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86th Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|2009 to 2010 legislative session}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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{{Infobox legislative session

| name = Eighty-sixth 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 = 2008 General Election

| government =

| term_start = {{Start date|2009|01|06}}

| term_end = {{End date|2011|01|04}}

| before = 85th Minnesota Legislature

| after = 87th Minnesota Legislature

| website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}}

| chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate

| chamber1_image = 86MNSenateStructure.svg

| membership1 = 67 Senators

| control1 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = President

| chamber1_leader1 = James Metzen

| chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber1_leader2 = Lawrence Pogemiller

| chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber1_leader3 = David Senjem

| chamber1_leader4_type =

| chamber1_leader4 =

| chamber1_leader5_type =

| chamber1_leader5 =

| chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives

| chamber2_image = 86MNHouseStructure.svg

| membership2 = 134 Representatives

| control2 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber2_leader1 = Margaret Anderson Kelliher

| chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber2_leader2 = Anthony Sertich

| chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber2_leader3 = Marty Seifert,
Kurt Zellers

| chamber2_leader4_type =

| chamber2_leader4 =

| chamber2_leader5_type =

| chamber2_leader5 =

| session1_start =

| session1_end =

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spsess.asp|title = Special sessions of the Minnesota Legislature, 1858-present - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library}}

Party summary

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

= Senate =

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=2 | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

DFL

! GOP

style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature

| {{Party shading/DFL}} | 44

| 21

! 65

| 2

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/DFL}} | 46

| 21

! 67

| 0

style="font-size:80%" | January 8, 2010

| 20

! 66

| 1

style="font-size:80%" | January 26, 2010

| 21

! 67

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|46|67|0}}

! {{percentage|21|67|0}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature

| 30

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 37

! 67

| 0

= House of Representatives =

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
style="vertical-align:bottom;"

! rowspan=3 |

! colspan=2 | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan=3 | Total

! rowspan=3 | Vacant

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

DFL

! GOP

style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature

| {{Party shading/DFL}} | 85

| 49

! 134

| 0

colspan=6 |
style="font-size:80%" | Begin

| {{Party shading/DFL}} | 87

| 47

! 134

| 0

Latest voting share

! {{percentage|87|134|0}}

! {{percentage|47|134|0}}

! colspan=2 |

colspan=6 |
style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature

| 62

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 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=

class="wikitable"

