List of Majority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate

Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate
Incumbent
Thomas M. Bakk

since January 8, 2013
Inaugural holder Charles N. Orr
Formation January 1933
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This is a list of Majority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate. The Majority Leader is the head of the majority party in the Minnesota Senate, and is the most powerful political figure in the body. The current Majority Leader is Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL - Virginia.

Name Took Office Left Office Party/Caucus
Charles N. Orr 19331949 Conservative
Archie H. Miller 19491959 Conservative
John M. Zwach 19591967 Conservative
Stanley W. Holmquist 19671973 Conservative
Nick Coleman 19731981 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Roger Moe 19812003 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
John Hottinger 20032004 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Dean Johnson 20042007 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Larry Pogemiller 20072011 Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Amy Koch 20112011 Republican
David Senjem 20112013 Republican
Tom Bakk 2013present Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Notes on Minnesota political party names

In 1913, Minnesota legislators began to be elected on nonpartisan ballots. Nonpartisanship also was an historical accident that occurred in the 1913 session when a bill to provide for no party elections of judges and city and county officers was amended to include the Legislature in the belief that it would kill the bill. Legislators ran and caucused as "Liberals" or "Conservatives" roughly equivalent in most years to Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican, respectively. The law was changed in 1973, in 1976, Senate members again ran with party designation.

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