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87th Minnesota Legislature

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Election
  
2010 General Election

Members
  
67 Senators

Website
  
www.leg.state.mn.us

87th Minnesota Legislature

Jurisdiction
  
Minnesota, United States

Meeting place
  
Minnesota State Capitol

Term
  
January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04) – January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)

The eighty-seventh Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 4, 2011 and ended upon the beginning of the next Legislature in January 2013. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were all elected during the 2010 General Election.

Contents

Sessions

Two special sessions were held. The first was held on July 19–20, 2011, to complete the passage of budget bills. The second was held on August 24, 2012, to provide disaster assistance for the flooded areas of Duluth.

Party summary

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

Senate

President of the Senate
Michelle Fischbach (R-Paynesville)
Senate Majority Leader
Until December 15, 2011 Amy Koch (R-Buffalo) From December 27, 2011 David Senjem (R-Rochester)
Senate Minority Leader
Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook)

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Kurt Zellers (R-Maple Grove)
House Majority Leader
Matt Dean (R-Dellwood)
House Minority Leader
Paul Thissen (DFL-Minneapolis)

References

87th Minnesota Legislature Wikipedia