Minnesota Senate, District 37
American legislative district
Minnesota's 37th State Senate district Senator Population 83,278
The Minnesota Senate , District 37 , encompasses portions of Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.[ 1] It has formerly included Brown , Lac qui Parle , Lyon , Redwood , Yellow Medicine , Chippewa , Swift , Carver , Ramsey , Hennepin , Dakota , Washington , Goodhue , and Scott counties; and served Ramsey County for the longest. The district is currently represented by Republican Senator Warren Limmer .
District profile
The district stretches along the southern edge of Anoka County from the Ramsey County and Hennepin County borders, excluding the cities of Fridely , Hilltop , and Columbia Heights .[ 2]
Due to redistricting, the 37th district has been moved around various counties in the southern part of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2010 redistricting by the Minnesota State Legislature , which became effective in 2012.[ 3]
2010
As of 2016, the population of the 37th district was split 49.1% male and 50.9% female, with 48.2% of men and 51.8% of women being eligible to vote.[ 4] 93.9% of residents were at least a high school graduate (or equivalent), and 30.5% had earned a bachelor's degree or higher. 31.8% of the population is of German ancestry, the largest ethnic group in the district, followed by Norwegian descent at 13.5%.[ 5] The unemployment rate was at 4.8%.[ 6]
Race
Population (2016 est.)
Share of total population
Total
83,278
100%
One race
80,469
96.6%
White
69,174
83.1%
Black or African American
3,962
4.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native
493
0.6%
Asian
5,769
6.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
44
0.1%
Other races
1,027
1.2%
Two or more races
2,809
3.4%
White and Black or African American
994
1.2%
White and American Indian and Alaska Native
499
0.6%
White and Asian
804
1%
Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native
9
0.0%
Ancestry
Population (2016 est.)
Share of total population
Total
83,278
100%
German
26,513
31.8%
Norwegian
11,205
13.5%
Irish
8,799
10.6%
Swedish
7,139
8.6%
Polish
5,606
6.7%
English
4,080
4.9%
French (except Basque)
3,169
3.8%
American
3,066
3.7%
Italian
2,162
2.6%
Subsaharan African
1,947
2.3%
Czech
1,582
1.9%
Scottish
1,186
1.4%
French Canadian
1,132
1.4%
Arab
1,005
1.2%
Danish
885
1.1%
Russian
790
0.9%
Ukrainian
486
0.6%
Swiss
419
0.5%
Scotch-Irish
340
0.4%
Welsh
262
0.3%
Greek
212
0.3%
Hungarian
203
0.2%
Slovak
154
0.2%
Lithuanian
74
0.1%
Portuguese
56
0.1%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
29
0.0%
List of senators
Session
Senator
Party
Term start
Term end
Home
Counties represented
14th
William Pfaender Sr. [ 7]
Republican
January 2, 1872
January 6, 1873
New Ulm
Brown Lac qui Parle Lyon Redwood Yellow Medicine
15th
J.S.G. Honner [ 8]
January 7, 1873
January 4, 1875
Redwood Falls
16th
17th
John Winslow Blake[ 9]
January 5, 1875
January 1, 1877
Marshall
18th
19th
Shadrach Azariah Hall[ 10]
January 2, 1877
January 6, 1879
Yellow Medicine City
20th
Minnesota Falls
21st
Knud H. Helling[ 11]
January 7, 1879
January 3, 1881
Madelia
22nd
Samuel D. Peterson[ 12]
January 4, 1881
January 1, 1883
New Ulm
23rd
Ziba B. Clarke[ 13]
January 2, 1883
January 3, 1887
Benson
Chippewa Lac qui Parle Swift
24th
25th
Hiram Eugene Hoard[ 14]
Republican
January 4, 1887
January 5, 1891
Montevideo
26th
27th
Joseph W. Craven[ 15]
Democratic
January 6, 1891
January 7, 1895
Norwood
Carver
28th
29th
Frederic "Fred" Iltis[ 16]
Republican
January 8, 1895
January 2, 1899
Chaska
30th
31st
Andrew Ryan McGill[ 17]
January 3, 1899
October 31, 1905
Saint Paul
Ramsey
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
Joseph Malcome Hackney[ 18]
January 8, 1907
January 4, 1915
36th
37th
38th
39th
Joseph Ansgar Jackson[ 19]
Nonpartisan Election
January 5, 1915
January 3, 1927
40th
41st
42nd
43rd
44th
45th
Lloyd E. Lilygren[ 20]
January 4, 1927
January 5, 1931
46th
47th
Beldin H. Loftsgaarden[ 21]
Republican
January 6, 1932
January 4, 1943
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
Emery A. Johnson[ 22]
Nonpartisan Election
January 5, 1943
January 6, 1947
54th
55th
Everett L. Peterson[ 23]
January 7, 1947
January 1, 1951
56th
57th
Harold W. Schultz Sr.[ 24]
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
January 1, 1951
January 7, 1963
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
Harmon T. Ogdahl Sr.[ 25]
Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
January 8, 1963
January 1, 1973
Minneapolis
Hennepin
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
William G. Kirchner[ 26]
January 2, 1973
January 1, 1981
Richfield
69th
Nonpartisan Election-Independent Republican Caucus
70th
Independent Republican
71st
72nd
Steven O. Lindgren[ 27]
January 6, 1981
January 3, 1983
73rd
Darril Wegscheid[ 28]
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
January 4, 1983
January 1, 1989
Apple Valley
Dakota
Washington
74th
75th
76th
Patricia Pariseau [ 29]
Independent Republican
January 3, 1989
January 6, 2003
Farmington
77th
78th
Dakota Goodhue Scott
79th
80th
Republican
81st
82nd
83rd
David L. Knutson[ 30]
January 7, 2003
June 29, 2004
Burnsville
Dakota
Chris Gerlach [ 31]
July 21, 2004
January 7, 2013
Apple Valley
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
Alice M. Johnson [ 32]
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
January 8, 2013
January 2, 2017
Spring Lake Park
Anoka
89th
90th
Jerry Newton [ 33]
January 3, 2017
January 4, 2021
Coon Rapids
91st
Recent elections
2016
The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016. Incumbent Alice Johnson did not seek re-election. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016; both Jerry Newton and Brad Sanford ran unopposed.[ 34] The general election was held on November 8, 2016, resulting in Newton's victory.[ 35]
2012
Elections for the Minnesota State Senate occurred after state-wide redistricting from 2010. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 5, 2012. Alice Johnson defeated incumbent Pam Wolf in the general election, neither of whom faced opposition in their primaries.[ 36]
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