77th Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1991–1993 Minnesota Legislature}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox legislative session | name = Seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature | image = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | body = Minnesota Legislature | country = United States | state = Minnesota | meeting_place = Minnesota State Capitol | election = | government = | term_start = {{Start date|1991|01|08}} | term_end = {{End date|1993|01|05}} | before = 76th Minnesota Legislature | after = 78th Minnesota Legislature | website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}} | chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate | membership1 = 67 Senators | control1 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber1_leader1_type = President | chamber1_leader1 = Jerome M. Hughes | chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber1_leader2 = Roger Moe | chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber1_leader3 = Duane Benson | chamber1_leader4_type = | chamber1_leader4 = | chamber1_leader5_type = | chamber1_leader5 = | chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives | membership2 = 134 Representatives | control2 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker | chamber2_leader1 = Robert Vanasek,<br>Dee Long | chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber2_leader2 = Dee Long,<br>Alan Welle | chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber2_leader3 = Terry Dempsey | chamber2_leader4_type = | chamber2_leader4 = | chamber2_leader5_type = | chamber2_leader5 = | session1_start = | session1_end = }} The '''seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature''' first convened on January 8, 1991. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1990.

== Sessions == The legislature met in a '''regular session''' from January 8, 1991, to May 20, 1991. A continuation of the regular session was held between January 6, 1992, and April 16, 1992. There were no special sessions of the seventy-seventh Legislature.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>

== Party summary == :''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

=== Senate === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_senate">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=s|title=Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! IR |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44 | 23 ! 67 | 0 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | {{party shading/Democratic}} rowspan="4" | 46 | 21 ! 67 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | December 7, 1991  | 20 ! 66 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | January 9, 1992  | 21 ! 67 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | May 20, 1992  | 20 ! 66 | 1 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|46|67|0}} ! {{percentage|20|67|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 45 | 22 ! 67 | 0 |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_house">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=h|title=Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! IR |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78 | 52 ! 130 | 4 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | {{party shading/Democratic}} rowspan="3" | 79 | 53 ! 132 | 2 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | February 7, 1991  | 54 ! 133 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | February 18, 1991  | rowspan="2" | 55 ! 134 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | November 1, 1991  | {{party shading/Democratic}} rowspan="4" | 78 ! 133 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | January 2, 1992  | 56 ! 134 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | May 7, 1992  | 55 ! 133 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | May 11, 1992  | 54 ! rowspan="2" | 132 | rowspan="2" | 2 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | July, 1992  | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79{{#tag:ref|Previously an Independent Republican, Bob Anderson joined the DFL in July 1992.<ref name="anderson">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10012|title=Anderson, Robert A. "Bob"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>|name="Anderson"|group="nb"}} | rowspan="2" | 53 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | December 14, 1992  | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78 ! 131 | 3 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|78|134|0}} ! {{percentage|53|134|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 86 | 47 ! 133 | 1 |}

== Leadership == === Senate === ;President of the Senate :Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood)<ref name="spres">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>

;Senate Majority Leader :Roger Moe (DFL-Erskine)<ref name="smajmin">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/smajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>

;Senate Minority Leader :Duane Benson (IR-Lanesboro)<ref name="smajmin"/>

=== House of Representatives === ;Speaker of the House{{#tag:ref|Dee Long acted as Speaker-Designate from August 11, 1991, until she became Speaker in her own right on January 6, 1992.<ref name="speaker"/>|name="speaker_long"|group="nb"}} :Until January 6, 1992 Robert Vanasek (DFL-New Prague)<ref name="speaker">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> :After January 6, 1992 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis)<ref name="speaker"/>

;House Majority Leader :Until July 11, 1991 Dee Long (DFL-Minneapolis)<ref name="hmajmin">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/hmajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref> :After July 11, 1991 Alan Welle (DFL-Willmar)<ref name="hmajmin"/>

