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Politics in the US state of Minnesota From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Minnesota:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Auditor
- State Treasurer (before 2003)
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Not all legislative vacancies are depicted on this table.[a] For additional detail, find the appropriate legislative session at List of Minnesota state legislatures.
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Pre-statehood (1849–1857)
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1858–2002
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2003–present
- Territorial governor appointed by President Zachary Taylor.
- Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota Territory.
- Territorial governor appointed by President Franklin Pierce.
- Territorial governor appointed by President James Buchanan.
- Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
- Resigned following impeachment but before trial by Minnesota Senate.[1]
- A coalition of Democrats and members of the Farmers' Alliance organized the chamber and elected an Alliance Speaker, Ezra T. Champlin.[2]
- Had also been endorsed by the Populists/
Silver Republicans. - Resigned following appointment to Minnesota Supreme Court.
- The Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party merged into the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1944.
- Resigned to become Vice President of the United States.
- Resigned to become administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration.
- A series of special elections and party switches led to the composition in the 1978 session.[4]
- With the split chamber, a power-sharing agreement was negotiated. A Republican Speaker, Rod Searle, was elected, but Democrats received control of most committees. The tie was broken when a Republican, Robert Pavlak, was expelled from the chamber on May 19, 1979 on a party-line vote due to a legal and ethical violations. The agreement of shared-power held through the end of the year's session two days later, despite the Democrats' 67-66 majority.[5][6]
- A party switch from Republican to Independent by Charles Berg led to the composition in the 1985 session.[3]
- A party switch from Independent to DFL by Charles Berg led to the composition in the 1986 session.[3]
- A series of special elections and party switches led to the composition in the 2000 session.[4]
- A party switch from Republican to Independent by Doug Reuter led to the composition in the 2000 session.[4]
- In July 2008, Republican incumbent Ron Erhardt became an independent.
- A seat flipped from Democratic to Republican in February through a special election.[8]
- Four Republicans announced on December 8, 2018, they would not join the Republican caucus in the 91st Legislature and would instead form their own caucus, the "New House Republican Caucus."[9]
- Tom Bakk and David Tomassoni were re-elected as Democrats in the 2020 election, but switched to Independent immediately after.
- In addition to the five Republicans that do not caucus with the Republic Minority, representative John Thompson was expelled from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor caucus
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