! District

! Name

! Party

! Residence

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 1A

| Dave Olin

| DFL

| Thief River Falls

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 1B

| Bernard Lieder

| DFL

| Crookston

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 2A

| Kent Eken

| DFL

| Twin Valley

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 2B

| Brita Sailer

| DFL

| Park Rapids

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 3A

| Tom Anzelc

| DFL

| Balsam Township

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 3B

| Loren Solberg

| DFL

| Grand Rapids

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 4A

| John Persell

| DFL

| Bemidji

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 4B

| Larry Howes

| Rep

| Walker

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 5A

| Tom Rukavina

| DFL

| Virginia

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 5B

| Anthony Sertich

| DFL

| Chisholm

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 6A

| David Dill

| DFL

| Crane Lake

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 6B

| Mary Murphy

| DFL

| Hermantown

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 7A

| Thomas Huntley

| DFL

| Duluth

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 7B

| Roger Reinert

| DFL

| Duluth

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 8A

| Bill Hilty

| DFL

| Finlayson

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 8B

| Tim Faust

| DFL

| Hinckley

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 9A

| Morrie Lanning

| Rep

| Moorhead

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 9B

| Paul Marquart

| DFL

| Dilworth

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 10A

| Bud Nornes

| Rep

| Fergus Falls

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 10B

| Mark Murdock

| Rep

| Ottertail

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 11A

| Torrey Westrom

| Rep

| Elbow Lake

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 11B

| Mary Ellen Otremba

| DFL

| Long Prairie

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 12A

| John Ward

| DFL

| Brainerd

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 12B

| Al Doty

| DFL

| Royalton

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 13A

| Paul Anderson

| Rep

| Starbuck

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 13B

| Al Juhnke

| DFL

| Willmar

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 14A

| Dan Severson

| Rep

| Sauk Rapids

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 14B

| Larry Hosch

| DFL

| St. Joseph

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 15A

| Steve Gottwalt

| Rep

| St. Cloud

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 15B

| Larry Haws

| DFL

| St. Cloud

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 16A

| Gail Kulick Jackson

| DFL

| Milaca

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 16B

| Mary Kiffmeyer

| Rep

| Big Lake

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 17A

| Rob Eastlund

| Rep

| Isanti

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 17B

| Jeremy Kalin

| DFL

| North Branch

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 18A

| Ron Shimanski

| Rep

| Silver Lake

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 18B

| Dean Urdahl

| Rep

| Grove City

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 19A

| Bruce Anderson

| Rep

| Buffalo Township

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 19B

| Tom Emmer

| Rep

| Delano

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 20A

| Andrew Falk

| DFL

| Murdock

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 20B

| Lyle Koenen

| DFL

| Clara City

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 21A

| Marty Seifert

| Rep

| Marshall

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 21B

| Paul Torkelson

| Rep

| St. James

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 22A

| Doug Magnus

| Rep

| Slayton

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 22B

| Rod Hamilton

| Rep

| Mountain Lake

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 23A

| Terry Morrow

| DFL

| St. Peter

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 23B

| Kathy Brynaert

| DFL

| Mankato

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 24A

| Bob Gunther

| Rep

| Fairmont

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 24B

| Tony Cornish

| Rep

| Good Thunder

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 25A

| Laura Brod

| Rep

| New Prague

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 25B

| David Bly

| DFL

| Northfield

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 26A

| Kory Kath

| DFL

| Owatonna

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 26B

| Patti Fritz

| DFL

| Faribault

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 27A

| Robin Brown

| DFL

| Moscow Township

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 27B

| Jeanne Poppe

| DFL

| Austin

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 28A

| Tim Kelly

| Rep

| Red Wing

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 28B

| Steve Drazkowski

| Rep

| Wabasha

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 29A

| Randy Demmer

| Rep

| Hayfield

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 29B

| Kim Norton

| DFL

| Rochester

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 30A

| Tina Liebling

| DFL

| Rochester

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 30B

| Andy Welti

| DFL

| Plainview

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 31A

| Gene Pelowski

| DFL

| Winona

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 31B

| Greg Davids

| Rep

| Preston

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 32A

| Joyce Peppin

| Rep

| Rogers

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 32B

| Kurt Zellers

| Rep

| Maple Grove

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 33A

| Steve Smith

| Rep

| Mound

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 33B

| Connie Doepke

