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Minnesota House of Representatives
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The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B (i.e. House district 32B is geographically within Senate district 32). Both chambers of the legislature meet between January and the third Monday in May each year, not to exceed120 days per biennium. House floor sessions are held inside the Minnesota State Capitol building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, however offices or all it's members are in the State Office Building connected by tunnel just to the west of the Capitol. Often referred to as the S.O.B. by members and staff, it is in this building where most house committee hearings are held.
The front of the Minnesota House of Representatives Chamber
Following the 2004 election, a significant Republican majority of 81–53 was reduced to 68–66. In 2006, the tide turned even further, with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus (DFL) gaining an 85–49 majority. Shortly following the election, State Representative Mark Olson was suspended from the Republican Caucus and declared himself a member of an Independent-Republican Caucus bringing the chamber’s affiliation to 85–48–1.
Current session
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- Speaker
- Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis)
- Majority Leader
- Tony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm)
- Minority Leader
- Marty Seifert (R-Marshall)
Members
- On July 17, 2007 Representative Steve Sviggum of district 28B resigned his seat to become Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Steve Drazkowski won the special election on August 7, 2007 to fill his seat.
Previous sessions
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