Minnesota Senate Minority Leader
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This is a list of Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Senate
The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party/Caucus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolesaw G. Novak | 1951 | 1955 | Liberal Liberalism in the United States Liberalism in the United States is a broad political philosophy centered on the unalienable rights of the individual. The fundamental liberal ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion for all belief systems, and the separation of church and state, right to due process... |
| Harold W. Schultz | 1955 | 1963 | Liberal |
| Paul A. Thuet | 1963 | 1967 | Liberal |
| Karl F. Grittner | 1967 | 1971 | Liberal |
| Nick Coleman Nick Coleman This article is about the Minnesota politician. For the former Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist, see: Nick ColemanNicholas David "Nick" Coleman was a Minnesota politician and a former member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A Democrat, he was first elected in 1962 and reelected in... |
1971 | 1973 | Liberal |
| Harold G. Krieger | 1973 | 1975 | Republican Republican Party of Minnesota The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:... |
| Robert O. Ashbach | 1975 | 1983 | Republican/Independent-Republican |
| James E. Ulland | 1983 | 1985 | Independent-Republican |
| Glen Taylor Glen Taylor Glen A. Taylor is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team, owner of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball team, and a former member of the Minnesota Senate.-Biography:... |
1985 | 1987 | Independent-Republican |
| Duane Benson | 1987 | 1993 | Independent-Republican |
| Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Elton Johnson is a former Minnesota politician and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota... |
1993 | 1995 | Independent-Republican/Republican |
| Dick Day Dick Day Richard "Dick" Day is Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 26, which includes portions of Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele and Waseca counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Republican, he was first elected in... |
1995 | 2007 | Republican |
| David Senjem David Senjem David "Dave" H. Senjem is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 29, which includes portions of Dodge and Olmsted counties in the southeastern part of the state.-Background:... |
2007 | 2011 | Republican |
| Tom Bakk | 2011 | present | Democratic-Farmer-Labor Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party... |