;House Minority Leader :Terry Dempsey (IR-New Ulm)<ref name="hmajmin"/>

== Members == === Senate === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Adkins, Betty | 22 | St. Michael | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Beckman, Tracy | 26 | Bricelyn | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Belanger, William | 41 | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Benson, Duane | 32 | Lanesboro | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Benson, Joanne | 17 | St. Cloud | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Berg, Charlie | 11 | Chokio | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Berglin, Linda | 60 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bernhagen, John | 21 | Hutchinson | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bertram, Joe | 16 | Paynesville | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Brataas, Nancy | 33 | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Chmielewski, Florian | 14 | Sturgeon Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Cohen, Dick | 64 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dahl, Gregory | 50 | Ham Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Davis, Chuck | 18 | Princeton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Day, Dick | 30 | Owatonna | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DeCramer, Gary | 27 | Ghent | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dicklich, Ron | 05 | Hibbing | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Finn, Skip | 04 | Cass Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Flynn, Carol | 61 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Frank, Don | 51 | Spring Lake Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Frederickson, Dave | 20 | Murdock | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frederickson, Dennis | 23 | New Ulm | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gustafson, Jim | 08 | Duluth | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Halberg, Chuck | 38 | Burnsville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hottinger, John | 24 | Mankato | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hughes, Jerome M. | 54 | Maplewood | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnson, Dean | 15 | Willmar | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Doug | 06 | Tower | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Janet | 19 | North Branch | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnston, Terry | 36 | Prior Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kelly, Randy | 67 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knaak, Fritz | 53 | White Bear Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kroening, Carl | 57 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Laidig, Gary | 55 | Stillwater | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Langseth, Keith | 09 | Glyndon | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Larson, Cal | 10 | Fergus Falls | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lessard, Bob | 03 | International Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Luther, Bill | 47 | Brooklyn Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Marty, John | 63 | Roseville | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McGowan, Pat | 33 | Maple Grove | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Mehrkens, Lyle | 26 | Red Wing | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Merriam, Gene | 49 | Coon Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Metzen, James | 39 | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Moe, Roger | 02 | Erskine | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Mondale, Ted | 44 | Saint Louis Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Morse, Steven | 34 | Dakota | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Neuville, Thomas | 25 | Northfield | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Novak, Steve | 52 | New Brighton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Olson, Gen | 43 | Minnetrista | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pappas, Sandra | 65 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pariseau, Pat | 37 | Farmington | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Piper, Pat | 31 | Austin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pogemiller, Larry | 58 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Price, Leonard | 56 | Woodbury | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ranum, Jane | 62 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Reichgott Junge, Ember | 46 | New Hope | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Renneke, Earl | 35 | Le Sueur | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Riveness, Phil | 40 | Bloomington | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sams, Dallas | 12 | Staples | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Samuelson, Don | 13 | Brainerd | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Solon, Sam | 07 | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Spear, Allan | 59 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Storm, Don | 42 | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Stumpf, LeRoy | 01 | Thief River Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Terwilliger, Roy | 42 | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Traub, Judy | 45 | Minnetonka | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vickerman, Jim | 28 | Tracy | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Waldorf, Gene | 66 | St. Paul | DFL |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Abrams, Ron | 45A | Minnetonka | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Anderson, Richard H. | 30B | Waseca | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Bob | 10B | Ottertail | DFL<ref name="Anderson" group="nb"/> |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Irv | 03A | International Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Battaglia, David Peter | 06A | Two Harbors | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bauerly, Jerry | 18B | Sauk Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Beard, Pat | 56B | Cottage Grove | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Begich, Joseph | 06B | Eveleth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bertram, Jeff | 16B | Paynesville | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bettermann, Hilda | 11B | Brandon | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bishop, Dave | 33B | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Blatz, Kathleen | 41B | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bodahl, Larry | 35B | Waconia | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Boo, Ben | 08B | Duluth | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Brown, Chuck | 11A | Appleton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Carlson, Lyndon | 46B | Crystal | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Carruthers, Phil | 47B | Brooklyn Center | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clark, Karen | 60A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Cooper, Roger | 21B | Bird Island | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dauner, Marvin | 09B | Hawley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Davids, Gregory | 32B | Preston | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dawkins, Andy | 65A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dempsey, Terry | 23A | New Ulm | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dille, Steve | 21A | Dassel | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dorn, John | 24A | Mankato | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Erhardt, Ron | 42B | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Farrell, Jim | 67A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frederick, Sal | 24B | Mankato | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frerichs, Don | 32A | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Garcia, Edwina | 40A | Richfield | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Girard, Jim | 27A | Lynd | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Goodno, Kevin | 09A | Moorhead | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Greenfield, Lee | 