Minnesota Senate, District 2
{{Short description|American legislative district}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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|state=Minnesota
|district=2
|chamber=Senate
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|representative=Paul Utke
|party= Republican
|residence= Park Rapids
|residence_link= Park Rapids, Minnesota
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|percent_white= 79.6
|percent_black= 0.4
|percent_hispanic= 2.4
|percent_asian= 0.5
|percent_native_american= 13.8
|percent_pacific_islander=<0.1
|percent_multiracial=5
|percent_other_race=0.3
|population= 80,696
|population_year=2020
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The Minnesota Senate, District 2, encompasses the North-Central part of Minnesota. It stretches from Lake of the Woods County south to the White Earth Indian Reservation. It includes all or portions of Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and Wadena counties. It is currently represented by Republican Paul Utke.
List of senators
| class="wikitable"
!Session !Senator !Party !Term start !Term end !Home !Location |
| rowspan="2" |1st
| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | rowspan="3" |December 2, 1857 |December 6, 1859 | rowspan="3" |St. Paul | rowspan="3" |Ramsey |
| rowspan="2" |William Sprigg Hall{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13168|title = Hall, William Sprigg "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}
| rowspan="2" |January 7, 1861 |
| 2nd |
| 3rd
| rowspan="2" |Joel K. Reiner{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14485|title = Reiner, Joel K. "J.K." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican | rowspan="2" |January 8, 1861 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1863 | rowspan="2" |Marine-on-St. Croix | rowspan="11" |Chisago |
| 4th |
| 5th
| rowspan="4" |John McKusick{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13819|title = McKusick, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Independent}} |Non-partisan | rowspan="4" |January 6, 1863 | rowspan="4" |January 7, 1867 | rowspan="4" |Stillwater |
| 6th |
| 7th |
| 8th |
| 9th
| rowspan="2" |William H.C. Folsom{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12851|title = Folsom, William Henry Carman "W.H.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican | rowspan="2" |January 8, 1867 | rowspan="2" |January 4, 1869 | rowspan="2" |Taylors Falls |
| 10th |
| 11th
| rowspan="2" |James Nathan Castle{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11600|title = Castle, James Nathan "J.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1869 | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1871 | rowspan="3" |Stillwater |
| 12th |
| 13th
| rowspan="18" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |January 3, 1871 |January 1, 1872 |
| 14th
| rowspan="2" |Thomas H. Everts{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12752|title = Everts, Thomas H. "T.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1872 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1874 | rowspan="2" |Rushford | rowspan="17" |Fillmore |
| 15th |
| 16th
| rowspan="4" |Charles Henry Conkey{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11777|title = Conkey, Charles Henry "C.H., C.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="4" |January 6, 1874 | rowspan="4" |January 7, 1878 | rowspan="4" |Preston |
| 17th |
| 18th |
| 19th |
| 20th
| rowspan="5" |James M. Wheat{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12073|title = Wheat, James M. "J.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="5" |January 8, 1878 | rowspan="5" |January 3, 1877 | rowspan="5" |Lenora |
| 21st |
| 22nd |
| 23rd |
| 24th |
| 25th
| rowspan="2" |Charles G. Edwards{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12676|title = Edwards, Charles G. "C.G., G.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" |January 4, 1887 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1891 | rowspan="2" |Spring Valley |
| 26th |
| 27th
| rowspan="2" |Evin D. Hammer{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13177|title = Hammer, Evin D. "E.D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1891 | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1895 | rowspan="2" |Pilot Mound |
| 28th |
| 29th
| rowspan="2" |Richard Enos Johnson | rowspan="2" |January 8, 1895 | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1899 | rowspan="2" |Preston |
| 30th |
| 31st
