Sheila Kiscaden

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Sheila Kiscaden in 2006.

Sheila Kiscaden is a United States politician. She is currently the Minnesota State Senator from District 30, which includes much of Rochester and nearby rural areas. She was first elected to the Senate in 1992 as a Republican. In 2002, after being denied the Republican endorsement at the senate district convention, she ran as a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota. That fall she defeated the Republican candidate and a Democratic challenger in a three-way race.

Despite being elected as a member of the Independence party, Kiscaden still caucused with the Republicans until they publicly separated from her. She was invited to join the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) caucus, which she did, though she did not formally join that party until January 2006.

In January 2006, Kiscaden became a candidate for Lieutenant Governor with DFLer Kelly Doran in his bid for governor. He dropped out of that race after only a couple of months. Kiscaden had endorsed another member of the DFL to succeed her in the legislature. She has not announced plans after her term expires at the end of 2006.