Steven A. Sviggum is a Minnesota politician,a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents,and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate. A former Speaker and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives,Sviggum represented District 28B in the southeastern part of the state. The area was known as District 25A until the 1982 legislative redistricting,and then as District 26A until the 1992 redistricting,and has included all or portions of Dakota,Dodge,Goodhue,Olmsted,Steele,Wabasha,Waseca and Winona counties.
Martin John "Marty" Seifert is a former Republican Minority Leader and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 21A,a predominantly rural district in southwestern Minnesota that includes portions of Lyon,Redwood and Yellow Medicine counties,and the cities of Marshall and Redwood Falls. In 2010 and 2014,he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota.
Richard Michael Nolan is an American politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 6th congressional district between 1975 and 1981 and was also a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1969 until 1973.
Paul Thissen is an American politician and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and DFL Minority Leader. Thissen was the longest-serving leader of the Minnesota House Democrats since Martin Olav Sabo in the 1970s. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 61B in south Minneapolis. First elected in 2002,Thissen was reelected every two years through 2016. On April 17,2018,Governor Mark Dayton appointed Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was sworn in on May 14,2018. He is the first person to have served both as Minnesota House Speaker and on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
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.
Erik Philip Paulsen is an American businessman and politician who represented Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and as majority leader from 2003 to 2007.
Yvonne Prettner Solon is an American politician who served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Minnesota,from 2011 to 2015. She is the sixth consecutive woman to serve in that capacity and is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. She served with Governor Mark Dayton,who successfully ran for reelection,while she chose to retire at the end of her term.
John Hottinger is a Minnesota attorney and politician and a former member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. First elected in 1990,he was re-elected in 1992,1996,2000 and 2002. A Democrat,he represented the old District 24 prior to the 2002 redistricting,and the District 23 thereafter. The district included portions of Blue Earth,Le Sueur,Nicollet,Sibley and Waseca counties in the south central part of the state.
David W. Hann is a Minnesota politician and a former minority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,he represented District 48,which consisted of the cities of Eden Prairie and Minnetonka,from 2003-2017. He is currently the chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota.
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.
Thomas E. Huntley is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 7A,which includes portions of the city of Duluth in St. Louis County in the northeastern part of the state. He is a retired associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth and former director of Institutional Relations at the University's School of Medicine.
Daniel Mark "Doc" Severson is an American Republican politician. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 14A,which includes portions of Benton and Stearns counties in the north central part of the state. He is a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot,business owner,and substitute teacher. As of 2022,Severson is a current candidate for the District 4 School Board Member of the Lee County School District in Florida.
Joseph R. Hoppe is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represented District 47B,which included portions of Carver County in the southwestern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Before becoming a politician,Hoppe worked as a local businessman and in communications.
Tara Kay Mack is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represented District 57A,which included portions of the cities of Apple Valley and Lakeville in Dakota County,which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Larry W. Haws was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 15B,which includes portions of Benton,Sherburne and Stearns counties in the north central part of the state. A Democrat,he was also a director of parks and recreation for the city of St. Cloud,and a teacher and coach. On May 17,2010,he announced that he would not seek a fourth term.
Sondra Erickson is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,she represents District 15A,which includes portions of Kanabec,Mille Lacs,and Sherburne counties in the west central part of the state. She is also a retired English teacher at Princeton High School in Princeton.
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 12,2013 to elect a new representative for District 14A in the Minnesota House of Representatives,caused by the resignation of Representative Steve Gottwalt on January 7,2013. A primary election was not held. The election coincided with the District 19A special election. Tama Theis,the Republican Party of Minnesota nominee,won the special election.
The Eighty-eighth Minnesota Legislature was the legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota from January 8,2013,to January 5,2015. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives,based on the results of the 2012 Senate election and the 2012 House election. The seats were apportioned based on the 2010 United States census. It first convened in Saint Paul on January 8,2013 and last met on May 16,2014. It held its regular session from January 8 to May 20,2013,and from February 25 to May 16,2014. A special session was held on September 9,2013,to pass disaster aid legislation related to damage caused by storms and flooding in June 2013 and winter storms in April 2013.
The 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4,2014,to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 89th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 12,2014.
Peggy Flanagan is an American politician,community organizer,and Native American activist serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Flanagan served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
