Minnesota Senate, District 67

American legislative district

Minnesota's 67th
State Senate district

Senator

	Foung Hawj DFL–Saint Paul
since January 8, 2013

Demographics

44.4% White
22.1% Black
11.1% Hispanic
33.7% Asian
2.1% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
4.6% Other

Population (2020)
• Voting age

88,060
52,435

Minnesota Senate, District 67, encompasses portions of Ramsey County.^[1] It has formerly included Kittson, Marshall, Roseau, Pennington, and Dakota counties. The district is currently served by Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senator Foung Hawj.^[2]

List of senators

Session

Senator

Party

Term start

Term end

Home

Counties represented

39th

Nels S. Hegnes^[3]

Nonpartisan Election

January 5, 1915

January 1, 1923

Argyle

Kittson
Marshall
Roseau

40th

41st

42nd

43rd

A.M. Landby^[4]

Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus

January 2, 1923

January 5, 1931

Swift

44th

45th

46th

47th

William L. Petersen^[5]

Nonpartisan Election

January 6, 1931

January 7, 1935

Lancaster

48th

49th

Richard Rice^[6]

January 8, 1935

January 2, 1939

Alvarado

50th

51st

Eric Friberg^[7]

January 3, 1939

January 6, 1947

Roseau

52nd

53rd

54th

55th

Donald Sinclair^[8]

Nonpartisan Election - Conservative Caucus

January 7, 1947

January 1, 1973

Stephen

56th

57th

58th

59th

60th

61st

62nd

63rd

64th

65th

Kittson
Marshall
Pennington
Roseau

66th

67th

68th

William McCutcheon^[9]

January 2, 1973

May 1, 1980

Saint Paul

Dakota
Ramsey

69th

Nonpartisan Election - Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus

70th

Democratic-Farmer-Labor

71st

72nd

Marilyn Lantry^[10]

January 6, 1981

January 7, 1991

Randy Cameron Kelly^[11]

January 8, 1991

January 2, 2002

Mee Moua^[12]

February 4, 2002

January 3, 2011

John M. Harrington^[13]

January 4, 2011

September 3, 2012

88th

Foung Hawj^[14]

January 8, 2013

Current

Recent elections

2016

The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016; both incumbent Foung Hawj and Krysia Weidell ran unopposed.^[15]^[16] The general election was held on November 8, 2016, resulting in Hwaj's victory.^[17]^[18]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Foung Hawj	21,696	75.37
	Republican	Krysia Weidell	7,091	24.63
Total votes			28,787	100.0
	hold

2012

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate occurred after state-wide redistricting from 2010. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 5, 2012. Foung Hawj defeated Tom Dimon and Robert Humphrey in the Democratic primary, and defeated Mike Capistrant in the general election.^[19]^[20]

Minnesota State Senate election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Foung Hawj	21,630	72.8
	Republican	Mike Capistrant	8,094	27.2
Total votes			29,724	100.0
	hold

References

^ "Senate District 67" (PDF). GIS. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Senator Foung Hawj (DFL) District 67". Minnesota Senate. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Hegnes, Nels S. "N.S."". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ "Landby, A.M." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ "Petersen, William L." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ "Rice, Richard". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ "Friberg, Eric". Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Sinclair, Donald". Minnesota Legislative Reference, Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "McCutcheon, William". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Lantry, Marilyn M." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Kelly, Randy Cameron". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Moua, Mee". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Harrington, John M." Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Hawj, Foung". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "MN Election Results (Primary)". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "General election results, 2016". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "MN General Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
^ "Official 2012 General Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "Official 2012 General Election Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 2, 2018.