73rd Minnesota Legislature
# 73rd Minnesota Legislature

The seventy-third Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 4, 1983. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 2, 1982.

## Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 4, 1983 to May 23, 1983. A continuation of the regular session was held between March 6, 1984 and April 24, 1984. There were no special sessions of the seventy-third Minnesota Legislature.

## Party summary

    Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

### Senate

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | DFL | IR | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 44 | 23 | 67 | 0 |
| Begin | 42 | 25 | 67 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 63% | 37% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 42 | 25 | 67 | 0 |

### House of Representatives

| | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | Vacant |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | DFL | IR | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous Legislature | 70 | 64 | 134 | 0 |
| Begin | 77 | 57 | 134 | 0 |
| September 12, 1983 | 76 | 57 | 133 | 1 |
| January 11, 1984 | 76 | 58 | 134 | 0 |
| June 4, 1984 | 75 | 58 | 133 | 1 |
| August 1, 1984 | 74 | 58 | 132 | 2 |
| Latest voting share | 56% | 44% | | |
| Beginning of the next Legislature | 65 | 69 | 134 | 0 |

## Leadership

### Senate

**President of the Senate**


    Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood)

**Senate Majority Leader**


    Roger Moe (DFL-Ada)

**Senate Minority Leader**


    James E. Ulland (IR-Duluth)

### House of Representatives

**Speaker of the House**


    Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings)

**House Majority Leader**


    Until August 1, 1984 Willis Eken (DFL-Twin Valley)
    After August 1, 1984 Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings)

**House Minority Leader**


    David M. Jennings (IR-Truman)

## Members

### Senate

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Adkins, Betty | 22 | St. Michael | DFL |
| Anderson, Don A. | 12 | Wadena | IR |
| Belanger, William | 41 | Bloomington | IR |
| Benson, Duane | 32 | Lanesboro | IR |
| Berg, Charlie | 11 | Chokio | IR |
| Berglin, Linda | 60 | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Bernhagen, John | 21 | Hutchinson | IR |
| Bertram, Joe | 16 | Paynesville | DFL |
| Brataas, Nancy | 33 | Rochester | IR |
| Chmielewski, Florian | 14 | Sturgeon Lake | DFL |
| Dahl, Gregory | 50 | Lino Lakes | DFL |
| Davis, Chuck | 18 | Princeton | DFL |
| DeCramer, Gary | 27 | Ghent | DFL |
| Dicklich, Ron | 05 | Hibbing | DFL |
| Diessner, Bill | 56 | Afton | DFL |
| Dieterich, Neil | 63 | St. Paul | DFL |
| Frank, Don | 51 | Spring Lake Park | DFL |
| Frederick, Mel | 30 | Owatonna | IR |
| Frederickson, Dennis | 23 | New Ulm | IR |
| Freeman, Michael O. | 40 | Richfield | DFL |
| Hughes, Jerome M. | 54 | Maplewood | DFL |
| Isackson, Doran L. | 28 | Storden | IR |
| Johnson, Dean | 15 | Willmar | IR |
| Johnson, Doug | 06 | Tower | DFL |
| Jude, Tad | 48 | Maple Grove | DFL |
| Kamrath, Randy P. | 20 | Canby | IR |
| Knaak, Fritz | 53 | White Bear Lake | IR |
| Knutson, Howard A. | 38 | Burnsville | IR |
| Kroening, Carl | 57 | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Kronebusch, Patricia Louise | 34 | Rollingstone | IR |
| Laidig, Gary | 55 | Stillwater | IR |
| Langseth, Keith | 09 | Glyndon | DFL |
| Lantry, Marilyn | 67 | St. Paul | DFL |
| Lessard, Bob | 03 | International Falls | DFL |
| Luther, Bill | 47 | Brooklyn Park | DFL |
| McQuaid, Phyllis W. | 44 | Saint Louis Park | IR |
| Mehrkens, Lyle | 26 | Red Wing | IR |
| Merriam, Gene | 49 | Coon Rapids | DFL |
| Moe, Donald | 65 | St. Paul | DFL |
| Moe, Roger | 02 | Ada | DFL |
| Nelson, Tom A. | 31 | Austin | DFL |
| Novak, Steve | 52 | New Brighton | DFL |
| Olson, Gen | 43 | Minnetrista | IR |
| Pehler, Jim | 17 | St. Cloud | DFL |
| Peterson, Collin Clark | 10 | Detroit Lakes | DFL |
| Peterson, Darrel L. | 29 | Fairmont | IR |
| Peterson, Donna C. | 61 | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Peterson, Randolph W. | 19 | Wyoming | DFL |
| Petty, Eric D. | 62 | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Pogemiller, Larry | 58 | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Purfeerst, Clarence | 25 | Faribault | DFL |
| Ramstad, Jim | 45 | Plymouth | IR |
| Reichgott Junge, Ember | 46 | New Hope | DFL |
| Renneke, Earl | 35 | Le Sueur | IR |
| Samuelson, Don | 13 | Brainerd | DFL |
| Schmitz, Robert J. | 36 | Jordan | DFL |
| Sieloff, Ron | 64 | St. Paul | IR |
| Solon, Sam | 07 | Duluth | DFL |
| Spear, Allan | 59 | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Storm, Don | 42 | Edina | IR |
| Stumpf, LeRoy | 01 | Thief River Falls | DFL |
| Taylor, Glen | 24 | Mankato | IR |
| Ulland, James E. | 08 | Duluth | IR |
| Vega, Conrad | 39 | South St. Paul | DFL |
| Waldorf, Gene | 66 | St. Paul | DFL |
| Wegscheid, Darril | 37 | Apple Valley | DFL |
| Willet, Gerald | 04 | Park Rapids | DFL |

