The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members,half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives,it is the largest upper house of any U.S. state legislature. Floor sessions are held in the west wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Committee hearings,as well as offices for senators and staff,are located north of the State Capitol in the Minnesota Senate Building. Each member of the Minnesota Senate represents approximately 80,000 constituents.
The Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition,and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation's agriculture industry,farming programs,forestry and logging,and legislation relating to nutrition,home economics,and rural development.
Herman Eugene Talmadge was an American politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. A Democrat,Talmadge served during a time of political transition,both in Georgia and nationally. He began his career as a staunch segregationist known for his opposition to civil rights,including supporting legislation that would have closed public schools to prevent desegregation. By the later stages of his career,following the enactment of the Voting Rights Act,which gave substance to the Fifteenth Amendment enacted nearly one hundred years before,and increased African American voter participation,Talmadge,like many other Southern politicians of that period,had modified his views on race. His life eventually encapsulated the emergence of his native Georgia from entrenched white supremacy into a multiracial political culture where many white voters regularly elect Black and other non-white candidates to the U.S. Congress and Georgia General Assembly.
James George Abourezk was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in both chambers of the United States Congress for one term each;a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973 and a member of the United States Senate from 1973 to 1979;he was the first Arab to serve in the United States Senate. In 1980,Abourezk founded the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) with the goal of counteracting anti-Arab racism in the country. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War,but was also a critic of United States foreign policy in the Middle East,particularly with regard to the Arab–Israeli conflict. Under his leadership,the ADC became especially active following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent Gulf War,during which he became concerned about the rising rate of targeted hate crimes against Arabs and also against people misidentified as Arabs.
Thomas M. Neuville was an American judge and politician.
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.
Carl Arthur Jensen was a Minnesota politician,attorney,and veteran. Jensen served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate representing part of southwestern Minnesota during the 1950s until the 1980s. Jensen was a member of the Republican Party who later switched to become a Democrat at the end of his life.
Robert Burnett Choate Jr. was an American businessman,political activist,and self-described "citizen lobbyist" most famous for his work in consumer protection.
Warren E. Limmer is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents the 37th District,which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Limmer previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives,and in 1998 he sought the Republican endorsement for Minnesota Secretary of State,losing to Mary Kiffmeyer. He was the author of the 2012 Minnesota constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
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.
Ronald Steven Latz 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 District 46,which includes parts of Hennepin County in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area.
David Mark Hegsted was an American nutritionist who studied the connections between food consumption and heart disease. His work included studies that showed that consumption of saturated fats led to increases in cholesterol,leading to the development of dietary guidelines intended to help Americans achieve better health through improved food choices.
Roger A. Laufenburger was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented the old District 2 and,after the 1972 redistricting,District 34,which included portions of Olmsted,Wabash and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Democrat,he was elected to the Senate in 1962,and was re-elected in 1966,1970,1972,and 1976.
Clarence Mark Purfeerst was an American farmer and politician.
Howard D. Olson was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate.
The United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs was a select committee of the United States Senate between 1968 and 1977. It was sometimes referred to as the McGovern committee,after its only chairman,Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.
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.
John A. Hoffman is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represents District 34,which includes parts of Anoka and Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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.
Thaddeus Victor Jude is a Republican politician and lawyer from Minnesota. Jude was a candidate in the 2022 Minnesota Attorney General election,but withdrew and endorsed Jim Schultz on May 13,2022 after being eliminated at the convention. He subsequently ran for Hennepin County Attorney that same year,finishing 4th in the primary.
