Scott County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census,the population was 150,928. Its county seat is Shakopee. Shakopee is also the largest city in Scott County,the twenty-third-largest city in Minnesota,and the sixteenth-largest Twin Cities suburb. The county was organized in 1853 and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. Scott County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a member of the Metropolitan Council,and shares many of the council's concerns about responsible growth management,advocating for progressive development concepts such as clustering,open-space design,and the preservation of open space and rural/agricultural land.
Prior Lake is an exurban city 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Minneapolis seated next to Savage and Shakopee in Scott County in the state of Minnesota. Surrounding the shores of Lower and Upper Prior Lake,the city lies south of the Minnesota River in an area known as RiverSouth and establishes the urban fringe of the south-southwest portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul,the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The population of Prior Lake was 22,796 at the 2010 census.
Satveer Singh Chaudhary is an American criminal 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. During his fourteen-year tenure,Chaudhary represented portions of Anoka and Ramsey counties in the northern Minneapolis and St Paul metropolitan area. The Senate District at the time of his departure from politics was known as Senate District 50. However,Chaudhary also represented the area in the Minnesota House from 1997-2000 as District 52A;and in the Senate from 2001 to 2002 as Senate District 52. While in office,Chaudhary served as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party,was the first Asian American legislator in Minnesota history. He was also the first South Asian senator in American history and for a time was the highest ranking political official of South Asian descent,as well as one of the youngest senators in that state's history.
Torrey Westrom is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,he represents District 12,which includes all or parts 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.
Lawrence "Larry" J. Pogemiller is an American politician from Minnesota,and the Commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party,he represented northeast Minneapolis districts in the Minnesota Legislature from 1981 to 2011,and served as the Senate's 9th majority leader from 2007 to 2011. As majority leader,he was chair of the Senate Rules Committee and its subcommittees,and also served on the Senate Tax Committee.
Julie A. Rosen is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represents District 23,which includes all or portions of Blue Earth,Faribault,Jackson,Le Sueur,Martin,Waseca,and Watonwan counties in the southern part of the state.
Steve Drazkowski is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate from District 20,representing all of Wabasha County,large parts of Olmsted County,Goodhue County,and Winona County,and a smaller part of Dakota County. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
David A. Thompson is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 58,which included portions of Dakota and Goodhue counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is also a former radio personality. Thompson was a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 2014.
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.
Tarryl Lynn Clark is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate. A Democrat,she represented District 15,including portions of Benton,Sherburne,and Stearns counties,from 2006 to 2011. She was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nominee for United States Congress in 2010,unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann.
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.
Warren E. Limmer is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents the 34th District,which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Limmer previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives,and in 1998 he sought the Republican endorsement for Minnesota Secretary of State,losing to Mary Kiffmeyer. He was the author of the 2012 Minnesota constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
Ray Vandeveer is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 52,which included portions of Anoka and Washington counties in the northeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he was first elected to the Senate in 2006,and was reelected in 2010.
Ronald Steven Latz 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 District 46,which includes parts of Hennepin County in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is an attorney by profession.
Charles W. "Chuck" Wiger Sr. is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 43,which includes parts of Ramsey and Washington counties in the northeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Bernhard Kent Eken is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 4,which includes portions of Becker,Clay,and Norman counties in the northwestern part of the state.
Jeremy R. Miller is an American politician representing District 28 in the Minnesota Senate,which comprises parts of Fillmore,Houston,and Winona Counties in the southeastern part of the state. He served as the Minnesota Senate Majority Leader from September 2021 to January 2023.
Benjamin Allen Kruse is an American politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 47,which included portions of Anoka and Hennepin counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he is a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Burnet,based in Minnesota.
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.
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.
