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Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus
The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus is the formal organization of the Republican members of the Minnesota Senate. With 33 members, the current minority leader is Senator Mark Johnson. Current leadership Effective with the start of the 91st Minnesota Legislature, the caucus leadership is as follows: * Paul Gazelka ( Nisswa) as Majority Leader * Michelle Benson (Ham Lake) as Deputy Majority Leader * Gary Dahms ( Redwood Falls) as Assistant Majority Leader *Karin Housley ( St. Marys Point) as Assistant Majority Leader * John Jasinski ( Faribault) as Assistant Majority Leader *Warren Limmer ( Maple Grove) as Assistant Majority Leader * Eric Pratt (Prior Lake) as Assistant Majority Leader List of caucus leaders The Republicans have held a majority in the Senate after just two elections since party organization resumed in 1973. The list of caucus leaders is as follows: * Notes External links Official website {{Authority control Senate A senate is a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Johnson (Minnesota Politician)
Mark Johnson is an American lawyer, politician, and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, Johnson represents parts of Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties in northwestern Minnesota. He previously served as acting majority leader of the Minnesota Senate, and now serves as minority leader. Early life, education, and career Johnson was raised near Mentor, Minnesota. After graduating from Fertile-Beltrami High School, he received a bachelor's degree from Bethel University and a J.D. degree from the University of North Dakota. Johnson owns a legal firm in East Grand Forks, Minnesota and is a partner in his family's concrete business. Minnesota Senate Johnson was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016 by a wide margin and reelected in 2020. He succeeded LeRoy Stumpf, who retired after 34 years in the Senate. Personal life Johnson and his wife, Skyler, have three children and live in East Grand Forks East Grand Forks (also known as EGF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Limmer
Warren E. Limmer (born January 24, 1955) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents the 34th District, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Limmer previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and in 1998 he sought the Republican endorsement for Minnesota Secretary of State, losing to Mary Kiffmeyer. He was the author of the 2012 Minnesota constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Early life, education, and career Limmer attended North Hennepin Community College, where he received an A.A., and St. Cloud State University, where he received a B.A. in criminal justice studies. He worked as a corrections officer before serving in the legislature. Limmer is a former member of the Hennepin County Corrections Advisory Commission and the Crystal Human Rights Commission. He now works as a real estate agent. Minnesota Legislature Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Taylor
Glen Allen Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American billionaire business magnate and politician from Minnesota. A self-made businessman, Taylor made his fortune from being the founder and owner of Minnesota-based Taylor Corporation, one of the largest graphic communication companies in the United States. Taylor has been the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team since he purchased the team in 1994. He is also the owner of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball team and the part owner of the Minnesota United FC MLS soccer team. In addition to his sports team ownership, Taylor has been the owner of Minneapolis's '' Star Tribune'' newspaper, the largest newspaper in the state of Minnesota, since 2014. A former member of the Minnesota Senate from the Republican Party, Taylor served in the state senate from 1981 until 1990. He strongly considered running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane E
Diane may refer to: People *Diane (given name) Film * ''Diane'' (1929 film), a German silent film * ''Diane'' (1956 film), a historical drama film starring Lana Turner * ''Diane'' (2017 film), a mystery film directed by Michael Mongillo * ''Diane'' (2018 film), a drama film starring Mary Kay Place Music * ''Diane'' (album), by Chet Baker and Paul Bley, 1985 * "Diane" (Cam song), 2017 * "Diane" (Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack song), a 1927 composition covered by many, including a 1964 UK #1 by The Bachelors * "Diane" (Hüsker Dü song), 1983 * "Diane", a song by Guster from '' Keep It Together'' * "Diane", a song by Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt and Billy James from '' The Boss Men'' Other uses * Diana (mythology), a name of the deity Artemis * The Dianne, a high-rise residential building in Portland, Oregon, US * Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 * Group Diane, a former special forces unit of the Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Johnson (politician)
Dean Elton Johnson (born June 24, 1947 in Lanesboro, Minnesota) is a former Minnesota politician and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and a former member, majority leader and minority leader of the Minnesota Senate. Service in the Minnesota House and Senate Johnson was first elected to the House in 1978, representing the old District 21A, and served from 1979 to 1983. He was elected to the Senate in 1982 and represented District 13 in the west central part of the state. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 15. Through the years, he represented all or portions of Chippewa, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stearns and Yellow Medicine counties in the southwestern part of the state. As a Republican, Johnson served as Senate Minority Leader from 1993 to 1997. Notably, as Senate Minority Leader, Johnson cast a deciding vote in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Day
Richard Day (born March 9, 1937) in American politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 26, which includes portions of Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele and Waseca counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Republican, he was first elected in 1990, and was re-elected in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. Prior to redistricting in 1992 and 2002, he represented the old districts 30 and 28. Background Day was born on a farm in Rochester, Minnesota, where he graduated from Rochester High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and business administration from Winona State College, now Winona State University. Day currently lives in Owatonna, Minnesota where he has worked in printing sales, franchise sales, Director of Franchise Sales and Development for Century 21, a real estate broker, and an IBM Salesman, from which he is now retired. He served on the Owatonna City Council from 1976 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Koch
