Minnesota enacted new state legislative district boundaries on Feb. 15 when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. These maps will take effect for Minnesota’s 2022 legislative elections.
Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea established the five-judge special redistricting panel in June 2021 to hear legal challenges regarding redistricting and adopt maps should the legislature not agree on them. The panel consisted of two state court of appeals justices and three state district court judges. Republican governors originally appointed two of the five justices, Democratic governors first appointed two, and former Gov. Jesse Ventura (Reform) originally appointed one justice.
On the day the redistricting panel issued the legislative district plan, Kyle Brown of KSTP wrote, “The changes to Minnesota’s legislative map are much more minuscule and require more analysis.”
