richard "dick" day (born march 9, 1937) is minnesota, usa, politician and a former member of the minnesota senate who represented district 26, which includes portions of dodge, freeborn, goodhue, mower, olmsted, rice, steele and waseca counties in the southeastern part of the state. a republican, he was first elected in 1990, and was re-elected in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2006. prior to redistricting in 1992 and 2002, he represented the old districts 30 and 28.