Party Control of the House of Representatives (All Sessions)
| Date |
Event |
Note |
Total Seats |
C/R/IR |
L/DFL |
Other |
Margin |
|
1/3/2001
|
Convenes
|
[Total seats possible = 134]
|
134
|
69
|
65
|
0
|
4
|
|
8/3/2001
|
Resignation
|
Rep. Stephen Wenzel (DFL, 12B) resigned to take an appointment as state director of rural development for the US Dept of Agriculture.
|
133
|
69
|
64
|
0
|
5
|
|
11/15/2001
|
Special election
|
Greg Blaine (R) won the special election for a House seat in District 12B on November 6, 2001. He was sworn in on November 15, 2001.
|
134
|
70
|
64
|
0
|
6
|
|
1/29/2002
|
Convenes
|
[Total seats possible = 134]
|
134
|
70
|
64
|
0
|
6
|
|
1/30/2002
|
Death
|
Rep. Darlene Luther (DFL, 47A) died of cancer.
|
133
|
70
|
63
|
0
|
7
|
|
3/8/2002
|
Special election
|
John Jordan (R) won the special election for a House seat in District 47A on March 4, 2002. He was sworn in on March 8, 2002.
|
134
|
71
|
63
|
0
|
8
|
|
8/2/2002
|
Resignation
|
Rep. James Clark (R, 23A) resigned for familial reasons.
|
133
|
70
|
63
|
0
|
7
|
|
11/5/2002
|
Election
|
|
134
|
82
|
52
|
0
|
30
|
|
1/6/2003
|
Resignation
|
Rep. Dan McElroy (R, 40A) was elected to serve in the 83rd Legislature but resigned before it began to become the Commissioner of Finance.
|
133
|
81
|
52
|
0
|
29
|
C=Conservative R=Republican IR=Independent Republican L=Liberal DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Party Control of the Senate (All Sessions)
| Date |
Event |
Note |
Total Seats |
C/R/IR |
L/DFL |
Other |
Margin |
|
1/3/2001
|
Party change
|
Sen. Bob Lessard (independent, 3) joins Independence Party.
|
67
|
27
|
39
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
12
|
|
1/3/2001
|
Convenes
|
[Total seats possible = 67]
|
67
|
27
|
39
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
12
|
|
12/28/2001
|
Death
|
Sen. Sam Solon (DFL, 7)
|
66
|
27
|
38
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
11
|
|
1/2/2002
|
Resignation
|
Sen. Randy Kelly (DFL, 67) resigned effective January 2, 2002. He was elected to the position of Mayor of Saint Paul.
|
65
|
27
|
37
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
10
|
|
1/29/2002
|
Convenes
|
Districts 7 and 67 were vacant at the convening of the Legislature.
[Total seats possible = 67]
|
65
|
27
|
37
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
10
|
|
2/4/2002
|
Special election
|
Mee Moua (DFL) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 67 on January 29, 2002 in a special election. She was sworn in on February 4, 2002.
|
67
|
27
|
39
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
12
|
|
2/4/2002
|
Special election
|
Yvonne Prettner Solon (DFL) won seat that had been held by her husband in the special election for a Senate seat in District 7 on January 29, 2002. She was sworn in on February 4, 2002.
|
67
|
27
|
39
|
1
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
12
|
|
7/9/2002
|
Party change
|
Sen. Sheila Kiscaden (R, 30) became a member of the Independence party.
|
67
|
26
|
39
|
2
|
13
* The independent senator or Independence party senator did not caucus with the Republicans or the Democrats.
|
|
12/13/2002
|
Caucus change
|
Sen. Sheila Kiscaden (Independence, 30) joins the Republican caucus. (Sen. Bob Lessard is the other Ind. Party member; he is retiring at the end of the term. He did not caucus with either party.)
|
67
|
26
|
39
|
2
|
12
* The margin reflects the fact that one member of the Independence party (Senator Sheila Kiscaden) caucused with the Republican caucus and the other Independence party member (Senator Bob Lessard) was not a member of either caucus.
|
C=Conservative R=Republican IR=Independent Republican L=Liberal DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor