The eighty-sixth

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 decenn ...

first convened on January 6, 2009 and ended upon the beginning of the next Legislature in January 2011. 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 h ...

were elected during the 2006 General Election, 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 ...

were elected during the 2008 General Election.

Sessions

Two special sessions were held. The first was for several hours on May 17, 2010, to complete a budget bill. The second special session was held October 18, 2010, to provide disaster relief to flood areas in Southern Minnesota.

Party summary

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

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

;President of the Senate : James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul) ;Senate Majority Leader : Lawrence Pogemiller (DFL-Minneapolis) ;Senate Minority Leader :

David Senjem David Howard Senjem ( ; born December 20, 1942) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. He served as its majority leader from 2011 to 2013. A moderate Republican, Senjem has crossed party lines on many occasions, notabl ...

(R-Rochester)

House of Representatives

;Speaker of the House :

Margaret Anderson Kelliher Margaret Anderson Kelliher (born March 11, 1968) is an American politician, Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works, former Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and a former member of the Minnesota House of R ...

(DFL-Minneapolis) ;House Majority Leader : Anthony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm) ;House Minority Leader :Until June 24, 2009

Marty Seifert Martin John "Marty" Seifert (born April 23, 1972) is a former Republican Minority Leader and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 21A, a predominantly rural district in southwestern Minnesota that in ...

(R-Marshall) :From June 24, 2009

Kurt Zellers Kurt Zellers (born October 16, 1969) is an American politician who served as speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and minority leader from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represente ...

(R-Maple Grove)

House Members

Members, 2009-2010

Senate Members

Members: 2009-2010

Membership changes

Senate

References

Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present
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