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The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B (i.e. House district 32B is geographically within Senate district 32). Both chambers of the legislature meet between January and the third Monday in May each year, not to exceed120 days per biennium. House floor sessions are held inside the Minnesota State Capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, however offices or all it's members are in the State Office Building connected by tunnel just to the west of the Capitol. Often referred to as the S.O.B. by members and staff, it is in this building where most house committee hearings are held.

Following the 2004 election, a significant Republican majority of 81–53 was reduced to 68–66. In 2006, the tide turned even further, with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus (DFL) gaining an 85–49 majority. Shortly following the election, State Representative Mark Olson was suspended from the Republican Caucus and declared himself a member of an Independent-Republican Caucus bringing the chamber’s affiliation to 85–48–1.

Contents 1 Current session 2 Members 3 Previous sessions 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Current session

Main article: Minnesota House of Representatives 2007-2008 Session

Speaker

Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis)

Majority Leader

Tony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm)

Minority Leader

Marty Seifert (R-Marshall)

[edit] Members

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	85 (63.4%)
	Republican	48 (35.8%)
	Independant-Republican	1 (0.7%)
Total		134

District	Name	Party
1A	Dave Olin	DFL
1B	Bernard Lieder	DFL
2A	Kent Eken	DFL
2B	Brita Sailer	DFL
3A	Tom Anzelc	DFL
3B	Loren Solberg	DFL
4A	Frank Moe	DFL
4B	Larry Howes	Rep
5A	Tom Rukavina	DFL
5B	Anthony Sertich	DFL
6A	David Dill	DFL
6B	Mary Murphy	DFL
7A	Thomas Huntley	DFL
7B	Mike Jaros	DFL
8A	Bill Hilty	DFL
8B	Tim Faust	DFL
9A	Morrie Lanning	Rep
9B	Paul Marquart	DFL
10A	Bud Nornes	Rep
10B	Dean Simpson	Rep
11A	Torrey Westrom	Rep
11B	Mary Ellen Otremba	DFL
12A	John Ward	DFL
12B	Al Doty	DFL
13A	Bud Heidgerken	Rep
13B	Al Juhnke	DFL
14A	Dan Severson	Rep
14B	Larry Hosch	DFL
15A	Steve Gottwalt	Rep
15B	Larry Haws	DFL
16A	Sondra Erickson	Rep
16B	Mark Olson	Ind-Rep
17A	Rob Eastlund	Rep
17B	Jeremy Kalin	DFL
18A	Ron Shimanski	Rep
18B	Dean Urdahl	Rep
19A	Bruce Anderson	Rep
19B	Tom Emmer	Rep
20A	Aaron Peterson	DFL
20B	Lyle Koenen	DFL
21A	Marty Seifert	Rep
21B	Brad Finstad	Rep
22A	Doug Magnus	Rep
22B	Rod Hamilton	Rep
23A	Terry Morrow	DFL
23B	Kathy Brynaert	DFL
24A	Bob Gunther	Rep
24B	Tony Cornish	Rep
25A	Laura Brod	Rep
25B	David Bly	DFL
26A	Connie Ruth	Rep
26B	Patti Fritz	DFL
27A	Robin Brown	DFL
27B	Jeanne Poppe	DFL
28A	Sandy Wollschlager	DFL
28B	Steve Drazkowski	Rep
29A	Randy Demmer	Rep
29B	Kim Norton	DFL
30A	Tina Liebling	DFL
30B	Andy Welti	DFL
31A	Gene Pelowski, Jr.	DFL
31B	Ken Tschumpher	DFL
32A	Joyce Peppin	Rep
32B	Kurt Zellers	Rep
33A	Steve Smith	Rep
33B	John Berns	Rep
34A	Paul Kohls	Rep
34B	Joe Hoppe	Rep
35A	Michael Beard	Rep
35B	Mark Buesgens	Rep
36A	Mary Liz Holberg	Rep
36B	Pat Garofalo	Rep
37A	Shelley Madore	DFL
37B	Dennis Ozment	Rep
38A	Sandra Masin	DFL
38B	Lynn Wardlow	Rep
39A	Rick Hansen	DFL
39B	Joe Atkins	DFL
40A	Will Morgan	DFL
40B	Ann Lenczewski	DFL
41A	Ron Erhardt	Rep
41B	Neil W. Peterson	Rep
42A	Maria Ruud	DFL
42B	Erik Paulsen	Rep
43A	Sarah Anderson	Rep
43B	John Benson	DFL
44A	Steve Simon	DFL
44B	Ryan Winkler	DFL
45A	Sandra Peterson	DFL
45B	Lyndon Carlson	DFL
46A	Michael Nelson	DFL
46B	Debra Hilstrom	DFL
47A	Denise Dittrich	DFL
47B	Melissa Hortman	DFL
48A	Tom Hackbarth	Rep
48B	Jim Abeler	Rep
49A	Chris DeLaForest	Rep
49B	Kathy Tingelstad	Rep
50A	Carolyn Laine	DFL
50B	Kate Knuth	DFL
51A	Scott Kranz	DFL
51B	Tom Tillberry	DFL
52A	Bob Dettmer	Rep
52B	Matt Dean	Rep
53A	Paul Gardner	DFL
53B	Carol McFarlane	Rep
54A	Mindy Greiling	DFL
54B	Bev Scalze	DFL
55A	Leon Lillie	DFL
55B	Nora Slawik	DFL
56A	Julie Bunn	DFL
56B	Marsha Swails	DFL
57A	Karla Bingham	DFL
57B	Denny McNamara	Rep
58A	Joe Mullery	DFL
58B	Augustine Willie Dominguez	DFL
59A	Diane Loeffler	DFL
59B	Phyllis Kahn	DFL
60A	Margaret Anderson Kelliher	DFL
60B	Frank Hornstein	DFL
61A	Karen Clark	DFL
61B	Neva Walker	DFL
62A	Jim Davnie	DFL
62B	Jean Wagenius	DFL
63A	Paul Thissen	DFL
63B	Linda Slocum	DFL
64A	Erin Murphy	DFL
64B	Michael Paymar	DFL
65A	Cy Thao	DFL
65B	Carlos Mariani	DFL
66A	John Lesch	DFL
66B	Alice Hausman	DFL
67A	Tim Mahoney	DFL
67B	Sheldon Johnson	DFL

• On July 17, 2007 Representative Steve Sviggum of district 28B resigned his seat to become Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Steve Drazkowski won the special election on August 7, 2007 to fill his seat.

[edit] Previous sessions

• Minnesota House of Representatives 2005-2006 Session
• Minnesota House of Representatives 2003-2004 Session

[edit] See also

• Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives

[edit] External links

• House website

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