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The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members,half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives,it is the largest upper house of any U.S. state legislature. Floor sessions are held in the west wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Committee hearings,as well as offices for senators and staff,are located north of the State Capitol in the Minnesota Senate Building. Each member of the Minnesota Senate represents approximately 80,000 constituents.
Magnus Johnson was an American farmer and politician. He served in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a member of the Farmer–Labor Party. Johnson is the only Swedish-born person to serve in the U.S. Senate.
William Drew "W.D." Washburn,Sr. was an American politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. Three of his seven brothers became politicians:Elihu B. Washburne,Cadwallader C. Washburn,and Israel Washburn,Jr. He was also cousin of Dorilus Morrison,the first mayor of Minneapolis. He served in the 46th,47th,48th,51st,52nd,and 53rd congresses.
Paul Koering is a Minnesota politician who serves on the County Board of Crow Wing County,Minnesota. He is a former member of the Minnesota Senate from Fort Ripley. A Republican,he represented District 12,which includes all or portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties,including the city of Brainerd. A liquor store owner,funeral car service owner,and small farmer,he served two terms,but was defeated by former Rep. Paul Gazelka in the August 10,2010,Republican primary election. He was elected to the Crow Wing County Board in 2012 and re-elected unopposed in 2016;he represents the first district which contains the southern portion of Crow Wing County,including Fort Ripley,Roosevelt Township,Oak Lawn Township and the extreme northeast portion of the city of Brainerd.
Alec Gehard Olson is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,a former state senator,who served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township in Kandiyohi County,Minnesota.
Torrey Westrom is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,he represents District 12,which includes all or portions of Big Stone,Douglas,Grant,Pope,Stearns,Stevens,Traverse and Wilkin counties. He is the first known blind person to be elected to the Minnesota Legislature.
The eighty-second Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3,2001. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election on November 7,2000.
Kate Knuth is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 50B from 2007 to 2013. She was a Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis in the city's 2021 election.
David Joseph Tomassoni was an American politician who served in the Minnesota Legislature from 1993 to 2022. A former member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Tomassoni left the party to become independent in November 2020 and joined the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus.
Sandra L. "Sandy" Pappas is a Minnesota politician and former President of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 65,which includes portions of Saint Paul in Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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 current 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.
Ann H. Rest is an American politician and Minority Whip of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 45,which includes portions of the western suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area.
Bobby Joe Champion is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents the 59th district,which includes portions of downtown and north Minneapolis in Hennepin County. He is also an attorney. He has been selected by his caucus to serve as President of the Minnesota Senate starting in 2023.
John Thomas "Jack" Davies II is a Minnesota DFL politician,a former legislator and jurist,and a former President of the Minnesota Senate.
Edward J. "Ed" Gearty was a Minnesota DFL politician,a former legislator,and a former President of the Minnesota Senate.
Joseph "Joe" Roy Schomacker is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 22A,which includes all or portions of Cottonwood,Lincoln,Lyon,Murray,Nobles,Pipestone,and Rock counties in the southwestern part of the state. He is also an independent public relations consultant.
Jeremy R. Miller is an American politician serving as the Minnesota Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 28,which comprises parts of Fillmore,Houston,and Winona Counties in the southeastern part of the state.
David Joseph Osmek is an American politician and businessman who is a member of the Minnesota Senate. He has served as the 16th President of the Minnesota Senate since 2022. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Osmek represents District 33 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area.
The seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6,1987. 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 4,1986.
The 1st Minnesota Legislature first convened on December 2,1857. The 37 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 80 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 13,1857. Although the Constitution of the State of Minnesota,which had been adopted by the voters at the 1857 general election,was not ratified by the United States Senate until May 11,1858,this was the first legislature of the State of Minnesota to convene in conformity with the state constitution.
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