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Type Lower house of the Minnesota Legislature New session started January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03) Speaker Kurt Daudt (R)
Since January 6, 2015 Majority Leader Joyce Peppin (R)
Since January 6, 2015 Minority Leader Melissa Hortman (DFL)
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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 Paul.
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Offices of members are located in the State Office Building, connected by tunnel to the west of the State Capitol. It is where most House committee meetings are held.
History
Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, women were eligible for election to the Legislature. In 1922, Mabeth Hurd Paige, Hannah Kempfer, Sue Metzger Dickey Hough and Myrtle Cain were elected to the House of Representatives.
Elections
Each Senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B (for example, House district 32B is geographically within Senate district 32). Members are elected for two-year terms. Districts are redrawn after the decennial United States Census in time for the primary and general elections in years ending in 2. The most recent election was held on November 8, 2016.