Minnesota Senate, District 66

Minnesota's 66th State Senate district
Senator	Clare Oumou Verbeten DFL – Saint Paul since January 2, 2023
Demographics	61.8%%  White 11.3%  Black 6.4%  Hispanic 16%  Asian 1%  Native American 1.8% Other 3.4%  Multiracial
Population (2020)	68,036

The 66th district of the Minnesota Senate encompasses a small part of the western border of the county of Ramsey . ^[1] It has formerly included Norman, Polk, Red Lake, and Pennington, counties. The district is currently served by Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senator Clare Oumou Verbeten. ^[2]

List of senators

Session	Image	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Home	Counties represented
39th		Richard Thompson Buckler [3]	Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus	January 4, 1915	January 5, 1919	Crookston	Polk
40th
41st		James Cumming [4]	Nonpartisan Election	January 6, 1919	December 31, 1922	East Grand Forks
42nd
43rd		Richard Thompson Buckler [5]	Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus	January 1, 1923	January 2, 1927	Crookston
44th
45th		John H. Hougen [6]	Nonpartisan Election	January 2, 1927	January 4, 1931
46th
47th		Richard Thompson Buckler [7]	Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus	January 5, 1931	January 5, 1935
48th
49th		Alfred Solstad [8]	Nonpartisan Election	6 January, 1935	5 January, 1947	Fisher
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th		Julius Spokely [9]		6 January, 1947	31 December, 1950	Crookston
56th
57th		Louis Adrian Murray [10]	Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus	1 January, 1951	6 January, 1963	East Grand Forks
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd		Harveydale Maruska [11]	Nonpartisan Election - Conservative Caucus	7 January, 1963	1 January, 1967	Angus	Pennington, Polk and Red Lake
64th
65th		Norman J. Larson [12]		2 January, 1967	3 January, 1971	Ada	Norman, Polk and Red Lake
66th
67th		Roger Moe [13]	Nonpartisan Election - Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus	4 January, 1971	31 December, 1972
68th		John Chenoweth		1 January, 1973	2 January, 1977	Saint Paul	Ramsey
69th
70th			Democratic-Farmer-Labor
71st
	Vacant			26 November, 1979	4 January, 1981
72nd		Eugene T. Waldorf [14]	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	5 January, 1981	1 January, 1883	Saint Paul
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th		Ellen Anderson [15]		4 January, 1993	20 March, 2011
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th - Resigned
87th - Finished Term		Mary Jo McGuire [16]		18 April, 2011	6 January, 2013	Falcon Heights
88th		John Marty [17]		7 January, 2013	1 January, 2023	Roseville
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd		Clare Oumou Verbeten [18]		2 January, 2023	Incumbent	Saint Paul
94th

Recent elections

2022

The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2022. The general election was held on November 8, 2022, resulting in Verbeten's victory. ^[19]

2022 Minnesota Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Clare Oumou Verbeten	23,987	78.4
	Republican	Mikki Murray	5,522	18
	Libertarian	Jeremy Peichel	1,061	3.5
	Write-in	N/A	21	0.1
Total votes			30,593	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 Marty's victory. ^[20]

2020 Minnesota Senate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	John Marty	31,880	76.9
	Republican	Greg Copeland	9,490	22.9
	Write-in	N/A	90	0.2
Total votes			41,450	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 Marty's victory. ^[21]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	John Marty	28,312	74.5
	Republican	Carolyn Jass	9,670	24.5
Total votes			37,982	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. John Marty defeated Wayde Brooks in the general election. ^[22]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	John Marty	27,735	74.1
	Republican	Wayde Brooks	9,718	25.9
Total votes			37,453	100.0
	hold

References

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18. "Oumo Verbeten, Clare". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
19. "Minnesota State Senate District 66 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
20. "Minnesota State Senate District 66 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
21. "Minnesota State Senate District 66 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
22. "Minnesota State Senate District 66 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved October 30, 2018.