# 86th Minnesota Legislature

The eighty-sixth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6, 2009 and ended upon the beginning of the next Legislature in January 2011. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the 2006 General Election, and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the 2008 General Election.

## Sessions

Two special sessions were held. The first was for several hours on May 17, 2010, to complete a budget bill. The second special session was held October 18, 2010, to provide disaster relief to flood areas in Southern Minnesota.

## Party summary

    Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

### Senate

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| | DFL | GOP | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 44 | 21 | 65 | 2 |
| Begin | 46 | 21 | 67 | 0 |
| January 8, 2010 | 46 | 20 | 66 | 1 |
| January 26, 2010 | 46 | 21 | 67 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 69% | 31% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 30 | 37 | 67 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| | DFL | GOP | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 85 | 49 | 134 | 0 |
| Begin | 87 | 47 | 134 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 65% | 35% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 62 | 72 | 134 | 0 |

## Leadership
### Senate
#### President of the Senate

    James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul)

#### Senate Majority Leader

    Lawrence Pogemiller (DFL-Minneapolis)

#### Senate Minority Leader

    David Senjem (R-Rochester)

### House of Representatives
#### Speaker of the House

    Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis)

#### House Majority Leader

    Anthony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm)

#### House Minority Leader

    Until June 24, 2009 Marty Seifert (R-Marshall)
    From June 24, 2009 Kurt Zellers (R-Maple Grove)