| Rep

| Wayzata

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 34A

| Paul Kohls

| Rep

| Victoria

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 34B

| Joe Hoppe

| Rep

| Chaska

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 35A

| Michael Beard

| Rep

| Shakopee

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 35B

| Mark Buesgens

| Rep

| Jordan

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 36A

| Mary Liz Holberg

| Rep

| Lakeville

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 36B

| Pat Garofalo

| Rep

| Farmington

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 37A

| Tara Mack

| Rep

| Apple Valley

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 37B

| Phil Sterner

| DFL

| Rosemount

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 38A

| Sandra Masin

| DFL

| Eagan

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 38B

| Mike Obermueller

| DFL

| Eagan

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 39A

| Rick Hansen

| DFL

| South Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 39B

| Joe Atkins

| DFL

| Inver Grove Heights

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 40A

| Will Morgan

| DFL

| Burnsville

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 40B

| Ann Lenczewski

| DFL

| Bloomington

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 41A

| Keith Downey

| Rep

| Edina

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 41B

| Paul Rosenthal

| DFL

| Edina

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 42A

| Maria Ruud

| DFL

| Minnetonka

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 42B

| Jenifer Loon

| Rep

| Eden Prairie

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 43A

| Sarah Anderson

| Rep

| Plymouth

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 43B

| John Benson

| DFL

| Minnetonka

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 44A

| Steve Simon

| DFL

| St. Louis Park

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 44B

| Ryan Winkler

| DFL

| Golden Valley

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 45A

| Sandra Peterson

| DFL

| New Hope

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 45B

| Lyndon Carlson

| DFL

| Brooklyn Center

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 46A

| Michael Nelson

| DFL

| Brooklyn Park

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 46B

| Debra Hilstrom

| DFL

| Brooklyn Center

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 47A

| Denise Dittrich

| DFL

| Champlin

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 47B

| Melissa Hortman

| DFL

| Brooklyn Park

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 48A

| Tom Hackbarth

| Rep

| Cedar

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 48B

| Jim Abeler

| Rep

| Anoka

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 49A

| Peggy Scott

| Rep

| Andover

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 49B

| Jerry Newton

| DFL

| Coon Rapids

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 50A

| Carolyn Laine

| DFL

| Columbia Heights

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 50B

| Kate Knuth

| DFL

| New Brighton

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 51A

| Tim Sanders

| Rep

| Blaine

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 51B

| Tom Tillberry

| DFL

| Fridley

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 52A

| Bob Dettmer

| Rep

| Forest Lake

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 52B

| Matt Dean

| Rep

| Dellwood

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 53A

| Paul Gardner

| DFL

| Shoreview

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 53B

| Carol McFarlane

| Rep

| White Bear Lake

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 54A

| Mindy Greiling

| DFL

| Roseville

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 54B

| Bev Scalze

| DFL

| Little Canada

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 55A

| Leon Lillie

| DFL

| North Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 55B

| Nora Slawik

| DFL

| Maplewood

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 56A

| Julie Bunn

| DFL

| Lake Elmo

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 56B

| Marsha Swails

| DFL

| Woodbury

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 57A

| Karla Bigham

| DFL

| Cottage Grove

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 57B

| Denny McNamara

| Rep

| Hastings

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 58A

| Joe Mullery

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 58B

| Bobby Joe Champion

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 59A

| Diane Loeffler

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 59B

| Phyllis Kahn

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 60A

| Margaret Anderson Kelliher

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 60B

| Frank Hornstein

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 61A

| Karen Clark

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 61B

| Jeff Hayden

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 62A

| Jim Davnie

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 62B

| Jean Wagenius

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 63A

| Paul Thissen

| DFL

| Minneapolis

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 63B

| Linda Slocum

| DFL

| Richfield

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 64A

| Erin Murphy

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 64B

| Michael Paymar

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 65A

| Cy Thao

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 65B

| Carlos Mariani

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 66A

| John Lesch

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 66B

| Alice Hausman

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 67A

| Tim Mahoney

| DFL

| Saint Paul

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 67B

| Sheldon Johnson

| DFL

| Saint Paul

Senate Members

=Members: 2009-2010=

class="wikitable"