### House of Representatives

| Name | District | City | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Anderson, Bob | 10B | Ottertail | IR |
| Anderson, Bruce W. | 28A | Slayton | DFL |
| Anderson, Glen H. | 20A | Bellingham | DFL |
| Battaglia, David Peter | 06A | Two Harbors | DFL |
| Beard, Pat | 56B | Cottage Grove | DFL |
| Begich, Joseph | 06B | Eveleth | DFL |
| Bennett, Tony | 53A | Shoreview | IR |
| Berkelman, Thomas R. | 08B | Duluth | DFL |
| Bishop, Dave | 33B | Rochester | IR |
| Blatz, Kathleen | 41B | Bloomington | IR |
| Boo, Ben | 08B | Duluth | IR |
| Bergstrom, Don | 18B | Big Lake | DFL |
| Brandl, John | 62B | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Brinkman, Bernard J. | 16B | Richmond | DFL |
| Burger, John | 43A | Long Lake | IR |
| Carlson, Doug | 14B | Sandstone | IR |
| Carlson, Lyndon | 46B | Crystal | DFL |
| Clark, Janet H. | 60B | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Clark, Karen | 60A | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Clawson, John T. | 19B | Lindstrom | DFL |
| Cohen, Richard | 64B | St. Paul | DFL |
| Coleman, Sharon L. | 51A | Spring Lake Park | DFL |
| Dempsey, Terry | 23A | New Ulm | IR |
| Den Ouden, Gaylin | 21B | Prinsburg | IR |
| Dimler, Chuck | 36A | Chanhassen | IR |
| Eken, Willis | 02B | Twin Valley | DFL |
| Elioff, Dominic J. | 05A | Virginia | DFL |
| Ellingson, Robert L. | 47B | Brooklyn Center | DFL |
| Erickson, Wendell O. | 27B | Hills | IR |
| Evans, James | 10A | Detroit Lakes | IR |
| Findlay, Gary | 11A | Herman | IR |
| Fjoslien, David O. | 11B | Brandon | IR |
| Forsythe, Mary | 42B | Edina | IR |
| Frerichs, Don | 32A | Rochester | IR |
| Graba, Jerome Clifford | 12A | Sebeka | DFL |
| Greenfield, Lee | 61A | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Gruenes, Dave | 17B | St. Cloud | IR |
| Gustafson, Ben E. | 07B | Duluth | DFL |
| Gutknecht, Gil | 33A | Rochester | IR |
| Halberg, Chuck | 38A | Burnsville | IR |
| Haukoos, Bob | 31A | Albert Lea | IR |
| Heap, Jim | 45B | Golden Valley | IR |
| Heinitz, Orlando Jacob | 48A | Plymouth | IR |
| Himle, John | 41A | Bloomington | IR |
| Hoberg, Dwaine | 09A | Moorhead | IR |
| Hoffman, Chuck | 55B | Stillwater | DFL |
| Hokr, Dorothy | 46A | New Hope | IR |
| Jacobs, Joel | 49B | Coon Rapids | DFL |
| Jennings, David M. | 29A | Truman | IR |
| Jensen, Robert C. | 36B | Farmington | DFL |
| Johnson, Virgil | 34A | Caledonia | IR |
| Kahn, Phyllis | 58B | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Kalis, Henry | 29B | Walters | DFL |
| Kelly, Randy | 67A | St. Paul | DFL |
| Knickerbocker, Jerry | 43B | Minnetonka | IR |
| Knuth, Daniel | 52B | New Brighton | DFL |
| Kostohryz, Dick | 54B | North St. Paul | DFL |
| Krueger, Rick | 12B | Staples | DFL |
| Kvam, Adolph Leonard | 21A | Litchfield | IR |
| Larsen, Ernest A. | 50A | Anoka | DFL |
| Levi, Connie | 55A | Dellwood | IR |
| Long, Dee | 59A | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Ludeman, Cal | 27A | Tracy | IR |
| Mann, George | 28B | Windom | DFL |
| Marsh, Marcus M. | 17A | Sauk Rapids | IR |
| McDonald, K. J. | 35B | Watertown | IR |
| McEachern, Bob | 22A | St. Michael | DFL |
| McKasy, Bert | 39A | Mendota Heights | IR |
| Metzen, James P. | 39B | South St. Paul | DFL |
| Minne, Lona | 05B | Hibbing | DFL |
| Munger, Willard | 07A | Duluth | DFL |
| Murphy, Mary | 08A | Hermantown | DFL |
| Nelson, Darby | 49A | Champlin | DFL |
