What is Minnesota Senate?
[[File:Minnesota State Senate.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|The Senate Chamber of the Minnesota State Capitol}}]] The '''Minnesota Senate''' is the [[upper house]] of the [[Minnesota Legislature]] of the [[U.S. state|U.S. State]] of [[Minnesota]]. There are 67 members, each representing a senatorial [[district]].<ref name=BP>{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Minnesota_State_Senate|title=Minnesota State Senate|publisher=Ballotpedia/the Lucy Burns Institute|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> Each senator represents about 79,163 residents.<ref name=BP/> In terms of [[wikt:member|member]]ship, it is the largest upper house of any [[State legislature (United States)|U.S. state legislature]]. Floor [[wikt:session|session]]s are held in the [[west]] wing of the [[Minnesota State Capitol]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]]. Offices of members of the [[majority party]] are located in the [[Capitol building|Capitol]]. Those of the [[minority party]] are in the State Office Building. It is connected by a [[tunnel]] just to the west of the Capitol. Senate [[committee]] [[meeting]]s are held in the Capitol building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mn.gov/admin/citizen/buildings-grounds/buildings/capitol/|title=Visiting the Minnesota State Capitol|publisher=Minnesota Department of Administration|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Minnesota]] [[Category:State upper houses in the United States]]