Minnesota

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Senators

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Amy Klobuchar Democrat 5 years in office

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Al Franken Democrat 3 years in office


Representatives

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1st District Timothy Walz MyOC Group Democrat 5 years in office

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2nd District John Kline MyOC Group Republican 9 years in office

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3rd District Erik Paulsen MyOC Group Republican 3 years in office

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4th District Betty McCollum MyOC Group Democrat 11 years in office

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5th District Keith Ellison MyOC Group Democrat 5 years in office

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6th District Michele Bachmann MyOC Group Republican 5 years in office

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7th District Collin Peterson MyOC Group Democrat 21 years in office

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8th District Chip Cravaack MyOC Group Republican 1 year in office

Minnesota (/mɪnɨˈsoʊtə/) is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water". Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities. Minnesota is the 12th most extensive and the 21st most populous of the 50 United States. Nearly 60% of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area known as the "Twin Cities", the center of transportation, business, industry and education, and home to an internationally known arts community.... (More from Freebase)

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Representatives

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Top bills supported by Minnesota users

  • H.R.25 - Fair Tax Act of 2009
    67 users support
  • H.R.197 - National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity A...
    58 users support
  • H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices A...
    44 users support
  • S.1085 - Reuniting Families Act
    44 users support
  • H.R.3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Car...
    32 users support

Top bills opposed by Minnesota users

  • H.R.45 - Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Re...
    300 users oppose
  • H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices A...
    141 users oppose
  • H.J.Res.5 - Proposing an amendment to the Constit...
    70 users oppose
  • S.978 - Commercial Felony Streaming Act
    45 users oppose
  • H.R.1388 - The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
    42 users oppose

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