The Republican Party of Minnesota is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Minnesota and the oldest active political party in the state. Founded in 1855,the party is headquartered in Edina,and the current chairman is Alex Plechash.
Steven A. Sviggum is a Minnesota politician,a former member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents,and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate. A former Speaker and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives,Sviggum represented District 28B in the southeastern part of the state. The area was known as District 25A until the 1982 legislative redistricting,and then as District 26A until the 1992 redistricting,and has included all or portions of Dakota,Dodge,Goodhue,Olmsted,Steele,Wabasha,Waseca and Winona counties.
Donald Mark Ritchie is an American politician and a former Minnesota Secretary of State. Ritchie was elected the 21st Minnesota Secretary of State on November 7,2006. He was re-elected in 2010.
Satveer Singh Chaudhary is an American criminal defense and immigration lawyer. He is also a politician and a former member of the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives serving from 1996 to 2010.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4,2008. After a legal battle lasting over eight months,the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate,Al Franken,defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate,with Coleman's Senate predecessor Dean Barkley taking third place. Franken took his oath of office on July 7,2009,more than half a year after the end of Coleman's term on January 3,2009. This election,alongside the concurrent Senate election in New Jersey,was the last U.S. Senate election in which both major party candidates were Jewish.
Matthew T. "Matt" Dean is an American politician. He served as the Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 38B,which included portions of Ramsey and Washington counties in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is an architect and the owner of Dean Architects in Dellwood.
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.
John Hottinger is a Minnesota attorney and politician and a former member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. First elected in 1990,he was re-elected in 1992,1996,2000 and 2002. A Democrat,he represented the old District 24 prior to the 2002 redistricting,and the District 23 thereafter. The district included portions of Blue Earth,Le Sueur,Nicollet,Sibley and Waseca counties in the south central part of the state.
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 Lee Berglin is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 61,which includes 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 1980,and was re-elected in each election until she resigned on August 15,2011,to take a position with Hennepin County. Prior to the 1982 and 1992 redistricting,the area was known as District 59 and District 60,respectively.
Joseph R. "Joe" Gimse is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 13,which included portions of Kandiyohi,Pope and Stearns counties in the west central part of the state. A Republican,he was first elected to the Senate in 2006,and was reelected in 2010. He also ran unsuccessfully for the seat in 2002 against former Senator Dean Johnson. He served as an assistant minority leader. Gimse ran for reelection in 2012 in the newly drawn 17th District,but was defeated by Clara City DFLer Lyle Koenen.
Amy T. Koch is an American politician and a former majority leader of the Minnesota Senate,where she represented portions of Hennepin and Wright counties. Koch,the first female Senate majority leader in state history,is also a regular commentator for Minnesota local media.
Lyle J. Koenen is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 17,which included portions of Chippewa,Kandiyohi,Renville,and Swift counties in the southwestern part of the state.
Jeffrey D. Hayden is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 62,which includes portions of south Minneapolis in Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Paul E. Gazelka is an American politician and small business owner from Minnesota. A Republican,Gazelka was a member of the Minnesota Senate and was previously a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. In the state senate,Gazelka served as majority leader from 2017 to 2021.
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.
The eighty-first Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 5,1999. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the general election of November 5,1996,and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the general election of November 3,1998.
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 2006 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday,November 7,2006 to elect the Minnesota Attorney General for a four-year term. DFL incumbent Mike Hatch chose to run for governor instead of reelection. Lori Swanson of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won election to her first term.
The 2022 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8,2022,to elect members of the Senate of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9,2022. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature,the Minnesota House of Representatives,and all other statewide elections.
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