## House Members
### Members, 2009-2010

| District | Name | Party | Residence |
| 1A | Dave Olin | DFL | Thief River Falls |
| 1B | Bernard Lieder | DFL | Crookston |
| 2A | Kent Eken | DFL | Twin Valley |
| 2B | Brita Sailer | DFL | Park Rapids |
| 3A | Tom Anzelc | DFL | Balsam Township |
| 3B | Loren Solberg | DFL | Grand Rapids |
| 4A | John Persell | DFL | Bemidji |
| 4B | Larry Howes | Rep | Walker |
| 5A | Tom Rukavina | DFL | Virginia |
| 5B | Anthony Sertich | DFL | Chisholm |
| 6A | David Dill | DFL | Crane Lake |
| 6B | Mary Murphy | DFL | Hermantown |
| 7A | Thomas Huntley | DFL | Duluth |
| 7B | Roger Reinert | DFL | Duluth |
| 8A | Bill Hilty | DFL | Finlayson |
| 8B | Tim Faust | DFL | Hinckley |
| 9A | Morrie Lanning | Rep | Moorhead |
| 9B | Paul Marquart | DFL | Dilworth |
| 10A | Bud Nornes | Rep | Fergus Falls |
| 10B | Mark Murdock | Rep | Ottertail |
| 11A | Torrey Westrom | Rep | Elbow Lake |
| 11B | Mary Ellen Otremba | DFL | Long Prairie |
| 12A | John Ward | DFL | Brainerd |
| 12B | Al Doty | DFL | Royalton |
| 13A | Paul Anderson | Rep | Starbuck |
| 13B | Al Juhnke | DFL | Willmar |
| 14A | Dan Severson | Rep | Sauk Rapids |
| 14B | Larry Hosch | DFL | St. Joseph |
| 15A | Steve Gottwalt | Rep | St. Cloud |
| 15B | Larry Haws | DFL | St. Cloud |
| 16A | Gail Kulick Jackson | DFL | Milaca |
| 16B | Mary Kiffmeyer | Rep | Big Lake |
| 17A | Rob Eastlund | Rep | Isanti |
| 17B | Jeremy Kalin | DFL | North Branch |
| 18A | Ron Shimanski | Rep | Silver Lake |
| 18B | Dean Urdahl | Rep | Grove City |
| 19A | Bruce Anderson | Rep | Buffalo Township |
| 19B | Tom Emmer | Rep | Delano |
| 20A | Andrew Falk | DFL | Murdock |
| 20B | Lyle Koenen | DFL | Clara City |
| 21A | Marty Seifert | Rep | Marshall |
| 21B | Paul Torkelson | Rep | St. James |
| 22A | Doug Magnus | Rep | Slayton |
| 22B | Rod Hamilton | Rep | Mountain Lake |
| 23A | Terry Morrow | DFL | St. Peter |
| 23B | Kathy Brynaert | DFL | Mankato |
| 24A | Bob Gunther | Rep | Fairmont |
| 24B | Tony Cornish | Rep | Good Thunder |
| 25A | Laura Brod | Rep | New Prague |
| 25B | David Bly | DFL | Northfield |
| 26A | Kory Kath | DFL | Owatonna |
| 26B | Patti Fritz | DFL | Faribault |
| 27A | Robin Brown | DFL | Moscow Township |
| 27B | Jeanne Poppe | DFL | Austin |
| 28A | Tim Kelly | Rep | Red Wing |
| 28B | Steve Drazkowski | Rep | Wabasha |
| 29A | Randy Demmer | Rep | Hayfield |
| 29B | Kim Norton | DFL | Rochester |
| 30A | Tina Liebling | DFL | Rochester |
| 30B | Andy Welti | DFL | Plainview |
| 31A | Gene Pelowski | DFL | Winona |
| 31B | Greg Davids | Rep | Preston |
| 32A | Joyce Peppin | Rep | Rogers |
| 32B | Kurt Zellers | Rep | Maple Grove |
| 33A | Steve Smith | Rep | Mound |
| 33B | Connie Doepke | Rep | Wayzata |
| 34A | Paul Kohls | Rep | Victoria |
| 34B | Joe Hoppe | Rep | Chaska |
| 35A | Michael Beard | Rep | Shakopee |
| 35B | Mark Buesgens | Rep | Jordan |
| 36A | Mary Liz Holberg | Rep | Lakeville |
| 36B | Pat Garofalo | Rep | Farmington |
| 37A | Tara Mack | Rep | Apple Valley |
| 37B | Phil Sterner | DFL | Rosemount |
| 38A | Sandra Masin | DFL | Eagan |
| 38B | Mike Obermueller | DFL | Eagan |
| 39A | Rick Hansen | DFL | South Saint Paul |
| 39B | Joe Atkins | DFL | Inver Grove Heights |
| 40A | Will Morgan | DFL | Burnsville |
| 40B | Ann Lenczewski | DFL | Bloomington |
| 41A | Keith Downey | Rep | Edina |
| 41B | Paul Rosenthal | DFL | Edina |
| 42A | Maria Ruud | DFL | Minnetonka |
| 42B | Jenifer Loon | Rep | Eden Prairie |
| 43A | Sarah Anderson | Rep | Plymouth |
| 43B | John Benson | DFL | Minnetonka |
| 44A | Steve Simon | DFL | St. Louis Park |
| 44B | Ryan Winkler | DFL | Golden Valley |
| 45A | Sandra Peterson | DFL | New Hope |
| 45B | Lyndon Carlson | DFL | Brooklyn Center |
| 46A | Michael Nelson | DFL | Brooklyn Park |
| 46B | Debra Hilstrom | DFL | Brooklyn Center |
| 47A | Denise Dittrich | DFL | Champlin |
| 47B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | Brooklyn Park |
| 48A | Tom Hackbarth | Rep | Cedar |
| 48B | Jim Abeler | Rep | Anoka |
| 49A | Peggy Scott | Rep | Andover |
| 49B | Jerry Newton | DFL | Coon Rapids |
| 50A | Carolyn Laine | DFL | Columbia Heights |
| 50B | Kate Knuth | DFL | New Brighton |
| 51A | Tim Sanders | Rep | Blaine |
| 51B | Tom Tillberry | DFL | Fridley |
| 52A | Bob Dettmer | Rep | Forest Lake |
| 52B | Matt Dean | Rep | Dellwood |
| 53A | Paul Gardner | DFL | Shoreview |
| 53B | Carol McFarlane | Rep | White Bear Lake |
| 54A | Mindy Greiling | DFL | Roseville |
| 54B | Bev Scalze | DFL | Little Canada |
| 55A | Leon Lillie | DFL | North Saint Paul |
| 55B | Nora Slawik | DFL | Maplewood |
| 56A | Julie Bunn | DFL | Lake Elmo |
| 56B | Marsha Swails | DFL | Woodbury |
| 57A | Karla Bigham | DFL | Cottage Grove |
| 57B | Denny McNamara | Rep | Hastings |
| 58A | Joe Mullery | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 58B | Bobby Joe Champion | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 59A | Diane Loeffler | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 59B | Phyllis Kahn | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 60A | Margaret Anderson Kelliher | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 60B | Frank Hornstein | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 61A | Karen Clark | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 61B | Jeff Hayden | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 62A | Jim Davnie | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 62B | Jean Wagenius | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 63A | Paul Thissen | DFL | Minneapolis |
| 63B | Linda Slocum | DFL | Richfield |
| 64A | Erin Murphy | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 64B | Michael Paymar | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 65A | Cy Thao | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 65B | Carlos Mariani | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 66A | John Lesch | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 66B | Alice Hausman | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 67A | Tim Mahoney | DFL | Saint Paul |
| 67B | Sheldon Johnson | DFL | Saint Paul |

