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The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House district (e.g. Senate district 32 contains House districts 32A and 32B). The Minnesota Constitution forbids a House district to be within more than one Senate district. Before the 1960s, Senators were apportioned by county, resulting in the underrepresentation of those in cities. From statehood through 1972 the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota served as President of the Senate. In 1972 the voters approved a constitutional amendment that provided for the senate to elect its own president from among its members effective January 1973. Functionally, the leadership in the Senate is vested in the Majority Leader.

Members are elected to four year terms in years ending in 2 and 6, and for two year terms in years ending in 0. Districts are redrawn after the census in time for the primary and general elections in years ending in 2. The state legislature is located in the Minnesota State Capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Contents 1 Current session 2 Previous sessions 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Current session

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	45	22	67	0
Begin	46	21	67	0
Latest voting share	68.7%	31.3%

The 2007-2008 Session, of the 85th Minnesota Legislature, first convened on January 3, 2007. May 21, 2007. The second session began February 12, 2008 and ended in May. The Senate reconvened on January 7, 2009.

President of the Senate

James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul)

Majority Leader

Lawrence "Larry" Pogemiller (DFL-Minneapolis)

Minority Leader

David Senjem (R-Rochester)

District	Representative	Party
1	LeRoy A. Stumpf	DFL
2	Rod Skoe	DFL
3	Tom Saxhaug	DFL
4	Mary Olson	DFL
5	David J. Tomassoni	DFL
6	Thomas M. Bakk	DFL
7	Yvonne Prettner Solon	DFL
8	Tony Lourey	DFL
9	Keith Langseth	DFL
10	Dan Skogen	DFL
11	Bill Ingebrigtsen	R
12	Paul Koering	R
13	Joseph R. Gimse	R
14	Michelle L. Fischbach	R
15	Tarryl Clark	DFL
16	Lisa Fobbe	DFL
17	Rick Olseen	DFL
18	Steve Dille	R
19	Amy T. Koch	R
20	Gary W. Kubly	DFL
21	Dennis R. Frederickson	R
22	Jim Vickerman	DFL
23	Kathleen J. Sheran	DFL
24	Julie A. Rosen	R
25	Kevin Dahle	DFL
26	Dick Day	R
27	Dan Sparks	DFL
28	Steve Murphy	DFL
29	David H. Senjem	R
30	Ann Lynch	DFL
31	Sharon L. Erickson Ropes	DFL
32	Warren Limmer	R
33	Gen Olson	R
34	Julianne E. Ortman	R
35	Claire A. Robling	R
36	Pat Pariseau	R
37	Chris Gerlach	R
38	Jim Carlson	DFL
39	James Metzen	DFL
40	John P. Doll	DFL
41	Geoff Michel	R
42	David Hann	R
43	Terri Bonoff	DFL
44	Ron Latz	DFL
45	Ann H. Rest	DFL
46	Linda Scheid	DFL
47	Leo T. Foley	DFL
48	Michael J. Jungbauer	R
49	Debbie J. Johnson	R
50	Satveer Chaudhary	DFL
51	Don Betzold	DFL
52	Ray Vandeveer	R
53	Sandy Rummel	DFL
54	John Marty	DFL
55	Charles W. Wiger	DFL
56	Kathy L. Saltzman	DFL
57	Katie Sieben	DFL
58	Linda Higgins	DFL
59	Lawrence Pogemiller	DFL
60	D. Scott Dibble	DFL
61	Linda Berglin	DFL
62	Patricia Torres Ray	DFL
63	Ken Kelash	DFL
64	Richard J. Cohen	DFL
65	Sandra L. Pappas	DFL
66	Ellen R. Anderson	DFL
67	Mee Moua	DFL

Lisa Fobbe won a special election in District 16 on November 4, 2008 to replace Republican Betsy Wergin who resigned.
Ken Kelash won a special election on in District 63 on November 4, 2008 to replace Democrat Dan Larson.

[edit] Previous sessions

• Minnesota Senate 2005-2006 Session
• Minnesota Senate 2003-2004 Session
• Minnesota Senate 2001-2002 Session

[edit] See also

• Presidents of the Minnesota Senate
• Minnesota Senate Majority Leaders
• Minnesota Senate Minority Leaders

[edit] External links

• Minnesota Senate
• Minnesota Constitution
• Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Minnesota

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