Amy T. Koch (born October 8, 1971) is an American politician and a former List of Majority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, majority leader of the Minnesota Senate, where she represented portions of Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin and Wright County, Minnesota, Wright counties. Koch, the first female Senate majority leader in state history, is also a regular commentator for Minnesota local media. Early life, education, and career Koch grew up in Buffalo, Minnesota, graduating from Buffalo High School in 1990. After briefly attending Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota), Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, Koch joined the United States Air Force in 1992. While serving in the military, Koch met her former husband, Christopher, and gave birth to her daughter, Rachel. Koch studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute in California, before being assigned to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland. She graduated with honors at all stages of her military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Senjem
David Howard Senjem ( ; born December 20, 1942) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. He served as its majority leader from 2011 to 2013. A moderate Republican, Senjem has crossed party lines on many occasions, notably environmental policy and women's issues. He represents District 25, which includes portions of Dodge and Olmsted counties in the southeastern part of the state. Much of the northern half of Rochester lies in his district. In April 2022, Senjem announced that he would not seek reelection to the Minnesota Senate, and later announced that he would instead run for Olmsted County Commissioner for District 2. Early life, education, and career Senjem grew up in Hayfield, Minnesota and attended Hayfield High School. After graduating, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He served on the Rochester City Park Board for five years, then on the Rochester City Council from 1992 to 2002. He is a retired Environme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hann
David W. Hann (born April 16, 1952) is a Minnesota politician and a former minority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, he represented District 48, which consisted of the cities of Eden Prairie and Minnetonka, from 2003-2017. He is currently the chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota. Early life, education, and career Hann was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Lincoln High School in Bloomington, Minnesota, then served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, earning a B.A. in Religion, and took graduate studies in Theology at the University of Chicago. Hann is a business process consultant. He used to be the Director of Forecasting and Logistics for E.A. Sween Company, also known as Deli Express, in Eden Prairie. He is also a former member of the Eden Prairie School Board, where he also served as clerk and treasurer. He is a member of the board of directors of the Hiawatha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Majority Leaders Of The Minnesota Senate
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. List Notes on Minnesota political party names *Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: On April 15, 1944 the state Democratic Party and the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party merged and created the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). It is affiliated with the national Democratic Party. *Republican Party of Minnesota The Republican Party of Minnesota is the oldest active political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Minnesota Republican Party’s platform is relatively moderate. The party’s main issues are economic growth, education, healthcare, civ ...: From November 15, 1975 to September 23, 1995 the name of the state Republican party was the Independent-Republican party (I-R). The party has always been affiliated with the national Republican Party. In 1913, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Miller (politician)
Jeremy R. Miller (born February 9, 1983) is an American politician representing District 28 in the Minnesota Senate, which comprises parts of Fillmore, Houston, and Winona Counties in the southeastern part of the state. He served as the Minnesota Senate Majority Leader from September 2021 to January 2023. Education Miller graduated from Winona Senior High School in 2001, and earned his A.A.S. from Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical in Winona in 2004. Business activities Miller is the co-owner of Miller Scrap, a scrap metal business. Minnesota Senate Miller was first elected to the Senate in 2010, defeating incumbent DFL legislator Sharon Erickson Ropes, and was reelected in 2012, 2016, and 2020. In 2019, he was selected by his caucus to serve as president of the Senate, succeeding Michelle Fischbach, who resigned to become lieutenant governor. In January 2021, Miller was reelected to the position. In September 2021, after Paul Gazelka stepped down as majority l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minority Leaders Of The Minnesota Senate
This is a list of minority leaders of the Minnesota Senate {, class=wikitable , - bgcolor="#cccccc" ! Name !! Took office !! Left office !! Party/Caucus , - , Bolesaw G. Novak, , 1951, , 1955, , Liberal , - , Harold W. Schultz, , 1955, , 1963, , Liberal , - , Paul A. Thuet, , 1963, , 1967, , Liberal , - , Karl F. Grittner, , 1967, , 1971, , Liberal , - , Nick Coleman, , 1971, , 1973, , Liberal , - , Harold G. Krieger, , 1973, , 1975, , Republican , - , Robert O. Ashbach, , 1975, , 1983, , Republican/Independent-Republican , - , James E. Ulland, , 1983, , 1985, , Independent-Republican , - , Glen Taylor, , 1985, , 1987, , Independent-Republican , - , Duane Benson, , 1987, , 1993, , Independent-Republican , - , Dean Johnson, , 1993, , 1995, , Independent-Republican/Republican , - , Dick Day, , 1995, , 2007, , Republican , - , David Senjem, , 2007, , 2011, , Republican , - , Tom Bakk, , 2011, , 2013, , Democratic-Farmer-La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
