77th Minnesota Legislature
{{Short description|1991–1993 Minnesota Legislature}}
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{{Infobox legislative session
| name = Seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature
| image = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| body = Minnesota Legislature
| country = United States
| state = Minnesota
| meeting_place = Minnesota State Capitol
| election =
| government =
| term_start = {{Start date|1991|01|08}}
| term_end = {{End date|1993|01|05}}
| before = 76th Minnesota Legislature
| after = 78th Minnesota Legislature
| website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}}
| chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate
| membership1 = 67 Senators
| control1 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| chamber1_leader1_type = President
| chamber1_leader1 = Jerome M. Hughes
| chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader
| chamber1_leader2 = Roger Moe
| chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader
| chamber1_leader3 = Duane Benson
| chamber1_leader4_type =
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| chamber1_leader5_type =
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| chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives
| membership2 = 134 Representatives
| control2 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker
| chamber2_leader1 = Robert Vanasek,
Dee Long
| chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader
| chamber2_leader2 = Dee Long,
Alan Welle
| chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader
| chamber2_leader3 = Terry Dempsey
| chamber2_leader4_type =
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The seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 8, 1991. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1990.
Sessions
The legislature met in a regular session from January 8, 1991, to May 20, 1991. A continuation of the regular session was held between January 6, 1992, and April 16, 1992. There were no special sessions of the seventy-seventh Legislature.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}
Party summary
:Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.
= Senate =
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! rowspan=3 | (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |
DFL
! IR |
---|
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44 | 23 ! 67 | 0 |
colspan=5 | |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin
| {{party shading/Democratic}} rowspan="4" | 46 | 21 ! 67 | 0 |
style="font-size:80%" | December 7, 1991
| 20 ! 66 | 1 |
style="font-size:80%" | January 9, 1992
| 21 ! 67 | 0 |
style="font-size:80%" | May 20, 1992
| 20 ! 66 | 1 |
Latest voting share
! {{percentage|46|67|0}} ! {{percentage|20|67|0}} ! colspan=2 | |
colspan=5 | |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 45 | 22 ! 67 | 0 |
= House of Representatives =
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style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! rowspan=3 | (Shading indicates majority caucus)
! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |
DFL
! IR |
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style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78 | 52 ! 130 | 4 |
colspan=5 | |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin
| {{party shading/Democratic}} rowspan="3" | 79 | 53 ! 132 | 2 |
style="font-size:80%" | February 7, 1991
| 54 ! 133 | 1 |
style="font-size:80%" | February 18, 1991
| rowspan="2" | 55 ! 134 | 0 |
style="font-size:80%" | November 1, 1991
| {{party shading/Democratic}} rowspan="4" | 78 ! 133 | 1 |
style="font-size:80%" | January 2, 1992
| 56 ! 134 | 0 |
style="font-size:80%" | May 7, 1992
| 55 ! 133 | 1 |
style="font-size:80%" | May 11, 1992
| 54 ! rowspan="2" | 132 | rowspan="2" | 2 |
style="font-size:80%" | July, 1992
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79{{#tag:ref|Previously an Independent Republican, Bob Anderson joined the DFL in July 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10012|title=Anderson, Robert A. "Bob"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}|name="Anderson"|group="nb"}} | rowspan="2" | 53 |
style="font-size:80%" | December 14, 1992
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78 ! 131 | 3 |
Latest voting share
! {{percentage|78|134|0}} ! {{percentage|53|134|0}} ! colspan=2 | |
colspan=5 | |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 86 | 47 ! 133 | 1 |
Leadership
= Senate =
;President of the Senate
:Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}
;Senate Majority Leader
:Roger Moe (DFL-Erskine){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/smajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}
;Senate Minority Leader
:Duane Benson (IR-Lanesboro)
= House of Representatives =
;Speaker of the House{{#tag:ref|Dee Long acted as Speaker-Designate from August 11, 1991, until she became Speaker in her own right on January 6, 1992.|name="speaker_long"|group="nb"}}
:Until January 6, 1992 Robert Vanasek (DFL-New Prague){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}
:After January 6, 1992 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis)
;House Majority Leader
:Until July 11, 1991 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis){{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/hmajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}
:After July 11, 1991 Alan Welle (DFL-Willmar)
;House Minority Leader
:Terry Dempsey (IR-New Ulm)
Members
= Senate =
class="wikitable sortable"
! Name ! District ! City ! Party |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 22 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 26 | Bricelyn | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 41 | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 32 | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 17 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 11 | Chokio | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 60 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 21 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 16 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 33 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 14 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 64 | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 50 | Ham Lake | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 18 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 30 | Owatonna | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 27 | Ghent | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 05 | Hibbing | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 04 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 61 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 51 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 20 | Murdock | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 23 | New Ulm | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 08 | Duluth | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 38 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 24 | Mankato | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 54 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 15 | Willmar | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 06 | Tower | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 19 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 36 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 67 | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 53 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 57 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 55 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 09 | Glyndon | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 10 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 03 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 47 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 63 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 33 | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 26 | Red Wing | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 49 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 39 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 02 | Erskine | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 44 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 34 | Dakota | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 25 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 52 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 43 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 65 | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 37 | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 31 | Austin | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 58 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 56 | Woodbury | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 62 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 46 | New Hope | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 35 | Le Sueur | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 40 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 12 | Staples | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 13 | Brainerd | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 07 | Duluth | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 59 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 42 | Edina | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 01 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 42 | Edina | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 45 | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 28 | Tracy | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 66 | St. Paul | DFL |
= House of Representatives =
class="wikitable sortable"
