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• Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
• Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Minnesota
• Congressional elections
• ↑ Twin Cities, "Legislature restores its $130M budget, concluding legal battle with Dayton," February 22, 2018
• See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
• Upcoming elections
• ↑ CBS Minnesota, "Arguments In Supreme Court Case Between Legislature, Dayton Begin Monday," August 27, 2017

Incumbent DFLer Mary Murphy was first elected in 1976. All representatives serve until the end of the current Congress on Jan 3, 2025. The table below details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6 general election in 2012. In the 2018 elections, Democrats gained control of the Minnesota House of Representatives. The Minnesota House of Representatives meets in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Member and staff offices, as well as most committee hearings, are in the nearby State Office Building.

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

The House minority leader is chosen by the members of the minority caucus to enunciate theminority position during floor debate. The House majority leader chairs the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee andoversees the day-to-day administrative operations of the House. The majority leader traditionallyleads the caucus during floor debates. District 67B covers the easternmost portion of Saint Paul. Incumbent Republican Jeff Backer was first elected in 2014. Incumbent DFLer Jennifer Schultz, who was first elected in 2014, is instead running for Minnesota's 8th congressional district.

Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Minnesota

Each Senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B (for example, House district 32B is in Senate district 32). Members are elected to two-year terms.[5] Districts are redrawn after the decennial United States Census in time for the primary and general elections in years ending in 2. Twenty-five Republicans voted against the fourth bill, which included measures that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States and that would redirect funds from seized Russian assets to help aid Ukraine. Democrats put up a big vote — 174 — in favor of this bill, which was intended to sweeten the overall package for conservatives.

Congressional elections

The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Minnesota State Legislature. Alongside the Minnesota State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Minnesota state government and works alongside the governor of Minnesota to create laws and establish a state budget. Established in 1858, the Minnesota House of Representatives has 134 members elected from single-member districts across the state. Representatives serve two-year terms without term limits, with all seats up for election every two years.

The state of Minnesota has 201 legislative districts. The state Senate has 67 districts and the state House has 134 districts. The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the U.S. state of Minnesota's legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper house, to craft and pass legislation, which is then subject to approval by the governor of Minnesota. Historically, the House has been � and remains �  the more informal of the two legislative bodies.

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The district is located in central Minnesota and covers all of Todd County plus portions of Morrison County, Cass County, and Wadena County. The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts, each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen.

Incumbent Republican Debra Kiel was first elected in 2010. District 1B is located in northwestern Minnesota and includes East Grand Forks, Crookston, and Red Lake Falls. Incumbent Republican John Burkel was first elected in 2020. District 1A is located in northwestern Minnesota covering the northernmost portions of the Red River Valley. Large cities in the district are Roseau, Thief River Falls, and Warren.

Upcoming elections

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Leigh Finke, the DFL endorsed candidate, became the first transgender member of the Minnesota Legislature. Incumbent Republican Anne Neu Brindley is running for re-election. District 28B covers the southern portion of Chisago County and includes the cities of Lindström, Chisago City, Stacy, as well as the eastern part of North Branch. District 6A, located in north central Minnesota, stretches from Grand Rapids to Garrison. Incumbent DFLer Heather Keeler was first elected in the 2020 election.

Minnesota holds elections for its legislature in even years. While all Democrats voted in favor of aid to Ukraine and all but Ms. Tlaib supported funding to Taiwan, 37 left-leaning Democrats defected to vote against the Israel aid bill. They said before the vote that they opposed unfettered aid to Israel that could be used in its offensive in Gaza. The opposition to the Israel aid represented a minority of Democrats, but reflected the deep resistance to unconditional aid and the divisions in the party on Gaza.

In the 2022 elections, Republicans gained one seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, but Democrats retained a majority in the chamber. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature. Marathon floor sessions may soon await — perhaps as early as Monday. Eight bills are on the days' Calendar for the Day, including three — HF4300, HF601 and HF2609 — that involve firearms. Another bill, HF4444, concerns misclassification of employees and has provoked lengthy discussions on its path to the floor.

The primary election was held on August 10, 2010, and the general election was held on November 2, 2010. The 2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8, 2022, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 93rd Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 9, 2022. The election coincided with the election of the other chamber of the Legislature, the Senate. Incumbent DFLer Rob Ecklund was first elected in a 2015 special election. District 3A is located in northeastern Minnesota, covering large portions of the Iron Range and the northern Arrowhead Region.

As a result of the 2020 election, the DFL maintained control of the House, albeit with a reduced seat majority. Republicans maintained control of the senate, making Minnesota and Alaska the only US states with split control of the legislature. Heading into the election, Democrats held an majority. Democrats lost 25 seats in the election, giving Republicans a majority.

"The public expects legislators to meet a high standard of conduct," Republican Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson said in a statement to CBS News. "As information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law, and in her role at the Legislature." Incumbent Sydney Jordan was first elected in a 2020 special election caused by the death of DFL member Diane Loeffler. District 5B is the only district in which the Independence Party of Minnesota is fielding a candidate.

Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority with one vacancy. Republicans lost 11 seats in the election, giving Democrats a majority. Heading into the election, Democrats held a majority. Democrats lost 11 seats in the election, giving Republicans a majority. In the 2020 elections, Republicans gained five seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives, but Democrats retained a majority in the chamber.

Americans in the United States’s six territories are represented in the House of Representatives by an additional six non-voting delegates. Each state in the United States elects two senators, regardless of the state’s population. Senators serve six-year terms with staggered elections. Americans in the United States’s six territories do not have senators.