Minnesota Senate, District 8 Explained

State:	Minnesota
District:	8
Chamber:	Senate
Representative:	Jen McEwen
Party:	Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Residence:	Duluth
Residence Link:	Duluth, Minnesota
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

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.

List of senators

Session	Senator	Party	Term start	Term end	Home	Location
1st	Charles H. Lindsley^[1]		Rep	December 2, 1857	December 6, 1859	Rochester	Olmstead
	Emerson Hodges^[2]	Non	January 7, 1861		Eyota
2nd					Marion
3rd	Michael Cook^[3]	Rep	January 8, 1861	January 5, 1863	Faribault	Rice
4th
5th	John McDonogh Berry^[4]	Non	January 6, 1863	January 2, 1865
6th
7th	Levi Nutting^[5]		January 3, 1865	January 1866
8th	Gordon E. Cole^[6]	Rep	January 1866	January 7, 1867
9th	Oscar F. Perkins^[7]		January 8, 1867	January 4, 1869
10th
11th	George Washington Batchelder^[8]		January 5, 1869	January 2, 1871
12th
13th	John Higley Case^[9]		Non	January 3, 1871			January 1, 1872
14th	William H. Stevens^[10]	Rep	January 2, 1872	January 5, 1874	Winona	Winona
15th
16th	Charles Henry Berry^[11]	Non	January 6, 1874	January 3, 1876
17th
18th	William Hall Yale^[12]	Rep	January 4, 1876	January 7, 1878
19th
20th	W.S. Drew^[13]	Dem	January 8, 1878	January 6, 1879
21st	Cornelius F. Buck^[14]		January 7, 1879	January 1, 1883		Olmsted Wabasha Winona
22nd
23rd	George Knudson^[15]	Non	January 2, 1883	January 3, 1887	St. James	Cottonwood Watonwan
24th
25th	John Clark^[16]	Rep	January 4, 1887	January 5, 1891	Windom
26th
27th	Eric Sevatson^[17]	Alliance	January 6, 1891	January 2, 1899		Cottonwood Jackson
28th					Christiana
29th		Populist
30th
31st	William Gausewitz^[18]	Dem	January 3, 1899	January 5, 1903	Owatanna	Steele
32nd
33rd	George W. Peachy^[19]	Rep	January 6, 1903	January 7, 1907
34th
35th	Thomas E. Cashman^[20]	Dem	January 8, 1907	January 4, 1915
36th
37th
38th
39th	John Wesley Andrews^[21]	Con	January 5, 1915	January 6, 1919	Mankato	Blue Earth
40th
41st	Gustaf Widell^[22]	Non	January 7, 1919	January 1, 1923
42nd
43rd	W.A. Just^[23]	Dem	January 2, 1923	January 3, 1927	Rapidan
44th
45th	Gustaf Widell	Non	January 4, 1927	January 7, 1935	Mankato
46th
47th
48th
49th	Val Imm^[24]	Con	January 8, 1935	January 7, 1963
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd	Harold S. Nelson^[25]		January 8, 1963	January 2, 1967	Owatanna	Steele Waseca
64th
65th	Robert J. Brown^[26]		January 3, 1967	January 1, 1973	Stillwater	Washington
66th
67th
68th	Ralph Doty^[27]	DFL	January 2, 1973	January 3, 1977	Duluth	St. Louis
69th
70th	Jim Ulland^[28]	Ind. Rep	January 4, 1977	January 9, 1985^[29]
71st
72nd
73rd						Carlton St. Louis
74th
	Vacant		January 9, 1985	February 11, 1985
75th	Jim Gustafson^[30]	Ind. Rep	February 11, 1985	May 20, 1992^[31]
76th
77th
	Vacant		May 20, 1992	January 5, 1993
78th	Florian Chmielewski^[32]	DFL	January 5, 1993	January 6, 1997	Sturgeon Lake	Aitkin Carlton Pine St. Louis
79th
80th	Becky Lourey^[33]		January 7, 1997	January 2, 2007	Kerrick
81st
82nd
83rd						Carlton Isanti Kanabec Pine St. Louis
84th
85th	Tony Lourey^[34]		January 3, 2007	January 7, 2013
86th
87th
88th	99x99pxBill Ingebrigtsen^[35]	Rep	January 8, 2013	January 5, 2021	Alexandria	Douglas Grant Otter Tail Stevens Todd
89th
90th
91st	Jen McEwen^[36]	DFL	January 5, 2021	Incumbent	Duluth	St. Louis
92nd
93rd

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lindsley, Charles H. "Chas." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
2. Web site: Hodges, Emerson - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
3. Web site: Cook, Michael - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
4. Web site: Berry, John McDonogh - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
5. Web site: Nutting, Levi - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
6. Web site: Cole, Gordon E. "G.E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
7. Web site: Perkins, Oscar F. "O.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
8. Web site: Batchelder, George Washington "G.W., Geo. F., G.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
9. Web site: Case, John Higley - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
10. Web site: Stevens, William H. "Wm., W.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
11. Web site: Berry, Charles H. "C.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
12. Web site: Yale, William Hall "W.H." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
13. Web site: Drew, W. S. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
14. Web site: Buck, Cornelius F. "C.F." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
15. Web site: Knudson, George "Geo." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
16. Web site: Clark, John - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
17. Web site: Sevatson, Eric "Erick, E." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present.
18. Web site: Gausewitz, William "Wm." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
19. Web site: Peachey, George W. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
20. Web site: Cashman, Thomas E. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
21. Web site: Andrews, John Wesley "J.W." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
22. Web site: Widell, Gustaf - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
23. Web site: Just, W. A. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
24. Web site: Imm, Val - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
25. Web site: Nelson, Harold S. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-07.
26. Web site: Brown, Robert J. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
27. Web site: Doty, Ralph R. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
28. Web site: Ulland, James E. "Jim" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
29. resigned to become the Senior Vice President for First Bank Systems.
30. Web site: Gustafson, James "Jim" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
31. Appointed Commissioner on the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.
32. Web site: Chmielewski, Sr., Florian W. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
33. Web site: Lourey, Rebecca Jo "Becky" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
34. Web site: Lourey, Tony - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
35. Web site: Ingebrigtsen, Bill G. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us. en. 2018-07-08.
36. Web site: MN State Senate . Minnesota Senate . 2024-07-21.