Minnesota Senate, District 64

Minnesota's 64th State Senate district
Senator	Erin Murphy DFL – Saint Paul since January 5, 2021
Demographics	81.1%  White 7%  Black 3.8%  Hispanic 4.1%  Asian 0.3%  Native American 1.2% Other 2.7%  Multiracial
Population (2020)	68,861

The 64th district of the Minnesota Senate encompasses the south-western corner of Minnesota's State Capital, and the county seat of Ramsey, Saint Paul. ^[1] It has formerly included Mahnomen, Norman, Beltrami, Koochiching, and Lake of the Woods counties. The district is currently served by Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senator and current Senate Majority leader Erin Murphy. ^[2]

List of senators

Session	Image	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Home	Counties represented
39th		Albert L. Hanson [3]	Nonpartisan Election	January 4, 1915	January 5, 1919	Ada	Mahnomen, and Norman
40th
41st		John L. Wold [4]		January 6, 1919	December 31, 1922	Twin Valley
42nd
43rd		J. W. Nelson [5]		January 1, 1923	January 2, 1927	Manhomen
44th
45th		Peter Sharpe [6]		January 3, 1927	January 4, 1931	Ada
46th
47th		Herman F. Sprung [7]	Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus	January 5, 1931	January 1, 1939
48th
49th
50th
51st		Norman J. Larson [8]	Nonpartisan Election	January 2, 1939	January 6, 1963
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th			Nonpartisan Election - Conservative Caucus
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd		John Henry McKee Sr. [9]		January 7, 1963	January 1, 1967	Bemidji	Beltrami, Koochiching and Lake of the Woods
64th
65th		Gene S. Mammenga [10]	Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus	January 2, 1967	December 31, 1972
66th
67th
68th		Edward G. Novak [11]	Nonpartisan Election - Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus	January 1, 1973	June 10, 1974	Saint Paul	Ramsey
69th		Peter P. Stumpf Jr. [12]	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 7, 1975	January 2, 1983
70th
71st
72nd
73rd		Ronald B. Sieloff [13]	Independent Republican	January 3, 1983	January 4, 1987
74th
75th		Dick Cohen [14]	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	January 5, 1987	January 1, 2021
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
90th
91st
92nd		Erin Murphy [15]		January 5, 2021	Incumbent
93rd
94th

Recent elections

2022

The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2022. The general election was held on November 8, 2022, resulting in Murphy's victory. ^[16]

2022 Minnesota Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Erin Murphy	36,686	84.2
	Republican	Robert Bushard	6,823	15.7
	Write-in	N/A	65	0.1
Total votes			43,574	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2020

The candidate filing deadline was June 6, 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020, resulting in Murphy's victory. ^[17]

2020 Minnesota Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Erin Murphy	40,206	78.7
	Republican	Sharon Anderson	7,488	14.6
	Legal Marijuana Now	Patricia Jirovec McArdell	3,281	6.4
	Write-in	N/A	139	0.3
Total votes			51,114	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2016

The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016, resulting in Cohen's victory. ^[18]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dick Cohen	36,757	76.8
	Republican	Ian Baird	11,078	23.2
Total votes			47,835	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2012

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate occurred after state-wide redistricting from 2010. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 5, 2012. Dick Cohen defeated Sharon Anderson and Scott Larson in the general election. ^[19]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dick Cohen	33,008	69.8
	Republican	Sharon Anderson	9,068	19.2
	Independent	Scott Larson	5,196	11
Total votes			47,272	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

References

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2. "Minnesota Senate". Minnesota Senate. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
3. "Hanson, Albert L. "A.L."". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
4. "Wold, John L." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
5. "Nelson, J. W." Retrieved December 1, 2018.
6. "Sharpe, Peter". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
7. "Sprung, Herman F." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
8. "Larson, Norman J." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
9. "McKee, Sr., John Henry". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
10. "Mammenga, Gene S." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
11. "Novak, Edward G." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
12. "Stumpf, Jr., Peter". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
13. "Sieloff, Ronald B. "Ron"". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
14. "Cohen, Richard J. "Dick"". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
15. "Erin, Murphy P." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
16. "Minnesota State Senate District 64 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
17. "Minnesota State Senate District 64 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
18. "Minnesota State Senate District 64 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
19. "Minnesota State Senate District 64 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.