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Legislative Retirements
Compiled by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
2021-2022
Legislative retirements at the end of the 2021-2022 biennium
Legislative vacancies at the end of the 2021-2022 biennium
For other changes to membership in the 92nd Legislature, see the Legislative Time Capsule - 92nd Legislature (2021-2022).
| LEGISLATOR |
BODY |
PARTY |
DISTRICT |
EFFECTIVE DATE |
NOTES |
| Tony Albright |
House |
R |
55B |
8/5/2022 |
He resigned from the Legislature effective 8/5/2022. He had previously announced he would not seek re-election to the Legislature. |
| David Tomassoni |
Senate |
I |
6 |
8/11/2022 |
He died on 8/11/2022. He had announced he would not seek re-election to the Legislature in February 2022. |
House members seeking Senate seat in 2022
| LEGISLATOR |
BODY |
PARTY |
DISTRICT |
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE |
NOTES |
| Cal Bahr |
House |
R |
31B |
2/17/2022 |
He was elected to Senate District 31 in 2022. |
| Liz Boldon |
House |
DFL |
25B |
3/10/2022 |
She was elected to Senate District 25 in 2022. |
| Steve Drazkowski |
House |
R |
21B |
1/27/2022 |
He was elected to Senate District 20 in 2022. |
| Steve Green |
House |
R |
2B |
2/23/2022 |
He was elected to Senate District 2 in 2022. |
| Glenn Gruenhagen |
House |
R |
18B |
2/22/2022 |
He was elected to Senate District 17 in 2022. |
| Tony Jurgens |
House |
R |
54B |
|
He lost the primary election for Senate District 41 to Tom Dippel. |
| Eric Lucero |
House |
R |
30B |
2/16/2022 |
He was elected to Senate District 30 in 2022. |
| Kelly Morrison |
House |
DFL |
33B |
2/19/2022 |
She was elected to Senate District 45 in 2022. |
| Jordan Rasmusson |
House |
R |
8A |
1/19/2022 |
He was elected to Senate District 9 in 2022. |
| Tama Theis |
House |
R |
14A |
2/25/2022 |
She lost the general election for Senate District 14 to Sen. Aric Putnam. |
| Tou Xiong |
House |
DFL |
53A |
11/2/2021 |
He was elected to Senate District 44 in 2022. |
Senate member seeking House seat in 2022
| LEGISLATOR |
BODY |
PARTY |
DISTRICT |
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE |
NOTES |
| Jerry Newton |
Senate |
DFL |
37 |
2/23/2022 |
He was elected to House District 35B in 2022. |
Members seeking another office in 2022
| LEGISLATOR |
BODY |
PARTY |
DISTRICT |
OFFICE |
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE |
NOTES |
| Michelle Benson |
Senate |
R |
31 |
Governor |
4/29/2022 |
She suspended her campaign for Governor. |
| Karla Bigham |
Senate |
DFL |
54 |
Washington County Commissioner |
2/20/2022 |
She won the election for Washington County Commissioner in 2022. |
| Keith Franke |
House |
R |
54A |
Washington County Commissioner |
5/31/2022 |
He lost the election for Washington County Commissioner in 2022. |
| Paul Gazelka |
Senate |
R |
9 |
Governor |
5/14/2022 |
He suspended his campaign for Governor. |
| Rena Moran |
House |
DFL |
65A |
Ramsey County Commissioner |
1/24/2022 |
She won the election for Ramsey County Commissioner in 2022. |
| Jeremy Munson |
House |
R |
23B |
1st U.S. Congressional District |
2/25/2022 |
He ran in the 2022 special and general elections for the 1st U.S. Congressional District, but lost in the primary for both. |
| Nels Pierson |
House |
R |
26B |
1st U.S. Congressional District |
3/11/2022 |
He lost the primary in the special election for the 1st U.S. Congressional District in 2022 and did not file to run for any elected office in the 2022 general election. |
| Jen Schultz |
House |
DFL |
7A |
8th U.S. Congressional District |
3/28/2022 |
She lost the election for the 8th U.S. Congressional District seat in 2022. She had previously announced her decision to retire from her Minnesota House seat. |
| David Senjem |
Senate |
R |
25 |
Olmsted County Commissioner, District 2 |
5/25/2022 |
He was elected Olmsted County Commissioner in 2022. |
| Chuck Wiger |
Senate |
DFL |
43 |
Maplewood City Council |
4/25/2022 |
He announced his intention to run for Maplewood City Council.- Star Tribune Hot Dish. He did not run. |
| Ryan Winkler |
House |
DFL |
46A |
Hennepin County Attorney |
10/5/2021 |
He ran for Hennepin County Attorney in 2022, but lost in the primary. |
Members defeated in the 2022 primary election
See also the tables for House members seeking a Senate seat in 2022. Rep. Tony Jurgens ran for Senate District 41.
| LEGISLATOR |
BODY |
PARTY |
DISTRICT |
NOTES |
| Andrew Carlson |
House |
DFL |
50B |
He announced his intention to run for the Senate in 2022, then decided to run again for the House. He lost the House District 50B primary to Rep. Steve Elkins. |
| Sandra Masin |
House |
DFL |
51A |
She lost the House District 52A primary to Rep. Liz Reyer. |
| John Thompson |
House |
DFL |
67A |
He lost the House District 67A primary to Liz Lee. |
Members defeated in the 2022 general election
See also the tables for House members seeking a Senate seat in 2022. Rep. Tama Theis ran for Senate District 14. For additional details about election results, see Turnover in Minnesota Legislative Seats, 1970-present.