The seventy-eighth

Minnesota Legislature The Minnesota Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota consisting of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senators are elected from 67 single-member districts. In order to account for decennia ...

first convened on January 5, 1993. The 67 members of the

Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any U.S. state legislature. Floor sessions are hel ...

and the 134 members of the

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 Pa ...

were elected during the General Election of November 3, 1992.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 5, 1993, to May 17, 1993. A special session was convened on May 27, 1993, to consider the state budget, health and human services finance, higher education finance, financial disclosure of election campaign contributions, contingency airplane replacement funding, sentencing for repeat domestic abusers, and a revisor's bill to correct technical errors. A continuation of the regular session was held between February 22, 1994, and May 6, 1994. An additional special session was convened on August 31, 1994, to strengthen legislation regarding sexual predators.

Party summary

:''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

;President of the Senate :

Allan Spear Allan Henry Spear (June 24, 1937 – October 11, 2008) was an American politician and educator from Minnesota who served almost thirty years in the Minnesota Senate, including nearly a decade as President of the Senate. Biography Spear was born ...

(DFL-Minneapolis) ;Senate Majority Leader :

Roger Moe Roger Moe (born June 2, 1944) is an American politician who served as a member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in the 2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election. Early life and education Born i ...

(DFL-Erskine) ;Senate Minority Leader : Dean Johnson (R-Willmar)

House of Representatives

;Speaker of the House :Until September 15, 1993

Dee Long Dee Long (born April 1939) is a Minnesota politician, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing part of Minneapolis. Long was the first woman to serve as Speaker o ...

(DFL-Minneapolis) :After September 15, 1993

Irv Anderson Irvin Neil Anderson (June 18, 1923 – November 17, 2008) was a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983, and again from 1991 to 2007. From International Falls, Anderson entered politics at app ...

(DFL-International Falls) ;House Majority Leader :Until March 23, 1993

Alan Welle Alan Welle (born November 2. 1945) is an American politician and businessman. Welle was born in Melrose, Minnesota and graduated from Melrose Senior High School. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Welle received his bachel ...

(DFL-Willmar) :From March 25, 1993, to September 15, 1993

(DFL-International Falls) :After September 15, 1993

Phil Carruthers Phil Carruthers (born December 8, 1953) is an American judge and former Minnesota politician and former member and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He is also the former director of the Civil Division at the Ramsey County Atto ...

(DFL-Brooklyn Center) ;House Minority Leader :

Steve Sviggum Steven A. "Steve" Sviggum is a Minnesota politician, a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate. A former Speaker and memb ...

(R-Kenyon)

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

Membership changes

Senate

House of Representatives

References

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 78, Senate)

Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 78, House)
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