2nd district (2017-2023)
Paul Utke ( /ˈʌtki/ UT-kee; [1] born December 3,1956) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 5 in northwestern Minnesota.
Utke was born on December 3,1956, [2] and raised in North Dakota. He is an insurance broker and was elected to the Park Rapids City Council in 2008. He has chaired the Hubbard County Republicans and has served on boards of several local organizations. He owned a hardware store in Park Rapids for 16 years. [3]
Utke was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016.
Utke and his wife,Nancy,have two children and reside in Park Rapids. [3]
Mary Kiffmeyer is an American politician. She served as Minnesota Secretary of State from 1999 to 2007 and went on to serve in the Minnesota legislature. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she previously represented District 30,which included parts of Hennepin,Sherburne,and Wright counties.
Melissa Hortman is an American politician and the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hortman represents District 34B in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Brooklyn Park,Champlin and Coon Rapids and parts of Anoka and Hennepin Counties.
Torrey Westrom is an American businessman and politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,he represents District 12,which includes all or parts of Big Stone,Douglas,Grant,Pope,Stearns,Stevens,Traverse and Wilkin Counties. He is the first known blind person to be elected to the Minnesota Legislature.
Jim Carlson is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 52,which includes all but one precinct of Eagan and Mendota Heights,all of Mendota,and some of Burnsville in Dakota County in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
David Howard Senjem is an American politician currently serving on the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners. He is a former member of the Minnesota Senate,serving in that body from 2003 to 2023. He led the Republican caucus as majority leader from 2011 to 2013. A moderate Republican,Senjem has crossed party lines on many occasions,notably environmental policy and women's issues. He represented District 25,which at the time included portions of Dodge and Olmsted counties in the southeastern part of the state. Much of the northern half of Rochester was in his district.
Richard J. Cohen is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 64,which includes portions of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County.
Rod Skoe is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 2,which included all or portions of Becker,Beltrami,Clearwater,Hubbard,Lake of the Woods,Mahnomen,Otter Tail and Wadena counties in the northwestern part of the state.
David Joseph Tomassoni was an American politician who served in the Minnesota Legislature from 1993 to 2022. A former member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Tomassoni left the party to become independent in November 2020 and joined the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus.
James J. Abeler II is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 35 in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. He formerly represented District 35A in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Rodney W. "Rod" Hamilton is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 22B,which includes all or portions of Cottonwood,Jackson,Nobles and Redwood counties in the southwestern part of the state. He is also a local pork producer.
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.
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.
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.
Jason Isaacson is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016,after serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives for four years. He represented District 42 in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area,including Arden Hills,Gem Lake,Little Canada,Mounds View,Shoreview,Vadnais Heights,and parts of Roseville,Spring Lake Park,and Blaine.
William Weber is an American politician and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. He represents District 21,which includes all or parts of Cottonwood,Jackson,Lincoln,Lyon,Murray,Nobles,Pipestone,Redwood,and Rock Counties in the southwestern part of the state.
Jason Rarick is an American politician and a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. He represents District 11 in east-central Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019,representing District 11B.
The 1st Minnesota Legislature first convened on December 2,1857. The 37 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 80 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of October 13,1857. Although the Constitution of the State of Minnesota,which had been adopted by the voters at the 1857 general election,was not ratified by the United States Senate until May 11,1858,this was the first legislature of the State of Minnesota to convene in conformity with the state constitution.
Justin Eichorn is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 6 in north-central Minnesota.
Mark W. Koran is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 28 in eastern Minnesota.