! Name ! District ! City ! Party |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 45A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 30B | Waseca | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 10B |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 03A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 06A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 18B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 56B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 06B | Eveleth | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 16B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 11B | Brandon | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 33B | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 41B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 35B | Waconia | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| Boo, Ben | 08B | Duluth | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 11A | Appleton | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 46B | Crystal | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 47B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 60A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 21B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 09B | Hawley | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 32B | Preston | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 65A | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 23A | New Ulm | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 21A | Dassel | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 24A | Mankato | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 42B | Edina | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 67A | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 24B | Mankato | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 32A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 40A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 27A | Lynd | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 09A | Moorhead | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 61A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 17B | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 33A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 56A | Woodbury | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 30A | Owatonna | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 13A | Crosby | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 31A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 63B | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 50B | Blaine | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 40B | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 41A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 29A | Granada | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 49B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 05B | Chisholm | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 07B | Duluth | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 57B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 19B | Harris | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 51A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 04A | Bemidji | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 34A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 58B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 29B | Walters | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 36A | Shakopee | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 04B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 43B | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 18A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 47A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 53A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 12B | Staples | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 19A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 45B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 02A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 48A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 59A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 14B | Kerrick | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 50A | Andover | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 36B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 65B | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 17A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 22A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 63A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 55B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 39B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 38A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 07A | Duluth | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 08A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 62A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 12A | Sebeka | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 54B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 66B | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 14A | Aitkin | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 44A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 02B | Fosston | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 28B | Sherburn | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 16A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 22B | Cokato | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 64B | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 59B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 66A | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 23B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 37B | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 42A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 52B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 34B | Winona | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 20A | Madison | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 39A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 31B | Austin | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 46A | New Hope | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 57A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 25B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 05A | Virginia | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 52A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 58A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 35A | Gibbon | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 47A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 48B | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 38B | Eagan | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 44B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 51B | Fridley | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 61B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 43A | Mound | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 03B | Bovey | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 01B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 53B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 27B | Luverne | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 26A | Kenyon | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 55A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 10A | Waubun | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 37A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 67B | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 01A | Kennedy | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 15A | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 54A | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 25A | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 64A | St. Paul | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 62B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 26B | Elgin | IR |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 49A | Anoka | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 60B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Republican}}
| 20B | IR |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 15B | Willmar | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 13B | DFL |
{{Party shading/Democratic}}
| 28A | Fulda | DFL |
Membership changes
= Senate =
class="wikitable sortable" |
style="vertical-align:bottom;"
! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor |
42
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Don Storm | Resigned December 7, 1991, to accept appointment to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10636|title=Storm, Donald A.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Roy Terwilliger |
08
| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Jim Gustafson | Resigned May 20, 1992, to accept appointment to the position of Commissioner of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10224|title=Gustafson, James "Jim"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}} | colspan="2" | Remained vacant |
=House of Representatives=
Notes
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results.aspx?search=session&gender=both&sess=77&body=senate&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 77, Senate)]
- [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results.aspx?search=session&gender=both&sess=77&body=house&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 77, House)]
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| title = Seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature
| before = Seventy-sixth Minnesota Legislature
| after = Seventy-eighth Minnesota Legislature
| years = 1991—1993
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