| Nelson, Ken | 62A | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Neuenschwander, Bob | 03A | International Falls | DFL |
| Norton, Fred C. | 65A | St. Paul | DFL |
| O'Connor, Rich | 66B | St. Paul | DFL |
| Ogren, Paul Anders | 14A | Aitkin | DFL |
| Olsen, Sally | 44A | Saint Louis Park | IR |
| Omann, Ben | 16A | St. Joseph | IR |
| Onnen, Tony | 22B | Cokato | IR |
| Osthoff, Tom | 66A | St. Paul | DFL |
| Otis, Todd | 59B | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Pauly, Sidney | 42A | Eden Prairie | IR |
| Peterson, J.P. | 18A | Princeton | DFL |
| Piepho, Mark J. | 24A | Mankato | IR |
| Piper, Pat | 31B | Austin | DFL |
| Price, Leonard | 56A | Woodbury | DFL |
| Quinn, Joe | 50B | Blaine | DFL |
| Quist, Allen | 23B | St. Peter | IR |
| Redalen, Elton | 32B | Fountain | IR |
| Reif, Robert W. | 53B | White Bear Lake | IR |
| Rice, Jim | 57A | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Riveness, Phil | 40B | Bloomington | DFL |
| Rodosovich, Peter | 25B | Faribault | DFL |
| Rodriguez, Carolyn Jane | 37A | Apple Valley | DFL |
| Rodriguez, Frank J. | 65B | St. Paul | DFL |
| Rose, John | 63A | Roseville | IR |
| Sarna, John | 58A | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Schafer, Gary | 35A | Gibbon | IR |
| Scheid, Linda | 47A | Brooklyn Park | DFL |
| Schoenfeld, Jerry E. | 30B | Waseca | DFL |
| Schreiber, Bill | 48B | Brooklyn Park | IR |
| Seaberg, Art | 38B | Mendota Heights | IR |
| Segal, Gloria | 44B | St. Louis Park | DFL |
| Shaver, Craig H. | 45A | Wayzata | IR |
| Shea, Tom J. | 30A | Owatonna | DFL |
| Sherman, Tim | 34B | Winona | IR |
| Sieben, Harry A. | 37B | Hastings | DFL |
| Simoneau, Wayne | 51B | Fridley | DFL |
| Skoglund, Wes | 61B | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Solberg, Loren | 03B | Bovey | DFL |
| Sparby, Wally | 01B | Thief River Falls | DFL |
| St. Onge, Doug J. | 04A | Bemidji | DFL |
| Stadum, Tony | 02A | Ada | IR |
| Staten, Sr., Randolph Wilbert | 57B | Minneapolis | DFL |
| Sviggum, Steve | 26A | Kenyon | IR |
| Swanson, James C. | 40A | Richfield | DFL |
| Thiede, Paul M. | 13A | Pequot Lakes | IR |
| Tomlinson, John D. | 67B | St. Paul | DFL |
| Tunheim, Jim | 01A | Kennedy | DFL |
| Uphus, Sylvester | 15A | Sauk Centre | IR |
| Valan, Merlyn Orville | 09B | Moorhead | IR |
| Valento, Don | 54A | Little Canada | IR |
| Vanasek, Robert | 25A | New Prague | DFL |
| Vellenga, Kathleen | 64A | St. Paul | DFL |
| Voss, Gordon | 52A | Blaine | DFL |
| Waltman, Bobby Joe | 26B | Elgin | IR |
| Welch, Richard J. | 19A | Cambridge | DFL |
| Welker, Ray | 20B | Montevideo | IR |
| Welle, Alan | 15B | Willmar | DFL |
| Wenzel, Steve | 13B | Little Falls | DFL |
| Wigley, Richard E. | 24B | Lake Crystal | IR |
| Wynia, Ann | 63B | St. Paul | DFL |
| Zaffke, Maurice J. | 04B | Backus | IR |

## Membership changes

### House of Representatives

| District | Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date successor seated |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 08B | Thomas R. Berkelman (DFL) | Resigned on September 12, 1983 to become a lobbyist for AT&T. | Ben Boo (IR) | January 11, 1984 |
| 28B | George Mann (DFL) | Died on June 4, 1984, after having been comatose since having a heart attack on April 29, 1984. | Remained vacant | Remained vacant |
| 02B | Willis Eken (DFL) | Resigned on August 1, 1984 to become President of the Minnesota Farmers Union. | Remained vacant | Remained vacant |
