Minnesota

Overview

  • Redistricting Process

  • Congressional and legislative maps are enacted by the State Legislature. The Governor can veto the plans.

    Redistricting Timeline

    Congressional & Legislative:

    • Constitutional: By end of 1st session after census year (est. adj. 5/17/21).
    • Statutory: No later than 25 weeks before the 2022 primary date (2/15/22).
  • 2020 APPORTIONMENT REPORT

  • Minnesota’s congressional delegation remained at 8 seats following the 2020 reapportionment.

  • Executive Branch
  • Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Tim Walz
    Governor
  • Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Peggy Flanagan
    Lt. Governor
  • Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Steve Simon
    Secretary of State
  • Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Keith Ellison
    Attorney General
  • Supreme Court
  • Nonpartisan
    Lorie Skjerven Gildea
    Chief Justice
  • Nonpartisan
    Anne McKeig
    Associate Justice
  • Nonpartisan
    Barry Anderson
    Associate Justice
  • Nonpartisan
    Gordon Moore
    Associate Justice
  • Nonpartisan
    Margaret Chutich
    Associate Justice
  • Nonpartisan
    Natalie Hudson
    Associate Justice
  • Nonpartisan
    Paul Thissen
    Associate Justice
Current Congressional Boundaries
Current State House Boundaries
Current State Senate Boundaries
Useful Links
State Data Resources
Legislative and Congressional Redistricting

Congressional and legislative maps are enacted by the State Legislature.

Minnesota Redistricting Process

Congressional and Legislative

Congressional and legislative maps are enacted by the State Legislature. The Governor can veto the plans.

The Legislature can override a veto with a two-thirds vote. No party currently has a veto-proof majority in either chamber.

Source: Minn. Const. art. IV, §§ 2, 3, 23, 24.

Ballot Measure Process

Kinds of Ballot Measures
Only the Minnesota Legislature may refer amendments to the ballot. There is no initiative or referendum process.

Source: Minn. Const. art. XIV.

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