! District

! Name

! Party

! Residence

! First elected

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 1

| LeRoy A. Stumpf

| DFL

| Thief River Falls

| 1982

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 2

| Rod Skoe

| DFL

| Clearbrook

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 3

| Tom Saxhaug

| DFL

| Grand Rapids

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 4

| Mary Olson

| DFL

| Bemidji

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 5

| Dave Tomassoni

| DFL

| Chisholm

| 2000

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 6

| Tom Bakk

| DFL

| Cook

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 7

| Yvonne Prettner Solon

| DFL

| Duluth

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 8

| Tony Lourey

| DFL

| Kerrick

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 9

| Keith Langseth

| DFL

| Glyndon

| 1980

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 10

| Dan Skogen

| DFL

| Hewitt

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 11

| Bill Ingebrigtsen

| Rep

| Alexandria

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 12

| Paul Koering

| Rep

| Fort Ripley

| 2002

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 13

| Joe Gimse

| Rep

| Willmar

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 14

| Michelle Fischbach

| Rep

| Paynesville

| 1996

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 15

| Tarryl Clark

| DFL

| St. Cloud

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 16

| Lisa Fobbe

| DFL

| Zimmerman

| 2008

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 17

| Rick Olseen

| DFL

| Harris

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 18

| Steve Dille

| Rep

| Dassel

| 1992

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 19

| Amy Koch

| Rep

| Buffalo

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 20

| Gary Kubly

| DFL

| Granite Falls

| 2002

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 21

| Dennis Frederickson

| Rep

| New Ulm

| 1982

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 22

| Jim Vickerman

| DFL

| Tracy

| 1986

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 23

| Kathy Sheran

| DFL

| Mankato

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 24

| Julie Rosen

| Rep

| Fairmont

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 25

| Kevin Dahle

| DFL

| Northfield

| 2008

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 26

| Mike Parry

| Rep

| Waseca

| 2010

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 27

| Dan Sparks

| DFL

| Austin

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 28

| Steve Murphy

| DFL

| Red Wing

| 1992

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 29

| David Senjem

| Rep

| Rochester

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 30

| Ann Lynch

| DFL

| Rochester

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 31

| Sharon Erickson Ropes

| DFL

| Winona

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 32

| Warren Limmer

| Rep

| Maple Grove

| 1994

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 33

| Gen Olson

| Rep

| Minnetrista

| 1982

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 34

| Julianne Ortman

| Rep

| Chanhassen

| 2002

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 35

| Claire Robling

| Rep

| Jordan

| 1996

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 36

| Pat Pariseau

| Rep

| Farmington

| 1988

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 37

| Chris Gerlach

| Rep

| Apple Valley

| 2004

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 38

| Jim Carlson

| DFL

| Eagan

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 39

| James Metzen

| DFL

| South Saint Paul

| 1986

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 40

| John Doll

| DFL

| Burnsville

| 2006

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 41

| Geoff Michel

| Rep

| Edina

| 2002

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 42

| David Hann

| Rep

| Eden Prairie

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 43

| Terri Bonoff

| DFL

| Hopkins

| 2004

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 44

| Ron Latz

| DFL

| St. Louis Park

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 45

| Ann Rest

| DFL

| New Hope

| 2000

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 46

| Linda Scheid

| DFL

| Brooklyn Park

| 1996

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 47

| Leo Foley

| DFL

| Coon Rapids

| 1996

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 48

| Mike Jungbauer

| Rep

| East Bethel

| 2002

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 49

| Debbie Johnson

| Rep

| Ham Lake

| 2000

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 50

| Satveer Chaudhary

| DFL

| Fridley

| 2000

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 51

| Don Betzold

| DFL

| Fridley

| 1992

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 52

| Ray Vandeveer

| Rep

| Forest Lake

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 53

| Sandy Rummel

| DFL

| White Bear Lake

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 54

| John Marty

| DFL

| Roseville

| 1986

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 55

| Charles Wiger

| DFL

| Maplewood

| 1996

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 56

| Kathy Saltzman

| DFL

| Woodbury

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 57

| Katie Sieben

| DFL

| Newport

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 58

| Linda Higgins

| DFL

| Minneapolis

| 1996

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 59

| Lawrence Pogemiller

| DFL

| Minneapolis

| 1982

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 60

| D. Scott Dibble

| DFL

| Minneapolis

| 2002

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 61

| Linda Berglin

| DFL

| Minneapolis

| 1980

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 62

| Patricia Torres Ray

| DFL

| Minneapolis

| 2006

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 63

| Ken Kelash

| DFL

| Minneapolis

| 2008

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 64

| Dick Cohen

| DFL

| Saint Paul

| 1986

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 65

| Sandy Pappas

| DFL

| Saint Paul

| 1990

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 66

| Ellen Anderson

| DFL

| Saint Paul

| 1992

{{Party shading/DFL}}

| 67

| Mee Moua

| DFL

| Saint Paul

| 2002

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| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Dick Day
(R)

| Resigned January 8, 2010 to head Racino Now and lobby for slots at the state's two horse-racing tracks.

| nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Mike Parry
(R)

| January 26, 2010

References

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[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/hmajmin.asp Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present]

[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/sessionresults.asp?sess=86&body=Both Minnesota Legislators Past and Present, 86th Session]

[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spelect.asp Results of Special Elections for the Minnesota Legislature, 1971-present]

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| title = Eighty-sixth Minnesota Legislature

| before = Eighty-fifth Minnesota Legislature

| after = Eighty-seventh Minnesota Legislature

| years = 2009—2010

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