## Senate Members
### Members: 2009-2010

| District | Name | Party | Residence | First elected |
| 1 | LeRoy A. Stumpf | DFL | Thief River Falls | 1982 |
| 2 | Rod Skoe | DFL | Clearbrook | 2002 |
| 3 | Tom Saxhaug | DFL | Grand Rapids | 2002 |
| 4 | Mary Olson | DFL | Bemidji | 2006 |
| 5 | Dave Tomassoni | DFL | Chisholm | 2000 |
| 6 | Tom Bakk | DFL | Cook | 2002 |
| 7 | Yvonne Prettner Solon | DFL | Duluth | 2002 |
| 8 | Tony Lourey | DFL | Kerrick | 2006 |
| 9 | Keith Langseth | DFL | Glyndon | 1980 |
| 10 | Dan Skogen | DFL | Hewitt | 2006 |
| 11 | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Rep | Alexandria | 2006 |
| 12 | Paul Koering | Rep | Fort Ripley | 2002 |
| 13 | Joe Gimse | Rep | Willmar | 2006 |
| 14 | Michelle Fischbach | Rep | Paynesville | 1996 |
| 15 | Tarryl Clark | DFL | St. Cloud | 2006 |
| 16 | Lisa Fobbe | DFL | Zimmerman | 2008 |
| 17 | Rick Olseen | DFL | Harris | 2006 |
| 18 | Steve Dille | Rep | Dassel | 1992 |
| 19 | Amy Koch | Rep | Buffalo | 2006 |
| 20 | Gary Kubly | DFL | Granite Falls | 2002 |
| 21 | Dennis Frederickson | Rep | New Ulm | 1982 |
| 22 | Jim Vickerman | DFL | Tracy | 1986 |
| 23 | Kathy Sheran | DFL | Mankato | 2006 |
| 24 | Julie Rosen | Rep | Fairmont | 2002 |
| 25 | Kevin Dahle | DFL | Northfield | 2008 |
| 26 | Mike Parry | Rep | Waseca | 2010 |
| 27 | Dan Sparks | DFL | Austin | 2002 |
| 28 | Steve Murphy | DFL | Red Wing | 1992 |
| 29 | David Senjem | Rep | Rochester | 2002 |
| 30 | Ann Lynch | DFL | Rochester | 2006 |
| 31 | Sharon Erickson Ropes | DFL | Winona | 2006 |
| 32 | Warren Limmer | Rep | Maple Grove | 1994 |
| 33 | Gen Olson | Rep | Minnetrista | 1982 |
| 34 | Julianne Ortman | Rep | Chanhassen | 2002 |
| 35 | Claire Robling | Rep | Jordan | 1996 |
| 36 | Pat Pariseau | Rep | Farmington | 1988 |
| 37 | Chris Gerlach | Rep | Apple Valley | 2004 |
| 38 | Jim Carlson | DFL | Eagan | 2006 |
| 39 | James Metzen | DFL | South Saint Paul | 1986 |
| 40 | John Doll | DFL | Burnsville | 2006 |
| 41 | Geoff Michel | Rep | Edina | 2002 |
| 42 | David Hann | Rep | Eden Prairie | 2002 |
| 43 | Terri Bonoff | DFL | Hopkins | 2004 |
| 44 | Ron Latz | DFL | St. Louis Park | 2006 |
| 45 | Ann Rest | DFL | New Hope | 2000 |
| 46 | Linda Scheid | DFL | Brooklyn Park | 1996 |
| 47 | Leo Foley | DFL | Coon Rapids | 1996 |
| 48 | Mike Jungbauer | Rep | East Bethel | 2002 |
| 49 | Debbie Johnson | Rep | Ham Lake | 2000 |
| 50 | Satveer Chaudhary | DFL | Fridley | 2000 |
| 51 | Don Betzold | DFL | Fridley | 1992 |
| 52 | Ray Vandeveer | Rep | Forest Lake | 2006 |
| 53 | Sandy Rummel | DFL | White Bear Lake | 2006 |
| 54 | John Marty | DFL | Roseville | 1986 |
| 55 | Charles Wiger | DFL | Maplewood | 1996 |
| 56 | Kathy Saltzman | DFL | Woodbury | 2006 |
| 57 | Katie Sieben | DFL | Newport | 2006 |
| 58 | Linda Higgins | DFL | Minneapolis | 1996 |
| 59 | Lawrence Pogemiller | DFL | Minneapolis | 1982 |
| 60 | D. Scott Dibble | DFL | Minneapolis | 2002 |
| 61 | Linda Berglin | DFL | Minneapolis | 1980 |
| 62 | Patricia Torres Ray | DFL | Minneapolis | 2006 |
| 63 | Ken Kelash | DFL | Minneapolis | 2008 |
| 64 | Dick Cohen | DFL | Saint Paul | 1986 |
| 65 | Sandy Pappas | DFL | Saint Paul | 1990 |
| 66 | Ellen Anderson | DFL | Saint Paul | 1992 |
| 67 | Mee Moua | DFL | Saint Paul | 2002 |

## Membership changes
### Senate

| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor elected |
| 26 | Dick Day (R) | Resigned January 8, 2010 to head Racino Now and lobby for slots at the state's two horse-racing tracks. | Mike Parry (R) | January 26, 2010 |