Minnesota House Minority Leader
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This is a list of Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives
. The current minority leader is Rep. Paul Thissen
(DFL-Minneapolis). Thissen was elected minority leader at the start of the 2011 session after the DFL lost a majority in the 2010 election
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Minnesota House of Representatives
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...
. The current minority leader is Rep. Paul Thissen
Paul Thissen
Paul Thissen is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 63A, which includes south Minneapolis and Richfield in Hennepin County, which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is the current Minnesota House Minority Leader. He was first elected...
(DFL-Minneapolis). Thissen was elected minority leader at the start of the 2011 session after the DFL lost a majority in the 2010 election
Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010
The 2010 Minnesota House of Representatives elections took place on November 2, 2010. All 134 house seats were contested. Representatives are elected for two-year terms....
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| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party/Caucus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles L. Halstead | 1945 | 1947 | 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... |
| Joseph L Prifrel | 1947 | 1949 | Liberal |
| Edwin J. Chilgren Edwin J. Chilgren Edwin J. Chilgren was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. After emigrating to Minnesota at the age of seven, Chilgren fought with the United States Marines during World War I... |
1949 | 1951 | Liberal |
| Fred A. Cina | 1951 | 1955 | Liberal |
| John A. Hartle John A. Hartle John A. Hartle was a Minnesota Republican politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Born on a farm, he became a livestock farmer himself. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1934... |
1955 | 1957 | Conservative |
| Odin E. S. Langen | 1957 | 1959 | Conservative |
| Lloyd L. Duxbury Lloyd L. Duxbury Lloyd L. Duxbury, Jr. was a Minnesota politician and was a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing the old districts 1 and 1B, which included all or portions of Houston and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state... |
1959 | 1963 | Conservative |
| Fred A. Cina | 1963 | 1969 | Liberal |
| Martin Olav Sabo Martin Olav Sabo Martin Olav Sabo is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and a former United States Representative for , which includes Minneapolis; the district is one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota.Sabo was born of Norwegian immigrant parents in Crosby, North... |
1969 | 1973 | Liberal |
| Aubrey W. Dirlam Aubrey W. Dirlam Aubrey W. "A.W." Dirlam was a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented the old District 14, District 17, District 17A, and District 21B, which included all or portions ofBrown, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville and Yellow Medicine counties in... |
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:... |
| Henry J. Savelkoul | 1975 | 1977 | Independent-Republican |
| NoneFrom 1979 to 1980, the House was evenly divided. | 1979 | 1980 | |
| Rodney N. Searle Rodney N. Searle Rodney Newell "Rod" Searle, Sr. is a Minnesota Republican politician and a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Searle served in the Minnesota House for 24 years.... |
1980 | 1981 | Independent-Republican |
| Glen Sherwood | 1981 | 1982 | Independent-Republican |
| David M. Jennings David M. Jennings David M. Jennings is a Minnesota politician, a member of the Republican Party, a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and the former superintendent of School District 112, based in Chaska.... |
1982 | 1985 | Independent-Republican |
| Fred Norton | 1985 | 1987 | 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... |
| William R. Schreiber | 1987 | 1991 | Independent-Republican |
| Terry Dempsey Terry Dempsey Terence M. "Terry" Dempsey is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented the old House districts 23A and 28B, which included all or portions of Brown, Cottonwood, Nicollet and Redwood counties in the south central part of the state... |
1991 | 1993 | Independent-Republican |
| Steve Sviggum Steve Sviggum Steven A. "Steve" Sviggum is a Minnesota politician, a member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and a former Speaker and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Republican, he represented District 28B in the southeastern part of the state... |
1993 | 1999 | Independent-Republican/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:... |
| Tom Pugh | 1999 | 2003 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Matt Entenza | 2003 | 2006 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Margaret Anderson Kelliher Margaret Anderson Kelliher Margaret Anderson Kelliher is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Democrat, she represented District 60A, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area... |
2006 | 2007 | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Marty Seifert Marty Seifert Marty Seifert 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 includes portions of Lyon, Redwood and Yellow Medicine counties, and the cities of Marshall... |
2007 | 2009 | Republican |
| Kurt Zellers Kurt Zellers Kurt Zellers is the current Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Republican, he served as Minority Leader of the House from June 23, 2009, until becoming Speaker on January 4, 2011. He represents District 32B, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin... |
2009 | 2011 | Republican |
| Paul Thissen Paul Thissen Paul Thissen is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 63A, which includes south Minneapolis and Richfield in Hennepin County, which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is the current Minnesota House Minority Leader. He was first elected... |
2011 | present | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |