The Minnesota Senate, District 37, encompasses portions of Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. 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 Fridley, Hilltop, and Columbia Heights.
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.
2010
Part of Anoka County Blaine Coon Rapids Spring Lake Park
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. 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%. The unemployment rate was at 4.8%.
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 SessionSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endHomeCounties represented 14th William Pfaender Sr.Republican January 2, 1872 January 6, 1873 New UlmBrown Lac qui Parle Lyon Redwood Yellow Medicine 15thJ.S.G. HonnerJanuary 7, 1873January 4, 1875Redwood Falls 16th 17thJohn Winslow BlakeJanuary 5, 1875January 1, 1877Marshall 18th 19thShadrach Azariah HallJanuary 2, 1877January 6, 1879 Yellow Medicine City 20th Minnesota Falls 21st Knud H. Helling January 7, 1879 January 3, 1881 Madelia 22nd Samuel D. Peterson January 4, 1881 January 1, 1883 New Ulm 23rdZiba B. ClarkeJanuary 2, 1883January 3, 1887BensonChippewa Lac qui Parle Swift 24th 25thHiram Eugene HoardRepublicanJanuary 4, 1887January 5, 1891Montevideo 26th 27thJoseph W. CravenDemocraticJanuary 6, 1891January 7, 1895NorwoodCarver 28th 29thFrederic "Fred" IltisRepublicanJanuary 8, 1895January 2, 1899Chaska 30th 31stAndrew Ryan McGillJanuary 3, 1899October 31, 1905Saint PaulRamsey 32nd 33rd 34th 35thJoseph Malcome HackneyJanuary 8, 1907January 4, 1915 36th 37th 38th 39thJoseph Ansgar JacksonNonpartisan ElectionJanuary 5, 1915January 3, 1927 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45thLloyd E. LilygrenJanuary 4, 1927January 5, 1931 46th 47thBeldin H. LoftsgaardenRepublicanJanuary 6, 1932January 4, 1943 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rdEmery A. JohnsonNonpartisan ElectionJanuary 5, 1943January 6, 1947 54th 55thEverett L. PetersonJanuary 7, 1947January 1, 1951 56th 57thHarold W. Schultz Sr.Nonpartisan Election-Liberal CaucusJanuary 1, 1951January 7, 1963 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rdHarmon T. Ogdahl Sr.Nonpartisan Election-Conservative CaucusJanuary 8, 1963January 1, 1973MinneapolisHennepin 64th 65th 66th 67th 68thWilliam G. KirchnerJanuary 2, 1973January 1, 1981Richfield 69thNonpartisan Election-Independent Republican Caucus 70thIndependent Republican 71st 72nd Steven O. Lindgren January 6, 1981 January 3, 1983 73rdDarril WegscheidDemocratic-Farmer-LaborJanuary 4, 1983January 1, 1989Apple ValleyDakota Washington 74th 75th 76thPatricia PariseauIndependent RepublicanJanuary 3, 1989January 6, 2003Farmington 77th 78thDakota Goodhue Scott 79th 80thRepublican 81st 82nd83rd David L. Knutson January 7, 2003 June 29, 2004 BurnsvilleDakotaChris GerlachJuly 21, 2004January 7, 2013Apple Valley 84th 85th 86th 87th 88thAlice M. JohnsonDemocratic-Farmer-LaborJanuary 8, 2013January 2, 2017Spring Lake ParkAnoka 89th 90thJerry NewtonJanuary 3, 2017January 1, 2023Coon Rapids 91st 92nd 93rdWarren LimmerRepublicanJanuary 2, 2023IncumbentMaple GroveHennepin 94th
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. The general election was held on November 8, 2016, resulting in Newton's victory.
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.
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