Margaret Anderson Kelliher is an American politician,Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works,former 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. Anderson left the Minnesota House of Representatives at the conclusion of her term in 2011 and re-entered politics when she ran for the DFL nomination to the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 5th congressional district in 2018,losing to Ilhan Omar. Since 2019 Kelliher,has worked in transportation management roles for the government,first as Commissioner of MnDOT,and later as Director of Public Works for the City of Minneapolis. She currently serves as the City Operations Officer for the City of Minneapolis.
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.
David Scott Dibble is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate since 2003. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Dibble represents District 61,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. From 2001 to 2003,he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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.
Linda J. Scheid was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 46,which includes portions of the northwestern suburbs of Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metro area. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Senate in 1996,and was re-elected in 2000,2002,2006 and 2010. Prior to the 2002 redistricting,the area was known as District 47. She died of cancer on June 15,2011. Her seat was won in special election on October 18,2011 by Senator Chris Eaton.
Leo T. Foley was an American politician who was a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 49 from 1997 to 2003,and District 47 from 2003 to 2011,which includes portions of Anoka and Hennepin counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat,he was first elected to the Senate in 1996,and was re-elected in 2000,2002 and 2006. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting,the area was known as District 49. He was unseated by Republican Benjamin Kruse in the 2010 general election.
Michael J. Parry is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 26,which included portions of Dodge,Freeborn,Goodhue,Mower,Olmsted,Rice,Steele,and Waseca counties in the southeastern part of the state.
Jeremy R. Miller is an American politician representing District 26 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.
Scott J. Newman is an American attorney and former Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. He represented Senate District 18,which includes portions of McLeod,Meeker,Sibley and Wright counties just west of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is also a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for attorney general in the 2014 election.
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.
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.
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.
Mary Jo McGuire is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 66,which included portions of Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003,representing District 54A. Prior to the 1992 legislative redistricting,the area was known as District 63A. She currently serves on the Ramsey County Board and was reelected in 2020.
Matthew D. "Matt" Bostrom,DPA is a member of the law faculty at the Centre for Criminology at Oxford University England. From January 2011 to 2017 he served as the 21st Sheriff of Ramsey County,an urban county encompassing Saint Paul,and the state capital of Minnesota. Bostrom was elected Sheriff replacing four-term incumbent Bob Fletcher. Fletcher was ultimately reelected to the position following Bostrom's departure.
Foung Hawj is an American media producer and politician who is a member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 67,which includes the east side of Saint Paul in Ramsey County.
Jon Koznick is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Koznick represents District 57A in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the city of Lakeville and parts of Dakota and Scott Counties.
Fue Lee is a Hmong-American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2016. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Lee represents district 59A,which includes parts of northern Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
Hodan Hassan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hassan represents District 62B,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota. Hassan served as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus from 2019 to 2020. She announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024.
Sydney Jordan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2020. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Jordan represents District 60A,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
The 2022 Hennepin County Attorney election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the county attorney of Hennepin County,Minnesota. On September 1,2021,incumbent county attorney Michael O. Freeman announced that he would retire at the end of his term after 24 years in the role. Former Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty defeated former Hennepin County judge Martha Holton Dimick and became the first openly LGBTQ woman elected as Hennepin County Attorney.
