] Ben Boo
(IR)
January 11, 1984 [9]
28B George Mann
(DFL)
Died on June 4, 1984, after having been comatose since having a heart attack on April 29, 1984. [10] Remained vacant
02B Willis Eken
(DFL)
Resigned on August 1, 1984 to become President of the Minnesota Farmers Union. [11] Remained vacant

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Preceded by Seventy-third Minnesota Legislature
1983—1984
Succeeded by