Government

Here you will find information about offices and elected officials for all levels of government, from city to national.

Cities and Towns

Olmsted county includes eight cities and 18 townships.

Olmsted County

1. Commissioners
2. Olmsted County
3. School District 535

Minnesota

Executive Officers

The constitutional officers serve the entire state. Each one serves a four year term. All of the officers are elected at the same time (two years off the presidential years).

• Governor
• Secretary of State
• Auditor
• Attorney General

Senate

Minnesota is partitioned into 67 senate districts that define the areas represented by each state senator. Olmsted county is part of state senate districts 29 and 30. Boundaries of each senate district may be redrawn every 10 years, based on the national census. Each district is defined so as to have roughly the same population. State senators are elected to four year terms with roughly half of them elected each two years. However, two years after each census, redistricting requires all senators to be up for election.

Office	Office Holder	Area
District 25	Dave Senjem (R)	sum of house districts 25A and 25B: east Dodge county and northwest Olmsted county map
District 26	Carla Nelson (R)	sum of house districts 26A and 26B: south and east Olmsted county map

House of Representatives

For the state house representation, each senate district is split into two, A and B halves. Boundaries of each house district may be redrawn every 10 years, based on the national census. Each house district is defined so as to have roughly the same population.

Olmsted county contains or is part of state house districts 25A, 25B, 26A, and 26B.

Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives serve two year terms. The entire body is elected at the same time.

Office	Office Holder	Area
District 25A	Duane Quam (R)	east Dodge county and northwest Olmsted county map
District 25B	Liz Boldon (D)	roughly north and west city of Rochester map
District 26A	Tina Liebling (D)	roughly near-north and near-south city of Rochester map
District 26B	Nels Pierson (R)	south and east Olmsted county map

United States

1. Executive Branch: White House
2. Legislative Branch: Congress
   • Senate
   • House of Representatives (we’re in district 1)
3. Judicial Branch: Supreme Court

Links

1. Library of Congress
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Constitution
4. Bill of Rights