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86th Minnesota Legislature

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Election
  
2008 General Election

Members
  
67 Senators

Website
  
www.leg.state.mn.us

86th Minnesota Legislature

Jurisdiction
  
Minnesota, United States

Meeting place
  
Minnesota State Capitol

Term
  
January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06) – January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04)

The eighty-sixth Minnesota Legislature 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 were elected during the 2006 General Election, and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the 2008 General Election.

Contents

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

President of the Senate
James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul)
Senate Majority Leader
Lawrence Pogemiller (DFL-Minneapolis)
Senate Minority Leader
David Senjem (R-Rochester)

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis)
House Majority Leader
Anthony Sertich (DFL-Chisholm)
House Minority Leader
Until June 24, 2009 Marty Seifert (R-Marshall) From June 24, 2009 Kurt Zellers (R-Maple Grove)

References

86th Minnesota Legislature Wikipedia
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