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District 1 |
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Rex R. Byerly
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Earl Rennerfeldt
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James Torgerson
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Randy A. Schobinger
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Andrew G. Maragos
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Janet Wentz
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Meyer Kinnoin
District 4 |
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Ronald Nichols
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John M. Warner
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Darlene Watne
District 5 |
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Elwood Thorpe
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Mike Timm
District 5 |
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David O'Connell
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Glen Froseth
District 6 |
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Gerald O. Sveen
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Ken Solberg
District 7 |
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G. Jane Gunter
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Jon O. Nelson
District 7 |
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Layton Freborg
District 8 |
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Jeff Delzer
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Albert Grosz
District 8 |
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Les J. LaFountain
District 9 |
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Merle Boucher
District 9 |
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Gerry L. Wilkie
District 9 |
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Harvey Sand
District 10 |
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David Monson
District 10 |
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Alice A. Olson
District 10 |
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Tim Mathern
District 11 |
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Chris Christopherson
District 11 |
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Scot Kelsh
District 11 |
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Vern Thompson
District 12 |
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Dennis Johnson
District 12 |
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Arlo Schmidt
District 12 |
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District 13
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Judy Lee
District 13 |
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Kim Koppelman
District 13 |
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Laurel Thoreson
District 13 |
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Jerry Klein
District 14 |
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Duane DeKrey
District 14 |
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Robin Weisz
District 14 |
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John T. Traynor
District 15 |
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Richard W. Kunkel
District 15 |
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Eugene Nicholas
District 15 |
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Harvey D. Tallackson
District 16 |
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William E. Gorder
District 16 |
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Lynn J. Thompson
District 16 |
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Ray Holmberg
District 17 |
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Roxanne Jensen
District 17 |
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Ken Svedjan
District 17 |
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Judy L. DeMers
District 18 |
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Linda Christenson
District 18 |
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Eliot Glassheim
District 18 |
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Duane Mutch
District 19 |
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Tom Brusegaard
District 19 |
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Edward H. Lloyd
District 19 |
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Elroy N. Lindaas
District 20 |
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Ole Aarsvold
District 20 |
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Carol A. Niemeier
District 20 |
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Carolyn C. Nelson
District 21 |
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Michael D. Callahan
District 21 |
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Sally M. Sandvig
District 21 |
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Gary J. Nelson
District 22 |
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Wesley R. Belter
District 22 |
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Jack Dalrymple
District 22 |
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Daniel K. Wogsland
District 23 |
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Bill Devlin
District 23 |
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Kenneth Kroeplin
District 23 |
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Larry J. Robinson
District 24 |
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Gereld F. Gerntholz
District 24 |
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Leland Sabby
District 24 |
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Russell T. Thane
District 25 |
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LeRoy Hausauer
District 25 |
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Allan Stenehjem
District 25 |
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Jerry Kelsh
District 26 |
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Mike Brandenburg
District 26 |
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Pam Gulleson
District 26 |
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Joel C. Heitkamp
District 27 |
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Howard Grumbo
District 27 |
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Robert Huether
District 27 |
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District 28
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Lawrence L. Naaden
District 28 |
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Tom Freier
Resigned 4/6/1998
District 28 |
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William E. Kretschmar
District 28 |
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District 29
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Terry M. Wanzek
District 29 |
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April Fairfield
District 29 |
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Paul C. Murphy
District 29 |
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Robert Stenehjem
District 30 |
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Ron Carlisle
District 30 |
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Dale L. Henegar
District 30 |
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Steven W. Tomac
District 31 |
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James Boehm
District 31 |
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Dennis Renner
District 31 |
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District 32
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Marv Mutzenberger
District 32 |
Democrat
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Bill Oban
Deceased 7/10/1998
District 32 |
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Wanda Rose
District 32 |
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District 33
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Randel Christmann
District 33 |
Republican
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Pat Galvin
District 33 |
Republican
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John Mahoney
District 33 |
Democrat
D
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District 34
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Dwight Cook
District 34 |
Republican
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James O. Coats
District 34 |
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RaeAnn G. Kelsch
District 34 |
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District 35
Senator
Aaron Krauter
District 35 |
Democrat
D
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Leonard J. Jacobs
District 35 |
Republican
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James Kerzman
District 35 |
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District 36
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Herbert Urlacher
District 36 |
Republican
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Grant C. Brown
District 36 |
Republican
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Clarence F. Martin
Deceased 2/9/1997
District 36 |
Republican
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Shirley Meyer
District 36 |
Democrat
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District 37
Senator
William G. Goetz
District 37 |
Republican
R
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Francis J. Wald
District 37 |
Republican
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Rich Wardner
District 37 |
Republican
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District 38
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Rolland W. Redlin
District 38 |
Democrat
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Stacey L. Mickelson
District 38 |
Republican
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Ben Tollefson
District 38 |
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District 39
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Bill L. Bowman
District 39 |
Republican
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David Drovdal
District 39 |
Republican
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Keith Kempenich
District 39 |
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District 40
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Karen K. Krebsbach
District 40 |
Republican
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Matthew M. Klein
District 40 |
Republican
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Clara Sue Price
District 40 |
Republican
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District 41
Senator
Tony Grindberg
District 41 |
Republican
R
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Al Carlson
District 41 |
Republican
R
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Bette Grande
District 41 |
Republican
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District 42
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Wayne Stenehjem
District 42 |
Republican
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Jim Poolman
District 42 |
Republican
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Amy Warnke
District 42 |
Republican
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District 43
Senator
Rod St. Aubyn
District 43 |
Republican
R
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Lois Delmore
District 43 |
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D
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Darrell D. Nottestad
District 43 |
Republican
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District 44
Senator
James A. Berg
Deceased 9/20/1997
District 44 |
Democrat
D
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Tony Clark
Resigned 10/24/1997
District 44 |
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Al Soukup
District 44 |
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District 45
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Donna L. Nalewaja
District 45 |
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Rick Berg
District 45 |
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LeRoy G. Bernstein
District 45 |
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District 46
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Tom Fischer
District 46 |
Republican
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John Dorso
District 46 |
Republican
R
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Kathy Hawken
District 46 |
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District 47
Senator
Evan E. Lips
District 47 |
Republican
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George Keiser
District 47 |
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Ralph Kilzer
District 47 |
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District 48
Senator
Dave Nething
District 48 |
Republican
R
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Charles M. Axtman
District 48 |
Republican
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Lyle Hanson
District 48 |
Democrat
D
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District 49
Senator
Ed Kringstad
District 49 |
Republican
R
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Connie Johnsen
District 49 |
Republican
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Bob Martinson
Resigned 10/14/1997
District 49 |
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