| rowspan="5" |Patrick Fitzpatrick{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12824|title = Fitzpatrick, Patrick - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | rowspan="5" |January 3, 1899 | rowspan="5" |August 31, 1908Died | rowspan="5" |Winona | rowspan="35" |Winona |
| 32nd |
| 33rd |
| 34th |
| rowspan="2" |35th |
| Vacant
| |August 31, 1908 |January 5, 1909 | |
| 36th
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican |January 5, 1909 |January 2, 1911 |
| 37th
| rowspan="2" |M.J. McGrath{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13787|title = McGrath, M. J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1911 | rowspan="2" |January 4, 1915 | rowspan="6" |Winona |
| 38th |
| 39th
| rowspan="2" |Samuel M. Knopp{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12192|title = Knopp, Samuel M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1915 | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1919 |
| 40th |
| 41st
| rowspan="2" |Herbert W. Kingsbury{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12163|title = Kingsbury, Herbert W. "H.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Independent}} |Non-partisan | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1919 | rowspan="2" |January 1, 1923 |
| 42nd |
| 43rd
| rowspan="2" |John Frisch{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12912|title = Frisch, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1923 | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1927 | rowspan="2" |St. Charles |
| 44th |
| rowspan="2" |45th
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic |January 4, 1927 |July 27, 1928Died |
| Vacant
| |July 27, 1928 |January 4, 1929 | |
| 46th
| rowspan="3" |Frederick H. Rollins{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14572|title = Rollins, Frederick H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="11" {{Party shading/Independent}} |Non-partisan | rowspan="3" |January 4, 1929 | rowspan="3" |January 7, 1935 | rowspan="3" |St. Charles |
| 47th |
| 48th |
| 49th
| rowspan="6" |Michael J. Galvin, Sr.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12950|title = Galvin, Sr., Michael J. "M.J." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="6" |January 8, 1935 | rowspan="6" |January 6, 1947 | rowspan="8" |Winona |
| 50th |
| 51st |
| 52nd |
| 53rd |
| 54th |
| 55th
| rowspan="2" |Len Dernek{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12535|title = Dernek, Leonard W. "L.W., Len" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1947 | rowspan="2" |January 1, 1951 |
| rowspan="2" |56th |
| rowspan="7" |Jim Keller{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12115|title = Keller, James R. "Jim, J.R." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}
| rowspan="7" {{Party shading/Minnesota Nonpartisan Conservative}} |Conservative | rowspan="7" |January 2, 1951 | rowspan="7" |January 7, 1963 | rowspan="7" |Rollingstone |
| 57th |
| 58th |
| 59th |
| 60th |
| 61st |
| 62nd |
| 63rd
| rowspan="5" |Roger A. Laufenburger | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Minnesota Nonpartisan Liberal}} |Liberal | rowspan="5" |January 8, 1963 | rowspan="5" |January 2, 1973 | rowspan="5" |Lewiston | rowspan="5" |Olmsted |
| 64th |
| 65th |
| 66th |
| 67th |
| 68th
| rowspan="15" |Roger D. Moe{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10434|title = Moe, Roger D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="22" {{Party shading/DFL}} |DFL | rowspan="15" |January 2, 1973 | rowspan="15" |January 7, 2003 | rowspan="15" |Erskine | rowspan="23" |Becker |
| 69th |
| 70th |
| 71st |
| 72nd |
| 73rd |
| 74th |
| 75th |
| 76th |
| 77th |
| 78th |
| 79th |
| 80th |
| 81st |
| 82nd |
| 83rd
| rowspan="7" |Rod Skoe{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10620|title = Skoe, Rod - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | rowspan="7" |January 3, 2003 | rowspan="7" |January 3, 2017 | rowspan="7" |Clearbrook |
| 84th |
| 85th |
| 86th |
| 87th |
| 88th |
| 89th |
| 90th
|Paul Utke{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15493|title = Utke, Paul J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |January 3, 2017 |Incumbent |
References
Category:Minnesota Senate districts
Category:Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
Category:Becker County, Minnesota
Category:Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Category:Beltrami County, Minnesota
Category:Clearwater County, Minnesota
Category:Hubbard County, Minnesota