88th Minnesota Legislature


The Eighty-eighth Minnesota Legislature was the legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota from January 8, 2013, to January 5, 2015. It was composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, based on the results of the 2012 Senate election and the 2012 House election. The seats were apportioned based on the 2010 United States Census. It first convened in Saint Paul on January 8, 2013 and last met on May 16, 2014. It held its regular session from January 8 to May 20, 2013, and from February 25 to May 16, 2014. A special session was held on September 9, 2013, to pass disaster aid legislation related to damage caused by storms and flooding in June 2013 and winter storms in April 2013.

Major events

Enacted

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Senate

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst elected
1LeRoy StumpfDFLPlummer1982
2Rod SkoeDFLClearbrook2002
3Tom BakkDFLCook2002
4Kent EkenDFLTwin Valley2012
5Tom SaxhaugDFLGrand Rapids2002
6David TomassoniDFLChisholm2000
7Roger ReinertDFLDuluth2010
8Bill IngebrigtsenRepublicanAlexandria2006
9Paul GazelkaRepublicanNisswa2010
10Carrie RuudRepublicanBreezy Point2002, 2012†
11Tony LoureyDFLKerrick2006
12Torrey WestromRepublicanElbow Lake2012
13Michelle FischbachRepublicanPaynesville1996*
14John PedersonRepublicanSt. Cloud2010
15Dave BrownRepublicanBecker2010
16Gary DahmsRepublicanRedwood Falls2010
17Lyle KoenenDFLClara City2012*
18Scott NewmanRepublicanHutchinson2010
19Kathy SheranDFLMankato2006
20Kevin DahleDFLNorthfield2008*, 2012†
21Matt SchmitDFLRed Wing2012
22Bill WeberRepublicanLuverne2012
23Julie RosenRepublicanFairmont2002
24Vicki JensenDFLOwatonna2012
25Dave SenjemRepublicanRochester2002
26Carla NelsonRepublicanRochester2010
27Dan SparksDFLAustin2002
28Jeremy MillerRepublicanWinona2010
29Bruce AndersonRepublicanBuffalo2012
30Mary KiffmeyerRepublicanBig Lake2012
31Michelle BensonRepublicanHam Lake2010
32Sean NienowRepublicanCambridge2002, 2010†
33David OsmekRepublicanMound2012
34Warren LimmerRepublicanMaple Grove1995*
35Branden PetersenRepublicanAndover2012
36John HoffmanDFLChamplin2012
37Alice JohnsonDFLSpring Lake Park2012
38Roger ChamberlainRepublicanLino Lakes2010
39Karin HousleyRepublicanSt. Marys Point2012
40Chris EatonDFLBrooklyn Center2011*
41Barb GoodwinDFLColumbia Heights2010
42Bev ScalzeDFLLittle Canada2012
43Chuck WigerDFLMaplewood1996
44Terri BonoffDFLMinnetonka2005*
45Ann RestDFLNew Hope2000
46Ron LatzDFLSt. Louis Park2006
47Julianne OrtmanRepublicanChanhassen2002
48David HannRepublicanEden Prairie2002
49Melisa FranzenDFLEdina2012
50Melissa Halvorson WiklundDFLBloomington2012
51Jim CarlsonDFLEagan2006, 2012†
52James MetzenDFLSouth St. Paul1986
53Susan KentDFLWoodbury2012
54Katie SiebenDFLNewport2006
55Eric PrattRepublicanPrior Lake2012
56Dan HallRepublicanBurnsville2010
57Greg ClausenDFLApple Valley2012
58Dave ThompsonRepublicanLakeville2010
59Bobby Joe ChampionDFLMinneapolis2012
60Kari DziedzicDFLMinneapolis2012*
61Scott DibbleDFLMinneapolis2002
62Jeff HaydenDFLMinneapolis2011*
63Patricia Torres RayDFLMinneapolis2006
64Dick CohenDFLSaint Paul1986
65Sandy PappasDFLSaint Paul1990
66John MartyDFLRoseville1986
67Foung HawjDFLSaint Paul2012

