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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. [2] Floor sessions are held in the west wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Committee hearings, as well as offices for ...
Republican Party of Minnesota: From November 15, 1975 to September 23, 1995 the name of the state Republican party was the Independent-Republican party (I-R). The party has always been affiliated with the national Republican Party. In 1913, Minnesota legislators began to be elected on nonpartisan ballots.
The president of the Minnesota Senate is the presiding officer of the Minnesota Senate.Until 1973, the lieutenant governor served as the Senate president. Since then, presidents have been elected by the body, usually at the nomination of the majority.
Jennifer A. McEwen (/ m ə ˈ k juː ɪ n / mə-KEW-in; [2] born May 14, 1977) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), she represents Senate District 8, which includes the city of Duluth in St. Louis County.
Mary Kelly Kunesh (/ ˈ k uː n ɛ ʃ / KOO-nesh; [1] formerly Podein; born November 20, 1960) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota State Senate.A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 39, which includes parts of the counties of Ramsey, Hennepin, and Anoka, and the cities of Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Columbia Heights, Hilltop ...
The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decennial redistricting, members run for one two-year term and two four-year terms each decade.
A state senator in Minnesota has been charged with first-degree felony burglary on suspicion of breaking into her stepmother’s house Monday to retrieve sentimental items related to her late ...
Clare Oumou Verbeten (/ ˈ uː m uː v ər ˈ b eɪ t ən / OO-moo vər-BAY-tən [1]) is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate for the 66th district since 2023. She and Erin Maye Quade were the first openly LGBTQ women and first Black women elected to the Minnesota Senate. [2]