Minnesota Senate, District 38

American legislative district

The Minnesota Senate, District 38, encompasses portions of Anoka and Ramsey counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.^[1] It has formerly included Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Watonwan, Chisago, Kanabec, Pine, and Dakota counties. Since January 2023, the district is represented by Heather Gustafson, a Democrat who defeated the long-term incumbent, Roger Chamberlain.^[2]

District profile

The district stretches along the southern edge of Anoka, Ramsey, and Washington counties.^[3]

Due to redistricting, the 38th district has been moved around various counties in the southern part of the state. Redistricting by the Minnesota State Legislature became effective in 2012;^[4] after the 2020 census, the district was again redrawn.^[2]

2010

Part of Anoka County

Part of Ramsey County

Part of Washington County

As of 2016^[update], the population of the 38th district was split 49.8% male and 50.2% female, with 49.3% of men and 50.7% of women being eligible to vote.^[5] 96.2% of residents were at least a high school graduate (or equivalent), and 40.2% had earned a bachelor's degree or higher. 35.8% of the population is of German ancestry, the largest ethnic group in the district, followed by Norwegian descent at 14.3%.^[6] The unemployment rate was at 3.3%.^[7]

Race	Population (2016 est.)	Share of total population
Total	82,419	100%
One race	80,351	97.5%
White	75,719	91.9%
Black or African American	1,506	1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native	462	0.6%
Asian	2,346	2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%
Other races	318	0.4%
Two or more races	2,068	2.5%
White and Black or African American	415	0.5%
White and American Indian and Alaska Native	510	0.6%
White and Asian	715	0.9%
Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native	11	0.0%

Ancestry	Population (2016 est.)	Share of total population
Total	82,419	100%
German	29,526	35.8%
Norwegian	11,825	14.3%
Irish	10,232	12.4%
Swedish	8,956	10.9%
English	5,691	6.9%
Polish	5,371	6.5%
French (except Basque)	3,891	4.7%
Italian	2,988	3.6%
American	2,945	3.6%
French Canadian	1,589	1.9%
Dutch	1,540	1.9%
Czech	1,269	1.5%
Scottish	1,148	1.4%
Danish	1,050	1.3%
Russian	661	0.8%
Subsaharan African	530	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	521	0.6%
Swiss	423	0.5%
Welsh	405	0.5%
Arab	330	0.4%
Hungarian	235	0.3%
Ukrainian	212	0.3%
Lithuanian	157	0.2%
Greek	114	0.1%
Slovak	101	0.1%
Portuguese	47	0.1%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	21	0.0%

List of senators

Session

Senator

Party

Term start

Term end

Home

Counties represented

14th

William D. Rice^[8]

Republican

January 2, 1872

January 5, 1874

Saint James

Cottonwood
Jackson
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Rock
Watonwan

15th

16th

Everett P. Freeman^[9]

January 6, 1874

January 3, 1876

Jackson

17th

18th

I.P. Durfee^[10]

Republican

January 7, 1878

January 13, 1876

Worthington

19th

20th

Christopher Smith^[11]

January 8, 1878

January 6, 1879

Windom

21st

Alfred Perkins^[12]

January 7, 1879

January 1, 1883

22nd

23rd

John Shaleen^[13]

Republican

January 2, 1883

January 3, 1887

Lindstrom

Chisago
Kanabec
Pine

24th

25th

Otto Wallmark^[14]

January 4, 1887

January 5, 1891

Chisago

26th

27th

Alcinus Young Eaton^[15]

January 6, 1891

January 7, 1895

Buffalo

Sherburne
Wright

28th

29th

William Edgar Culkin^[16]

January 8, 1895

January 2, 1899

30th

31st

John T. McGowan^[17]

Democratic

January 3, 1899

January 2, 1911

Minneapolis

Hennepin

32nd

33rd

34th

35th

36th

37th

Napoleon L'Herault^[18]

January 3, 1911

January 4, 1915

38th

39th

40th

41st

42nd

43rd

44th

45th

46th

47th

48th

49th

50th

51st

52nd

53rd

54th

55th

56th

57th

58th

59th

60th

61st

62nd

63rd

64th

65th

66th

67th

68th

Theodore J. "Ted" Daley^[19]

Republican

January 4, 2011

January 7, 2013

Eagan

Dakota

88th

Roger Chamberlain^[20]

January 8, 2013

January 5, 2021

Lino Lakes

Anoka
Ramsey
Washington

89th

90th

Recent elections

2016

The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016, and the primary election took place on August 9, 2016, with both candidates running unopposed.^[21] The general election was held on November 8, 2016, and Republican incumbent Roger Chamberlain defeated Democratic candidate Patrick Davern.^[22]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Chamberlain	27,109	58.67
	Democratic	Patrick Davern	19,094	41.33
Total votes			46,203	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the 2012 elections on June 5, 2012. The primary election was held on August 14, 2012, with neither candidate facing party opposition.^[23] The general election was held on November 6, 2012. Republican incumbent Roger Chamberlain defeated Democratic challenger Timothy Henderson.^[24]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Chamberlain	23,817	53.3
	Democratic	Timothy Henderson	20,849	46.7
Total votes			44,666	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ "District 38 Map" (PDF). Minnesota Legislature Geographic Information Servies. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Walker Orenstein (November 18, 2022). "What 4 incoming majority-maker Senate DFLers are pushing at the Legislature". MinnPost. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
^ "Anoka County Public Officials Guide 2018". Elections and Voter Registration. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Legislative Coordinating Commission: Geospatial Information". LCC-GIS Office. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
^ "Senate 38 Demographic Characteristics". Minnesota Legislature - Geographic Information Services. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Senate District 38 Social Characteristics". Minnesota Legislature - Geographic Information Services. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Senate District 38 Economic Characteristics". Minnesota Legislature - Geographic Information Services. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Rice, William D." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Freeman, Everett P." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Durfee, I.P." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Smith, Christopher H." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Perkins, Alfred D." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Shaleen, John". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "Wallmark, Otto Alexander Bernhard". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "Eaton, Alcinus Young". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "Culkin, William Edward". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "McGowan, John T." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ "L'Herault, Napoleon A." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ "Daley, Theodore J." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Chamberlain, Roger C." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Candidate Filings". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Official 2012 Primary Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
^ "Official 2012 General Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 3, 2018.