Minnesota's 2nd Senate District

Minnesota's 2nd
State Senate district
Minnesota's 2nd; State Senate district
Senator
	Steve Green; R–Park Rapids
	since 2023
Demographics	79.6% White; 0.4% Black; 2.4% Hispanic; 0.5% Asian; 13.8% Native American; <0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 0.3% Other; 5% Multiracial
Population (2020)	80,696

The Minnesota Senate, District 2, encompasses the North-Central part of Minnesota. It stretches from Lake of the Woods County south to the White Earth Indian Reservation. It includes all or portions of Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and Wadena counties. It is currently represented by Republican Steve Green.

Current elected officials

Republican Steve Green is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in 2022.

Each Minnesota State Senate district is composed of two Minnesota House of Representatives districts. The 1st district comprises House districts 1A and 1B. The current representatives of those districts are:

House District 2A: Bidal Duran (R–Princeton)
House District 2B: Matt Bliss (R–Pennington)

List of senators

Session	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Home	Location
1st	Isaac van Etten^[1]	Democratic	December 2, 1857	December 6, 1859	St. Paul	Ramsey
1st	William Sprigg Hall^[2]			January 7, 1861
2nd	William Sprigg Hall^[2]			January 7, 1861
3rd	Joel K. Reiner^[3]	Republican	January 8, 1861	January 5, 1863	Marine-on-St. Croix	Chisago Kanabec Pine Washington
4th	Joel K. Reiner^[3]	Republican	January 8, 1861	January 5, 1863	Marine-on-St. Croix
5th	John McKusick^[4]	Non-partisan	January 6, 1863	January 7, 1867	Stillwater
6th
7th
8th
9th	William H.C. Folsom^[5]	Republican	January 8, 1867	January 4, 1869	Taylors Falls
10th	William H.C. Folsom^[5]	Republican	January 8, 1867	January 4, 1869	Taylors Falls
11th	James Nathan Castle^[6]	Democratic	January 5, 1869	January 2, 1871	Stillwater
12th	James Nathan Castle^[6]	Democratic	January 5, 1869	January 2, 1871
13th	Dwight M. Sabin^[7]	Republican	January 3, 1871	January 1, 1872
14th	Thomas H. Everts^[8]		January 2, 1872	January 5, 1874	Rushford	Fillmore
15th	Thomas H. Everts^[8]		January 2, 1872	January 5, 1874	Rushford
16th	Charles Henry Conkey^[9]		January 6, 1874	January 7, 1878	Preston
17th
18th
19th
20th	James M. Wheat^[10]		January 8, 1878	January 3, 1877	Lenora
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th	Charles G. Edwards^[11]		January 4, 1887	January 5, 1891	Spring Valley
26th	Charles G. Edwards^[11]		January 4, 1887	January 5, 1891	Spring Valley
27th	Evin D. Hammer^[12]		January 6, 1891	January 7, 1895	Pilot Mound
28th	Evin D. Hammer^[12]		January 6, 1891	January 7, 1895	Pilot Mound
29th	Richard Enos Johnson		January 8, 1895	January 2, 1899	Preston
30th	Richard Enos Johnson		January 8, 1895	January 2, 1899	Preston
31st	Patrick Fitzpatrick^[13]	Democratic	January 3, 1899	August 31, 1908^[14]	Winona	Winona
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
35th	Vacant		August 31, 1908	January 5, 1909
36th	George D. French^[15]	Republican	January 5, 1909	January 2, 1911	St. Charles
37th	M.J. McGrath^[16]	Democratic	January 3, 1911	January 4, 1915	Winona
38th	M.J. McGrath^[16]		January 3, 1911	January 4, 1915
39th	Samuel M. Knopp^[17]		January 5, 1915	January 6, 1919
40th	Samuel M. Knopp^[17]		January 5, 1915	January 6, 1919
41st	Herbert W. Kingsbury^[18]	Non-partisan	January 7, 1919	January 1, 1923
42nd	Herbert W. Kingsbury^[18]		January 7, 1919	January 1, 1923
43rd	John Frisch^[19]		January 2, 1923	January 3, 1927	St. Charles
44th	John Frisch^[19]		January 2, 1923	January 3, 1927	St. Charles
45th	Henry Steen^[20]	Democratic	January 4, 1927	July 27, 1928^[21]	Winona
45th	Vacant		July 27, 1928	January 4, 1929
46th	Frederick H. Rollins^[22]	Non-partisan	January 4, 1929	January 7, 1935	St. Charles
47th
48th
49th	Michael J. Galvin, Sr.^[23]		January 8, 1935	January 6, 1947	Winona
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th	Len Dernek^[24]		January 7, 1947	January 1, 1951
56th	Len Dernek^[24]		January 7, 1947	January 1, 1951
56th	Jim Keller^[25]	Conservative	January 2, 1951	January 7, 1963	Rollingstone
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd	Roger A. Laufenburger	Liberal	January 8, 1963	January 2, 1973	Lewiston	Olmsted Wabasha Winona
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th	Roger D. Moe^[26]	DFL	January 2, 1973	January 7, 2003	Erskine	Becker Beltrami Clearwater Hubbard Lake of the Woods Mahnomen Norman Otter Tail Pennington Polk Wadena
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd	Rod Skoe^[27]		January 3, 2003	January 3, 2017	Clearbrook
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th	Paul Utke^[28]	Republican	January 3, 2017	January 3, 2023	Park Rapids
91st
92nd
93rd	Steve Green	Republican	January 3, 2023	Incumbent	Foston
94th	Steve Green	Republican	January 3, 2023	Incumbent	Foston

References

The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1911. Minnesota Secretary of State. 1911. 493.

[1] "Van Etten, Isaac - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[2] "Hall, William Sprigg "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[3] "Reiner, Joel K. "J.K." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[4] "McKusick, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[5] "Folsom, William Henry Carman "W.H.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[6] "Castle, James Nathan "J.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[7] "Sabin, Dwight May "D.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[8] "Everts, Thomas H. "T.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[9] "Conkey, Charles Henry "C.H., C.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[10] "Wheat, James M. "J.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[11] "Edwards, Charles G. "C.G., G.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[12] "Hammer, Evin D. "E.D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[13] "Fitzpatrick, Patrick - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[14] Died

[15] "French, George H. "Geo. D., Geo. H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[16] "McGrath, M. J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[17] "Knopp, Samuel M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[18] "Kingsbury, Herbert W. "H.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[19] "Frisch, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[20] "Steen, Henry - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[21] Died

[22] "Rollins, Frederick H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[23] "Galvin, Sr., Michael J. "M.J." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[24] "Dernek, Leonard W. "L.W., Len" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[25] "Keller, James R. "Jim, J.R." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[26] "Moe, Roger D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[27] "Skoe, Rod - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

[28] "Utke, Paul J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present".

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