David Howard Senjem is an American politician currently serving on the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners. He is a former member of the Minnesota Senate,serving in that body from 2003 to 2023. He led the Republican caucus as majority leader from 2011 to 2013. A moderate Republican,Senjem has crossed party lines on many occasions,notably environmental policy and women's issues. He represented District 25,which at the time included portions of Dodge and Olmsted counties in the southeastern part of the state. Much of the northern half of Rochester was in his district.
Ellen Anderson is a Minnesota politician,and an advisor to former Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton.
Claire A. Robling is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 35,which included portions of Carver,Le Sueur,Scott and Sibley counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,she was first elected to the Senate in 1996,and reelected in 2000,2002,2006 and 2010. She served as an assistant minority leader from 2003 to 2006.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2018 until 2019. As of 2024,she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
Linda Higgins is a Minnesota politician who represented the second district of Hennepin County as county commissioner from late 2012 to January 2019. Higgins is a former member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 58,which included portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Senate in 1996,and was re-elected in 2000,2002,2006 and 2010. She served as a majority whip from 2001 to 2006. In the fall of 2011,she announced that she would not seek reelection after the current term ended in 2012. However,when Hennepin County District 2 Commissioner Mark Stenglein announced in June 2012 that he would resign,Higgins decided to run for that position. On May 20,2012,she was endorsed by the DFL party for the position,and won the election in November. In 2014,she ran unopposed and was reelected. She served as the Vice-Chair of the County Board,and Chair of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. She retired from the county board in January 2019.
Ann H. Rest is an American politician and President pro tempore of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 43 which includes portions of the western suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area.
Julianne E. Ortman is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represented District 47,which included portions of Carver County in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. She was a candidate in the 2014 United States Senate election in Minnesota until she was eliminated at the state convention.
Geoff Michel is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 41,which included portions of the southwestern Twin Cities suburbs of Edina and Bloomington in Hennepin County. A Republican,he was first elected to the Senate in 2002,succeeding retiring Senator Roy Terwilliger,who represented the area as District 42 before the 2002 legislative redistricting. Michel was reelected in 2006 and 2010.
Kathy L. Saltzman is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 56,which includes portions of Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A moderate Democrat,she was first elected to the Senate in 2006,but was unseated by Republican Ted Lillie in her 2010 re-election bid. She was a majority whip.
Douglas Rudy Magnus is an American,Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate,who represented District 22,which includes all of Cottonwood,Jackson,Murray,Nobles,Pipestone and Rock counties in the southwestern part of the state. A Republican,he is also a farmer.
Erin Murphy is an American politician serving as Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate since 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 64,which includes the Highland Park,Macalester-Groveland,Merriam Park,Summit Hill,and St. Anthony Park,neighborhoods of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is a former Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives,executive director of the Minnesota Nurses Association,and is also a registered nurse.
Carla J. Nelson is an American politician from Minnesota who is a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represents District 24,which includes parts of Olmsted County and Dodge County in the southeastern part of the state. Much of the southern half of Rochester and parts of northwestern Rochester are in her district.
Michelle R. Benson is an American accountant,politician,and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. She represents District 31,which includes portions of Anoka,Isanti and Sherburne counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Benson is the Deputy Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate.
Michael Brodkorb is an American communications consultant,media specialist,researcher,author and former Minnesota Republican activist.
Marion O'Neill Rarick is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2013. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,O'Neill represents District 29B in central Minnesota,which includes the cities of Buffalo and Monticello and parts of Wright County.
Karin Housley is an American politician,businesswoman,and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,she represents Forest Lake,Stillwater,and the surrounding St. Croix Valley. Housley was the Republican nominee in Minnesota's 2018 special election for the United States Senate.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 6,2018,to elect a United States Senator from Minnesota. Incumbent Democratic–Farmer–Labor U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar was reelected in a landslide,defeating Republican state House of Representatives member Jim Newberger. This election was held alongside a special election for Minnesota's other Senate seat,which was held by Al Franken until he resigned in January 2018. U.S. House elections,a gubernatorial election,State House elections,and other elections were also held.
The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus is the formal organization of the Republican members of the Minnesota Senate. With 33 members,the current minority leader is Senator Mark Johnson.
The 2018 United States Senate special election in Minnesota took place on November 6,2018,to elect a United States senator from Minnesota to replace incumbent Democratic senator Al Franken until the regular expiration of the term on January 3,2021. Facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct,Franken announced on December 7,2017,that he would resign effective January 2,2018. Governor Mark Dayton appointed Franken's successor,Tina Smith,on December 13,2017,and she ran in the special election. This election coincided with a regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election for the Class 1 Senate seat,U.S. House elections,a gubernatorial election,State House elections,and other elections.
Kelly Louise Morrison is an American doctor and politician who was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,Morrison represented District 45 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Minnetonka,Mound,Minnetrista,and Orono in Hennepin County. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.
