Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Offices for members and staff, as well as most committee hearings, are located in the nearby State Office Building.
Minnesota House of Representatives | |
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| 93rd Minnesota Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | of the Minnesota Legislature |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
New session started | January 3, 2023 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | Dan Wolgamott since January 3, 2023 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 134 |
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Political groups |
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Length of term | 2 years |
| Authority | Article IV, Minnesota Constitution |
| Salary | $46,500/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 |
Next election | November 12, 2024 |
| Redistricting | Legislative control |
| Meeting place | |
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| House of Representatives chamber Minnesota State Capitol Saint Paul, Minnesota | |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
The Minnesota House of Representatives held its first session on September 3, 1849.[1]
Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, women were eligible for election to the Legislature. In 1922, Mabeth Hurd Paige, Hannah Kempfer, Sue Metzger Dickey Hough, and Myrtle Cain were elected to the House of Representatives.[2]
Elections
Each Senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B (for example, House district 32B is geographically within Senate district 32). Members are elected for two-year terms.[3] Districts are redrawn after the decennial United States Census in time for the primary and general elections in years ending in 2. The most recent election was held on November 8, 2022.
Composition
- 93nd Minnesota Legislature (2023–2025)
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | Vacant | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic– Farmer–Labor |
Republican | ||||||
| End of the previous Legislature | 70 | 64 | 134 | 0 | |||
| Begin 2023 | 70 | 64 | 134 | 0 | |||
| Latest voting share | 52.2% | 47.8% | |||||
Members, 2023–2024
The 2023–2024 Minnesota Legislature was sworn into office on January 3, 2023 with a party split of 70 DFL members and 64 Republican members.[4]
The effects of redistricting and a large number of retirements at the end of the previous session resulted in 39 races without an incumbent. 16 races went uncontested, all in noncompetitive districts. During the 2022 Minnesota House of Representatives Elections, eight incumbents lost, with five Republican failing to be re-elected and 3 DFL.[4]
The 2023-2024 class of representatives had 47 newly elected members, or 35% of the total membership of the House. Of those new members, 25 were Republican and 19 of which were DFL. Three former DFL members returned to the chamber for non-consecutive terms (Jeff Brand, Jerry Newton and Brad Tabke).[4]
See also
- Minnesota Senate
- Minnesota Legislature
- Past composition of the House of Representatives
- Political party strength in Minnesota
Notes
References
- "Organic Act of 1849". Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- "Women Wielding Power: Pioneer Female State Legislators". National Women's History Museum. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- "Minn. Const. art. IV, § 4". Constitution of the State of Minnesota. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services (January 5, 2023). "2022 ELECTION DIRECTORY for the 2023-2024 MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE" (PDF). Minnesota House of Representatives. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 13, 2018.