85th Minnesota Legislature
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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates
Template:Infobox legislative session The eighty-fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3, 2007. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were all elected during the General Election on November 7, 2006.
Sessions
The legislature met in regular session beginning January 3, 2007 and ending May 21, 2007. A bill passed on February 22 required the state to generate a significant amount of its energy needs from renewable sources.[1]
A special session was convened September 11, 2007 to pass legislature relating to floods in southeast Minnesota and the I-35W Mississippi River bridge.[2]
The legislature re-convened for regular session on February 12, 2008 and adjourned in May.
Party summary
- Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.
Senate
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | Vacant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | ||||
| DFL | R | ||||
| End of previous Legislature | Template:Party shading/DFL | 38 | 29 | 67 | 0 | |
| Begin | rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/DFL | 44 | 23 | 67 | 0 | |
| January 1, 2008 | 22 | 66 | 1 | ||
| January 3, 2008 | rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/DFL | 45 | 67 | 0 | ||
| July 28, 2008 | 21 | 66 | 1 | ||
| November 5, 2008 | Template:Party shading/DFL | 44 | 65 | 2 | ||
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| Beginning of the next Legislature | Template:Party shading/DFL | 46 | 21 | 67 | 0 | |
House of Representatives
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | Vacant | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | ||||
| DFL | IR | R | |||
| End of previous Legislature | 66 | 0 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 67 | 133 | 1 |
| Begin | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/DFL | 85 | 0 | 49 | 134 | 0 |
| July 17, 2007 | 48 | 133 | 1 | ||
| August 7, 2007 | 49 | 134 | 0 | ||
| December 1, 2007 | 1 | 48 | 134 | 0 | |
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| Beginning of the next Legislature | Template:Party shading/DFL | 87 | 0 | 47 | 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
- Marty Seifert (R-Marshall)
Members
Senate
House of Representatives
Membership changes
Senate
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Tom Neuville (R) |
Resigned effective January 1, 2008 to accept appointment as Third Judicial District trial court judge. | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Kevin Dahle (DFL) |
January 3, 2008 |
| 16 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Betsy Wergin (R) |
Resigned July 28, 2008 to accept appointment to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Successor elected November 4, 2008, but did not assume office until the convention of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Lisa Fobbe (DFL) |
November 4, 2008 |
| 63 | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Dan Larson (DFL) |
Resigned effective November 5, 2008. Successor elected November 4, 2008, but did not assume office until the convention of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. | nowrap Template:Party shading/DFL | Ken Kelash (DFL) |
November 4, 2008 |
House of Representatives
| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28B | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Steve Sviggum (R) |
Resigned July 17, 2007 to become Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Steve Drazkowski (R) |
August 7, 2007 |
Notes
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- ↑ Minnesota to require 25% renewable energy production, Wikinews
- ↑ Bill Number Search- Minnesota House of Representatives
- ↑ Kevin Dahle was elected in January 2008 to replace Tom Neuville.
- ↑ Tom Neuville resigned in December 2007 accept a District Court appointment.
- ↑ Steve Drazkowski was elected via special election held August 7, 2007 to succeed resigned representative Steve Sviggum.
- ↑ Ron Erhardt lost the Republican endorsement for re-election in 2008 and ran as an Independent. Erhardt lost the election.
- ↑ Mark Olson was suspended from the Republican Caucus and declared himself as an Independent-Republican.
- ↑ On July 17, 2007, Steve Sviggum resigned his seat to become Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce and Industry; a special election held on August 7, 2007 named Steve Drazkowski as his successor.
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