Steven A. "Steve" Sviggum is a Minnesota politician,a 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.
Margaret Anderson Kelliher is an American politician,current Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation,and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,she represented District 60A,which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. First elected in 1999,she served until 2011,also serving as the Speaker from 2007 to 2011. She is the second woman to hold the position of House speaker. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the DFL nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 2010 gubernatorial election,losing to former Senator Mark Dayton. On June 5,2018,she registered as a candidate for the DFL nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 5th congressional district,losing to Ilhan Omar.
Kathy Tingelstad is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 49B,which primarily includes portions of the cities of Andover and Coon Rapids in Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting,the area was known as District 50B. A Republican,she is also a business consultant.
Al Juhnke Currently lives in Lincoln,Nebraska and serves as the Executive Director of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association. Prior to this,he worked 5-years for the U.S. Senate on Minnesota Senator Al Franken's staff. He was Franken's state advisor for Agriculture,Energy and Environment.
Erik Philip Paulsen is an American politician who represented Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and as majority leader from 2003 to 2007. He lost his 2018 reelection bid to Democrat Dean Phillips.
Robert E. "Bob" Vanasek is a Minnesota politician and a former member and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Democrat,he was first elected to the House in 1972 at just 23 years of age,and was re-elected every two years from 1974 to 1990. He represented the old districts 24A and 25A,which included portions of Dakota,Le Sueur,Rice and Scott counties in the southeastern part of the state.
Kurt Zellers is an American politician from Minnesota. He served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and as the Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 34B in Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. He was a candidate in the 2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election,losing in the Republican primary.
Karla Bigham is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate,representing District 54. She is also a former Washington County Commissioner and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL).
Sandra A. Masin is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 51A,which includes portions of the city of Eagan in Dakota County,which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is also a business woman,working in financial services,real estate sales and insurance.
Dan Fabian is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 1A from 2015-2019 and as Minority Whip from 2019-2021. He represented all of Kittson,Roseau,and Marshall counties,as well as portions of Pennington county in the northwestern part of Minnesota.
Sondra Erickson is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represents District 15A,which includes portions of Kanabec,Mille Lacs,and Sherburne counties in the west central part of the state. She is also a retired English teacher at Princeton High School in Princeton.
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 26,which includes parts of Olmsted County in the southeastern part of the state.
Theodore H. "Ted" Lillie is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 56,which included portions of Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he and his cousin are the co-publishers of Lillie Suburban Newspapers.
Erik Simonson is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 7 which includes the city of Duluth in St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota.
Laurie Halverson is an American politician who serves as County Commissioner for Dakota County in Minnesota. Previously,she has served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 51B in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Henry J. Savelkoul is a Minnesota politician and the former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 31A,which includes portions of Freeborn and Mower counties in the south eastern part of the State.
Barb Haley is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represents District 21A in southeastern Minnesota.
Jeremy Munson is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 23B in southern Minnesota.
Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 48B in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Lindsey Port is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party,she represents Senate District 56,which includes parts of Burnsville,Savage,and Lakeville in Dakota and Scott counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
