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 controls four of Minnesota's eight congressional House seats. The last Republican governor of the state was Tim Pawlenty,who served from 2003 to 2011. The party's headquarters is located in Edina,Minnesota and the current chairman is David Hann. Starting in 2023 and as a result of the 2022 elections,the Republican Party of Minnesota does not have substantial power over the state,holding no statewide executive offices,no U.S. Senate seats,and minorities in the state legislatures.
The 2008 Minnesota U.S. House of Representatives elections took place on November 4,2008. All 8 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. Representatives were elected for two-year terms;those elected served in the 111th United States Congress from January 4,2009 until January 3,2011.
Ron Erhardt is a politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 49A,which included most of Edina in Hennepin County.
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.
Kurt Zellers is an American politician who served as speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and minority leader from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented the 34B district in Hennepin County. He was a candidate in the 2014 Minnesota gubernatorial election,losing in the Republican primary.
Steven Smith was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 33A,which includes portions of Hennepin and Wright counties in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he was an attorney by profession.
Bruce Douglas Anderson is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 29,which includes portions of Hennepin and Wright Counties in central Minnesota.
Dennis M. "Denny" McNamara is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 54B,which included portions of Dakota and Washington counties in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Michael V. Nelson is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 38A,which includes the cities of Brooklyn Park and Osseo in Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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.
Karla Bigham is an American politician and current Washington County Commissioner,representing District 4. She is a former member of the Minnesota Senate,who has previously served as Washington County Commissioner,is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives,and was a member of the Cottage Grove City Council.
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 the incumbent President of the Minnesota Senate.
Gerald F. "Jerry" Newton is an American politician and decorated non-commissioned officer who has served in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. He previously served in the House from 2009 to 2017 and in the Minnesota Senate from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Newton represents District 35B in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Coon Rapids and Andover and parts of Anoka County.
Kirk D. Stensrud is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 48A,which included portions of western Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he is the owner of Fish Window Cleaning in Edina,and a former medical salesperson.
Scott J. Newman is a Minnesota attorney and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. He represents Senate District 18,which includes portions of McLeod,Meeker,Sibley and Wright counties just west of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for attorney general in the 2014 election.
Melisa López Franzen is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented District 49 in the southwest Twin Cities metropolitan area,including the Minneapolis suburbs of Edina,Eden Prairie,Bloomington,and Minnetonka.
Mike Freiberg is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2013. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Freiberg represents District 43B in the central Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Golden Valley and Robbinsdale and parts of Hennepin County.
Mohamud Noor is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Noor represents District 60B,which includes parts of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
Kelly Louise Morrison is an American doctor and politician serving in the Minnesota Senate since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,Morrison represents District 45 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Minnetonka,Mound,Minnetrista,and Orono in Hennepin County. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.
Emma Greenman is an American politician who has served in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Greenman represents District 63B,which includes parts of south Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
