{{Short description|American legislative district}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox legislative district|state=Minnesota|district=8|chamber=Senate|image=|representative=Jen McEwen|party=Democratic-Farmer-Labor|residence=Duluth|residence_link=Duluth, Minnesota|Democratic=|Republican=|incumbentsince=2021|NPP=|WFP=|percent_white=87.0|percent_black=2.5|percent_hispanic=2.8|percent_asian=1.7|percent_native_american=1.6|percent_pacific_islander=<0.1|percent_other_race=0.2|percent_multiracial=4.2|population=85,283|population_year=|voting_age=|citizen_voting_age=|registered=|created=}}
'''Minnesota Senate District 8''' includes the city of Duluth in St. Louis County. It is currently represented by Jen McEwen of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party who has been in office since 2021.
== List of senators ==
{| class="wikitable" !Session !Image !Senator !Party !Term start !Term end !Home !Location |- | rowspan="2" |1st |75px |Charles H. Lindsley<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13656|title=Lindsley, Charles H. "Chas." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="3" |December 2, 1857 |December 6, 1859 |Rochester | rowspan="3" |Olmstead |- | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |Emerson Hodges<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13366|title=Hodges, Emerson - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1861 |Eyota |- |2nd |Marion |- |3rd | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |Michael Cook<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11792|title=Cook, Michael - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="2" |January 8, 1861 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1863 | rowspan="11" |Faribault | rowspan="11" |Rice |- |4th |- |5th | rowspan="2" | 75px | rowspan="2" |John McDonogh Berry<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11254|title=Berry, John McDonogh - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1863 | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1865 |- |6th |- |7th | |Levi Nutting<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14217|title=Nutting, Levi - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> |January 3, 1865 |January 1866 |- |8th |75px |Gordon E. Cole<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11754|title=Cole, Gordon E. "G.E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |January 1866 |January 7, 1867 |- |9th | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Oscar F. Perkins<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14290|title=Perkins, Oscar F. "O.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |January 8, 1867 | rowspan="2" |January 4, 1869 |- |10th |- |11th | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |George Washington Batchelder<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11169|title=Batchelder, George Washington "G.W., Geo. F., G.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1869 | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1871 |- |12th |- |13th | |John Higley Case<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11592|title=Case, John Higley - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non |January 3, 1871 |January 1, 1872 |- |14th | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |William H. Stevens<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14944|title=Stevens, William H. "Wm., W.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1872 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1874 | rowspan="9" |Winona | rowspan="7" |Winona |- |15th |- |16th | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |Charles Henry Berry<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11251|title=Berry, Charles H. "C.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1874 | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1876 |- |17th |- |18th | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |William Hall Yale<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10899|title=Yale, William Hall "W.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="2" |January 4, 1876 | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1878 |- |19th |- |20th | |W.S. Drew<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12605|title=Drew, W. S. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |January 8, 1878 |January 6, 1879 |- |21st | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Cornelius F. Buck<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11469|title=Buck, Cornelius F. "C.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1879 | rowspan="2" |January 1, 1883 | rowspan="2" |Olmsted
Winona |- |22nd |- |23rd | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |George Knudson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12199|title=Knudson, George "Geo." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1883 | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1887 | rowspan="2" |St. James | rowspan="4" |Cottonwood
Watonwan |- |24th |- |25th | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |John Clark<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11666|title=Clark, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="2" |January 4, 1887 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1891 | rowspan="3" |Windom |- |26th |- |27th | rowspan="4" | | rowspan="4" |Eric Sevatson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14735|title = Sevatson, Eric "Erick, E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Farmer-Labor}} |Alliance | rowspan="4" |January 6, 1891 | rowspan="4" |January 2, 1899 | rowspan="4" |Cottonwood