61A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gruenes, Dave | 17B | St. Cloud | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gutknecht, Gil | 33A | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hanson, Jeff | 56A | Woodbury | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hartle, Dean | 30A | Owatonna | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hasskamp, Kris | 13A | Crosby | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Haukoos, Bob | 31A | Albert Lea | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hausman, Alice | 63B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Heir, Phil | 50B | Blaine | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Henry, Joyce | 40B | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hufnagle, Paul | 41A | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hugoson, Gene | 29A | Granada | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jacobs, Joel | 49B | Coon Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Janezich, Jerry | 05B | Chisholm | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jaros, Mike | 07B | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jefferson, Jeff | 57B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jennings, Loren Geo | 19B | Harris | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Alice | 51A | Spring Lake Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Bob | 04A | Bemidji | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnson, Virgil | 34A | Caledonia | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kahn, Phyllis | 58B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kalis, Henry | 29B | Walters | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kelso, Becky | 36A | Shakopee | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kinkel, Tony | 04B | Park Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knickerbocker, Jerry | 43B | Minnetonka | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Koppendrayer, LeRoy | 18A | Princeton | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Krambeer, Rich | 47A | Brooklyn Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Krinkie, Philip | 53A | Shoreview | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Krueger, Rick | 12B | Staples | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lasley, Harold | 19A | Cambridge | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Leppik, Peggy | 45B | Golden Valley | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lieder, Bernard | 02A | Crookston | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Limmer, Warren | 48A | Maple Grove | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Long, Dee | 59A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lourey, Becky | 14B | Kerrick | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Lynch, Teresa | 50A | Andover | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Macklin, Bill | 36B | Lakeville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Mariani, Carlos | 65B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Marsh, Marcus M. | 17A | Sauk Rapids | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | McEachern, Bob | 22A | Maple Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | McGuire, Mary Jo | 63A | Falcon Heights | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McPherson, Harriet | 55B | Stillwater | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Milbert, Bob | 39B | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Morrison, Connie | 38A | Burnsville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Munger, Willard | 07A | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Murphy, Mary | 08A | Hermantown | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Ken | 62A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Syd | 12A | Sebeka | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Newinski, Dennis | 54B | Maplewood | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | O'Connor, Rich | 66B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ogren, Paul Anders | 14A | Aitkin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Olsen, Sally | 44A | Saint Louis Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Olson, Edgar | 02B | Fosston | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Olson, Katy | 28B | Sherburn | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Omann, Bernie | 16A | St. Joseph | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Onnen, Tony | 22B | Cokato | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Orenstein, Howard | 64B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Orfield, Myron | 59B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Osthoff, Tom | 66A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ostrom, Don | 23B | St. Peter | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ozment, Dennis | 37B | Rosemount | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pauly, Sidney | 42A | Eden Prairie | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pellow, Dick | 52B | New Brighton | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pelowski, Gene | 34B | Winona | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Petersen, Doug | 20A | Madison | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pugh, Tom | 39A | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Reding, Leo | 31B | Austin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rest, Ann | 46A | New Hope | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rice, Jim | 57A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rodosovich, Peter | 25B | Faribault | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rukavina, Tom | 05A | Virginia | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Runbeck, Linda | 52A | Circle Pines | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sarna, John | 58A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Schafer, Gary | 35A | Gibbon | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Scheid, Linda | 47A | Brooklyn Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Schreiber, Bill | 48B | Brooklyn Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Seaberg, Art | 38B | Eagan | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Segal, Gloria | 44B | St. Louis Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Simoneau, Wayne | 51B | Fridley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Skoglund, Wes | 61B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Smith, Steve | 43A | Mound | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Solberg, Loren | 03B | Bovey | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sparby, Wally | 01B | Thief River Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Stanius, Brad | 53B | White Bear Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Steensma, Andy | 27B | Luverne | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sviggum, Steve | 26A | Kenyon | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Swenson, Doug | 55A | Forest Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Thompson, Loren | 10A | Waubun | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Tompkins, Eileen | 37A | Apple Valley | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Trimble, Steve | 67B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Tunheim, Jim | 01A | Kennedy | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Uphus, Sylvester | 15A | Sauk Centre | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Valento, Don | 54A | Little Canada | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vanasek, Robert | 25A | New Prague | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vellenga, Kathleen | 64A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wagenius, Jean | 62B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Waltman, Bobby Joe | 26B | Elgin | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Weaver, Charlie | 49A | Anoka | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wejcman, Linda | 60B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Welker, Ray | 20B | Montevideo | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Welle, Alan | 15B | Willmar | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wenzel, Steve | 13B | Little Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Winter, Ted | 28A | Fulda | DFL |}

