Minnesota House of Representatives
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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). The state legislature is located in the Minnesota State Capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Following the 2004 election, a significant Republican majority of 81–53 was reduced to 68–66.
The House leadership for the 2003–2004 session included Speaker of the House Steve Sviggum (R-Kenyon), Majority Leader Erik Paulsen (R-Eden Prairie), and Minority Leader Matt Entenza (DFL-Saint Paul).
On December 27, 2005 Larry Haws (DFL) won election in the Special Election to fill (15B-St. Cloud). The seat was previously also held by the DFL. The entire House will be up for election again in 2006.
Minnesota House Members '05-'06 Session
| Affiliation | Members | |
| Republican Party | 68 | |
| Democratic-Farmer Labor Party | 66 | |
| Total | 134 | |
| District | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Maxine Penas | Rep |
| 1B | Bernard Lieder | DFL |
| 2A | Kent Eken | DFL |
| 2B | Brita Sailer | DFL |
| 3A | Irv Anderson | DFL |
| 3B | Loren Solberg | DFL |
| 4A | Frank Moe | DFL |
| 4B | Larry Howes | Rep |
| 5A | Tom Rukavina | DFL |
| 5B | Anthony "Tony" Sertich | DFL |
| 6A | David Dill | DFL |
| 6B | Mary Murphy | DFL |
| 7A | Thomas Huntley | DFL |
| 7B | Mike Jaros | DFL |
| 8A | Bill Hilty | DFL |
| 8B | Judy Soderstrom | Rep |
| 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 | Paul Gazelka | Rep |
| 12B | Greg Blaine | Rep |
| 13A | Bud Heidgerken | Rep |
| 13B | Al Juhnke | DFL |
| 14A | Dan Severson | Rep |
| 14B | Larry Hosch | DFL |
| 15A | Jim Knoblach | Rep |
| 15B | Larry Haws | DFL |
| 16A | Sondra Erickson | Rep |
| 16B | Mark Olson | Rep |
| 17A | Rob Eastlund | Rep |
| 17B | Peter Nelson | Rep |
| 18A | Scott Newman | 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 | Ruth Johnson | DFL |
| 23B | John Dorn | DFL |
| 24A | Bob Gunther | Rep |
| 24B | Tony Cornish | Rep |
| 25A | Laura Brod | Rep |
| 25B | Ray Cox | Rep |
| 26A | Connie Ruth | Rep |
| 26B | Patti Fritz | DFL |
| 27A | Dan Dorman | Rep |
| 27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL |
| 28A | Jerry Dempsey | Rep |
| 28B | Steve Sviggum | Rep |
| 29A | Randy Demmer | Rep |
| 29B | Fran Bradley | Rep |
| 30A | Tina Liebling | DFL |
| 30B | Andy Welti | DFL |
| 31A | Gene Pelowski, Jr. | DFL |
| 31B | Gregory M. Davids | Rep |
| 32A | Joyce Peppin | Rep |
| 32B | Kurt Zellers | Rep |
| 33A | Steve Smith | Rep |
| 33B | Barb Sykora | 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 | Lloyd Cybart | Rep |
| 37B | Dennis Ozment | Rep |
| 38A | Tim Wilkin | Rep |
| 38B | Lynn Wardlow | Rep |
| 39A | Rick Hansen | DFL |
| 39B | Joe Atkins | DFL |
| 40A | Duke Powell | Rep |
| 40B | Ann Lenczewski | DFL |
| 41A | Ron Erhardt | Rep |
| 41B | Neil W. Peterson | Rep |
| 42A | Maria Ruud | DFL |
| 42B | Erik Paulsen | Rep |
| 43A | Jeff Johnson | Rep |
| 43B | Ron Abrams | Rep |
| 44A | Steve Simon | DFL |
| 44B | Ron Latz | 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 | Barbara Goodwin | DFL |
| 50B | Char Samuelson | Rep |
| 51A | Andrew "Andy" Westerberg | Rep |
| 51B | Connie Bernardy | DFL |
| 52A | Ray Vandeveer | Rep |
| 52B | Matt Dean | Rep |
| 53A | Philip Krinkie | Rep |
| 53B | Doug Meslow | Rep |
| 54A | Mindy Greiling | DFL |
| 54B | Bev Scalze | DFL |
| 55A | Leon Lillie | DFL |
| 55B | Nora Slawik | DFL |
| 56A | Mike Charron | Rep |
| 56B | Karen Klinzing | Rep |
| 57A | Katie Sieben | DFL |
| 57B | Denny McNamara | Rep |
| 58A | Joe Mullery | DFL |
| 58B | Keith Ellison | 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 | Dan Larson | DFL |
| 64A | Matt Entenza | 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 |
See also Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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