House of Representatives

DistrictNamePartyResidenceFirst elected
1ADan FabianRepublicanRoseau2010
1BDeb KielRepublicanCrookston2010
2ARoger EricksonDFLBaudette2012
2BSteve GreenRepublicanFosston2012
3ADavid DillDFLCrane Lake2002
3BMary MurphyDFLHermantown1976
4ABen LienDFLMoorhead2012
4BPaul MarquartDFLDilworth2000
5AJohn PersellDFLBemidji2008
5BTom AnzelcDFLBalsam Township2006
6ACarly MelinDFLHibbing2011*
6BJason MetsaDFLVirginia2012
7ATom HuntleyDFLDuluth1992
7BErik SimonsonDFLDuluth2012
8ABud NornesRepublicanFergus Falls1996
8BMary FransonRepublicanAlexandria2010
9AMark AndersonRepublicanLake Shore2012
9BRon KreshaRepublicanLittle Falls2012
10AJohn WardDFLBaxter2006
10BJoe RadinovichDFLCrosby2012
11AMike SundinDFLEsko2012
11BTim FaustDFLHinckley2006, 2012†
12AJay McNamarDFLElbow Lake2012
12BPaul AndersonRepublicanStarbuck2008
13AJeff HoweRepublicanRockville2012
13BTim O'DriscollRepublicanSartell2010
14ATama Theis
from February 19, 2013
RepublicanSt. Cloud2013*
14BZach DorholtDFLSt. Cloud2012
15ASondra EricksonRepublicanPrinceton1998*, 2010†
15BJim NewbergerRepublicanBecker2012
16AChris SwedzinskiRepublicanGhent2010
16BPaul TorkelsonRepublicanSt. James2008
17AAndrew FalkDFLMurdock2008
17BMary SawatzkyDFLWillmar2012
18ADean UrdahlRepublicanGrove City2002
18BGlenn GruenhagenRepublicanGlencoe2010
19AClark Johnson
from February 19, 2013
DFLNorth Mankato2013*
19BKathy BrynaertDFLMankato2006
20AKelby WoodardRepublicanBelle Plaine2010
20BDavid BlyDFLNorthfield2006, 2012†
21ATim KellyRepublicanRed Wing2008
21BSteve DrazkowskiRepublicanMazeppa2007*
22AJoe SchomackerRepublicanLuverne2010
22BRod HamiltonRepublicanMountain Lake2004
23ABob GuntherRepublicanFairmont1995*
23BTony CornishRepublicanVernon Center2002
24AJohn PetersburgRepublicanWaseca2012
24BPatti FritzDFLFaribault2004
25ADuane QuamRepublicanByron2010
25BKim NortonDFLRochester2006
26ATina LieblingDFLRochester2004
26BMike BensonRepublicanRochester2010
27AShannon SavickDFLWells2012
27BJeanne PoppeDFLAustin2004
28AGene PelowskiDFLWinona1986
28BGreg DavidsRepublicanPreston1991*, 2008†
29AJoe McDonaldRepublicanDelano2010
29BMarion O'NeillRepublicanBuffalo2012
30ANick ZerwasRepublicanElk River2012
30BDavid FitzSimmonsRepublicanAlbertville2012
31AKurt DaudtRepublicanCrown2010
31BTom HackbarthRepublicanCedar1994, 1998†
32ABrian JohnsonRepublicanCambridge2012
32BBob BarrettRepublicanLindstrom2010
33AJerry HertausRepublicanGreenfield2012
33BCindy PughRepublicanChanhassen2012
34AJoyce PeppinRepublicanRogers2004
34BKurt ZellersRepublicanMaple Grove2003*
35AJim AbelerRepublicanAnoka1998
35BPeggy ScottRepublicanAndover2008
36AMark UglemRepublicanChamplin2012
36BMelissa HortmanDFLBrooklyn Park2004
37AJerry NewtonDFLCoon Rapids2008, 2012†
37BTim SandersRepublicanBlaine2008
38ALinda RunbeckRepublicanCircle Pines1989*, 2010†
38BMatt DeanRepublicanDellwood2004
39ABob DettmerRepublicanForest Lake2006
39BKathy LohmerRepublicanStillwater2010
40AMike NelsonDFLBrooklyn Park2002
40BDebra HilstromDFLBrooklyn Center2000
41AConnie BernardyDFLFridley2000, 2012†
41BCarolyn LaineDFLColumbia Heights2006
42ABarb YarussoDFLShoreview2012
42BJason IsaacsonDFLShoreview2012
43APeter FischerDFLMaplewood2012
43BLeon LillieDFLNorth St. Paul2004
44ASarah AndersonRepublicanPlymouth2006
44BJohn BensonDFLMinnetonka2006
45ALyndon CarlsonDFLCrystal1972
45BMike FreibergDFLGolden Valley2012
46ARyan WinklerDFLGolden Valley2006
46BSteve SimonDFLSt. Louis Park2004
47AErnie LeidigerRepublicanMayer2010
47BJoe HoppeRepublicanChaska2002
48AYvonne SelcerDFLMinnetonka2012
48BJenifer LoonRepublicanEden Prairie2008
49ARon ErhardtDFLEdina1990, 2012†
49BPaul RosenthalDFLEdina2008, 2012†
50ALinda SlocumDFLRichfield2006
50BAnn LenczewskiDFLBloomington1998
51ASandra MasinDFLEagan2006, 2012†
51BLaurie HalversonDFLEagan2012
52ARick HansenDFLSouth St. Paul2004
52BJoe AtkinsDFLInver Grove Heights2002
53AJoAnn WardDFLWoodbury2012
53BAndrea KiefferRepublicanWoodbury2010
54ADan SchoenDFLSt. Paul Park2012
54BDenny McNamaraRepublicanHastings2002
55AMike BeardRepublicanShakopee2002
55BTony AlbrightRepublicanPrior Lake2012
56APam MyhraRepublicanBurnsville2010
56BWill MorganDFLBurnsville2006, 2012†
57ATara MackRepublicanApple Valley2008
57BAnna WillsRepublicanApple Valley2012
58AMary Liz HolbergRepublicanLakeville1998
58BPat GarofaloRepublicanFarmington2004
59AJoe MulleryDFLMinneapolis1996
59BRaymond DehnDFLMinneapolis2012
60ADiane LoefflerDFLMinneapolis2004
60BPhyllis KahnDFLMinneapolis1972
61AFrank HornsteinDFLMinneapolis2002
61BPaul ThissenDFLMinneapolis2002
62AKaren ClarkDFLMinneapolis1980
62BSusan AllenDFLMinneapolis2012*
63AJim DavnieDFLMinneapolis2000
63BJean WageniusDFLMinneapolis1986
64AErin MurphyDFLSaint Paul2006
64BMichael PaymarDFLSaint Paul1996
65ARena MoranDFLSaint Paul2010
65BCarlos MarianiDFLSaint Paul1990
66AAlice HausmanDFLSaint Paul1989*
66BJohn LeschDFLSaint Paul2002
67ATim MahoneyDFLSaint Paul1998
67BSheldon JohnsonDFLSaint Paul2000

Changes in membership

House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

Senate