Jackson |- |28th | rowspan="3" |Christiana |- |29th | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Farmer-Labor}} |Populist |- |30th |- |31st | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |William Gausewitz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12966|title=Gausewitz, William "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1899 | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1903 | rowspan="8" |Owatanna | rowspan="8" |Steele |- |32nd |- |33rd | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |George W. Peachy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14268|title=Peachey, George W. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1903 | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1907 |- |34th |- |35th | rowspan="4" |75px | rowspan="4" |Thomas E. Cashman<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11597|title=Cashman, Thomas E. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem | rowspan="4" |January 8, 1907 | rowspan="4" |January 4, 1915 |- |36th |- |37th |- |38th |- |39th | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |John Wesley Andrews<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10996|title=Andrews, John Wesley "J.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Minnesota Nonpartisan Conservative}} |Con | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1915 | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1919 | rowspan="4" |Mankato | rowspan="24" |Blue Earth |- |40th |- |41st | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |Gustaf Widell<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11939|title=Widell, Gustaf - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non | rowspan="2" |January 7, 1919 | rowspan="2" |January 1, 1923 |- |42nd |- |43rd | rowspan="2" |75px | rowspan="2" |W.A. Just<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12429|title=Just, W. A. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1923 | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1927 | rowspan="2" |Rapidan |- |44th |- |45th | rowspan="4" |75px | rowspan="4" |Gustaf Widell | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non | rowspan="4" |January 4, 1927 | rowspan="4" |January 7, 1935 | rowspan="18" |Mankato |- |46th |- |47th |- |48th |- |49th | rowspan="14" | | rowspan="14" |Val Imm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10922|title=Imm, Val - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="19" {{Party shading/Minnesota Nonpartisan Conservative}} |Con | rowspan="14" |January 8, 1935 | rowspan="14" |January 7, 1963 |- |50th |- |51st |- |52nd |- |53rd |- |54th |- |55th |- |56th |- |57th |- |58th |- |59th |- |60th |- |61st |- |62nd |- |63rd | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Harold S. Nelson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=14121|title=Nelson, Harold S. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |January 8, 1963 | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1967 | rowspan="2" |Owatanna | rowspan="2" |Steele
Waseca |- |64th |- |65th | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |Robert J. Brown<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10080|title=Brown, Robert J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="3" |January 3, 1967 | rowspan="3" |January 1, 1973 | rowspan="3" |Stillwater | rowspan="3" |Washington |- |66th |- |67th |- |68th | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Ralph Doty<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10152|title=Doty, Ralph R. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/DFL}} |DFL | rowspan="2" |January 2, 1973 | rowspan="2" |January 3, 1977 | rowspan="12" |Duluth | rowspan="5" |St. Louis |- |69th |- |70th | rowspan="5" | | rowspan="5" |Jim Ulland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10676|title=Ulland, James E. "Jim" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ind. Rep | rowspan="5" |January 4, 1977 | rowspan="5" |January 9, 1985<ref>resigned to become the Senior Vice President for First Bank Systems.</ref> |- |71st |- |72nd |- |73rd | rowspan="7" |Carlton
St. Louis |- | rowspan="2" |74th |- | |Vacant | |January 9, 1985 |February 11, 1985 |- |75th | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |Jim Gustafson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10224|title=Gustafson, James "Jim" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ind. Rep | rowspan="3" |February 11, 1985 | rowspan="3" |May 20, 1992<ref>Appointed Commissioner on the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.</ref> |- |76th |- | rowspan="2" |77th |- | |Vacant | |May 20, 1992 |January 5, 1993 |- |78th | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Florian Chmielewski<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10098|title=Chmielewski, Sr., Florian W. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="10" {{Party shading/DFL}} |DFL | rowspan="2" |January 5, 1993 | rowspan="2" |January 6, 1997 | rowspan="2" |Sturgeon Lake | rowspan="5" |Aitkin
Carlton
St. Louis |- |79th |- |80th | rowspan="5" |75px | rowspan="5" |Becky Lourey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10386|title=Lourey, Rebecca Jo "Becky" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="5" |January 7, 1997 | rowspan="5" |January 2, 2007 | rowspan="8" |Kerrick |- |81st |- |82nd |- |83rd | rowspan="5" |Carlton
Pine
St. Louis |- |84th |- |85th | rowspan="3" |75px | rowspan="3" |Tony Lourey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15237|title=Lourey, Tony - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="3" |January 3, 2007 | rowspan="3" |January 7, 2013 |- |86th |- |87th |- |88th | rowspan="3" |75px | rowspan="3" |Bill Ingebrigtsen<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15239|title=Ingebrigtsen, Bill G. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref> | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep | rowspan="3" |January 8, 2013 | rowspan="3" |January 5, 2021 | rowspan="3" |Alexandria | rowspan="3" |Douglas
Todd |- |89th |- |90th |- |91st | rowspan="3" |75px | rowspan="3" |Jen McEwen<ref name="x411">{{cite web | title=MN State Senate | website=Minnesota Senate | url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1241 | access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref> | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/DFL}} |DFL | rowspan="3" |January 5, 2021 | rowspan="3" |Incumbent | rowspan="3" |Duluth | rowspan="3" |St. Louis |- |92nd |- |93rd |}
== References ==
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