Minnesota Senate, District 2 Explained

State:	Minnesota
District:	2
Chamber:	Senate
Representative:	Paul Utke
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Park Rapids
Residence Link:	Park Rapids, Minnesota
Percent White:	79.6
Percent Black:	0.4
Percent Hispanic:	2.4
Percent Asian:	0.5
Percent Native American:	13.8
Percent Pacific Islander:	<0.1
Percent Multiracial:	5
Percent Other Race:	0.3
Population:	80,696
Population Year:	2020

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 Paul Utke.

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
	William Sprigg Hall^[2]			January 7, 1861
2nd
3rd	Joel K. Reiner^[3]	Republican	January 8, 1861	January 5, 1863	Marine-on-St. Croix	Chisago Kanabec Pine Washington
4th
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
11th	James Nathan Castle^[6]	Democratic	January 5, 1869	January 2, 1871	Stillwater
12th
13th	Dwight May Sabin^[7]	Republican	January 3, 1871	January 1, 1872
14th	Thomas H. Everts^[8]		January 2, 1872	January 5, 1874	Rushford	Fillmore
15th
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
27th	Evin D. Hammer^[12]		January 6, 1891	January 7, 1895	Pilot Mound
28th
29th	Richard Enos Johnson		January 8, 1895	January 2, 1899	Preston
30th
31st	Patrick Fitzpatrick^[13]	Democratic	January 3, 1899	August 31, 1908^[14]	Winona	Winona
32nd
33rd
34th
35th
	Vacant		August 31, 1908	January 5, 1909
36th	George H. 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
39th	Samuel M. Knopp^[17]		January 5, 1915	January 6, 1919
40th
41st	Herbert W. Kingsbury^[18]	Non-partisan	January 7, 1919	January 1, 1923
42nd
43rd	John Frisch^[19]		January 2, 1923	January 3, 1927	St. Charles
44th
45th	Henry Steen^[20]		Democratic	January 4, 1927	July 27, 1928^[21]		Winona
	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
	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	OlmstedWabasha Winona
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th	Roger D. Moe^[26]	DFL	January 2, 1973	January 7, 2003	Erskine	BeckerBeltrami 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]		Rep	January 3, 2017	Incumbent		Park Rapids

References

1. Web site: Van Etten, Isaac - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
2. Web site: Hall, William Sprigg "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
3. Web site: Reiner, Joel K. "J.K." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
4. Web site: McKusick, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
5. Web site: Folsom, William Henry Carman "W.H.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
6. Web site: Castle, James Nathan "J.N." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
7. Web site: Sabin, Dwight May "D.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
8. Web site: Everts, Thomas H. "T.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
9. Web site: Conkey, Charles Henry "C.H., C.A." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
10. Web site: Wheat, James M. "J.M." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
11. Web site: Edwards, Charles G. "C.G., G.C." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
12. Web site: Hammer, Evin D. "E.D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
13. Web site: Fitzpatrick, Patrick - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
14. Died
15. Web site: French, George H. "Geo. D., Geo. H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
16. Web site: McGrath, M. J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
17. Web site: Knopp, Samuel M. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
18. Web site: Kingsbury, Herbert W. "H.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
19. Web site: Frisch, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
20. Web site: Steen, Henry - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
21. Died
22. Web site: Rollins, Frederick H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
23. Web site: Galvin, Sr., Michael J. "M.J." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
24. Web site: Dernek, Leonard W. "L.W., Len" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
25. Web site: Keller, James R. "Jim, J.R." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
26. Web site: Moe, Roger D. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
27. Web site: Skoe, Rod - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
28. Web site: Utke, Paul J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.

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