==Membership changes== === Senate === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor<br/>seated |- | 42 | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Don Storm<br/>(IR) | Resigned December 7, 1991, to accept appointment to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.<ref name="don_storm">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10636|title=Storm, Donald A.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Roy Terwilliger<br>(IR) | January 9, 1992<ref name="roy_terwilliger">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10660|title=Terwilliger, Roy W.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> |- | 08 | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Jim Gustafson<br/>(IR) | Resigned May 20, 1992, to accept appointment to the position of Commissioner of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.<ref name="jim_gustafson">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10224|title=Gustafson, James "Jim"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | colspan="2" | ''Remained vacant'' |}

===House of Representatives=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor<br/>seated |- | 32B | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Elton Redalen<br/>(IR) | Resigned January 7, 1991, to accept appointment as the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Was reelected, but resigned before the 77th Legislature convened.<ref name="elton_redalen">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10551|title=Redalen, Elton R.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Greg Davids<br>(IR) | February 18, 1991<ref name="greg_davids">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10123|title=Davids, Gregory M. "Greg"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> |- | 50B | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Joe Quinn<br/>(DFL) | Resigned January 7, 1991, to accept appointment as a Minnesota Judicial District Court Judge. Was reelected, but resigned before the 77th Legislature convened.<ref name="joe_quinn">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=13816|title=Quinn, R. Joseph "Joe"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Phil Heir<br>(IR) | February 7, 1991<ref name="phil_heir">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10252|title=Heir, Phil|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> |- | 47A | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Linda Scheid<br/>(DFL) | Resigned November 1, 1991, to become Vice President for Community Affairs with Burnet Realty.<ref name="linda_schied">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10589|title=Scheid, Linda J.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Rich Krambeer<br>(IR) | January 2, 1992<ref name="rich_krambeer">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10342|title=Krambeer, Richard "Rich"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> |- | 44A | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Sally Olsen<br/>(IR) | Resigned May 7, 1992, to accept appointment as a Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals Judge.<ref name="sally_olsen">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10480|title=Olsen, Sally|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | colspan="2" | ''Remained vacant'' |- | 23A | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Terry Dempsey<br/>(IR) | Resigned May 11, 1992, to accept appointment as a Minnesota Judicial District Court Judge.<ref name="terry_dempsey">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10138|title=Dempsey, Terence M. "Terry"|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | colspan="2" | ''Remained vacant'' |- | 44B | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Gloria Segal<br/>(DFL) | Resigned December 14, 1992, for health reasons related to a cancerous tumor.<ref name="gloria_segal">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10602|title=Segal, Gloria M.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> | colspan="2" | ''Remained vacant'' |}

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== References == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results.aspx?search=session&gender=both&sess=77&body=senate&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 77, Senate)] * [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results.aspx?search=session&gender=both&sess=77&body=house&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 77, House)] {{S-start}} {{Succession box | title = Seventy-seventh Minnesota Legislature | before = Seventy-sixth Minnesota Legislature | after = Seventy-eighth Minnesota Legislature | years = 1991—1993 }} {{S-end}}

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