The Minnesota Senate, District 4, includes most of Becker and Clay counties in the northwestern part of the state. It is currently represented by Rob Kupec of the DFL.
List of senators
SessionImageSenatorPartyTerm startTerm endHomeLocation1stErastus N. BatesRepDecember 2, 1857December 6, 1859MinneapolisHennepinDelano T. Smith2ndRiley Lucas BartholomewDecember 7, 1859January 7, 1861RichfieldJesse BishopNonMinneapolis3rdDavid HeatonRepJanuary 8, 1861January 5, 1863St. AnthonyAnoka
Benton
Hennepin
Isanti
Manomin (defunct)
Mille Lacs
Sherburne4th5th6th John Sargent PillsburyJanuary 6, 1863January 4, 18697th8th9th10th11th William LochrenDemJanuary 5, 1869January 2, 187112th13thJohn Sargent PillsburyRepJanuary 3, 1871January 1, 187214thSherman PageJanuary 5, 1874AustinMower15thN.K. NobleJanuary 2, 187216thE.H. WellsNonJanuary 6, 1874January 3, 1876Lansing17th18thRobert I. SmithRepJanuary 4, 1876January 7, 1878Austin19th20thGeorge W. CloughJanuary 8, 1878January 6, 187921stW.H. OfficerNonJanuary 7, 1879January 1, 188322nd23rdW.P. SergeantJanuary 2, 1883January 3, 1887Albert LeaFreeborn24th25thMarcellus HalvorsonRepJanuary 4, 1887January 6, 1891Bancroft26th27thH.C. NelsonAllianceJanuary 6, 1891January 7, 1895Hayward28th29thThorvald V. KnatvoldRepJanuary 8, 1895January 2, 1899Albert Lea30th31stJoseph UnderleakJanuary 3, 1899January 2, 1903ChatfieldOlmstead32nd33rdHorace WitherstineDemJanuary 3, 1903January 2, 1911Rochester34th35th36th37thAlonzo Thomas StebbinsRepJanuary 3, 1911January 4, 191538th39thJames I. VermilyaNonJanuary 5, 1915January 6, 1919Quincy40th41stArthur C. GoodingRepJanuary 7, 1919January 1, 1923Rochester42nd43rd Allen J. FurlowJanuary 2, 1923April 22, 1925Elected to the U.S. House44thVacantApril 22, 1925January 4, 192745th William B. RichardsonRepJanuary 4, 1927September 19, 1945DiedRochester46th47thConcurrently Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24, 1936 – January 1, 193748th49th50th51st52nd53rd54th 55thWalter BurdickConJanuary 7, 1947January 5, 195956th57th58th59th60th61stSandy Keith LibJanuary 6, 1959January 7, 196362nd63rdHarold G. KreigerConJanuary 8, 1963January 4, 197164th65th66th67th68thJerry WilletDFLJanuary 5, 1971November 15, 1987Resigned to become Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyPark RapidsBecker Clearwater
Hubbard
Mahnomen69thBeltrami
Cass
Hubbard
Itasca
Morrison
Wadena70th71st72nd73rdBeltrami Cass
Hubbard74th75thBob DeckerInd RepNovember 16, 1987January 7, 1991Bemidji76th77thSkip FinnDFLJanuary 8, 1991July 1, 1996Resigned after he received 12 felony convictionsCass LakeBeltrami
Cass
Hubbard
Itasca
Wadena78th79thVacantJuly 1, 1996January 7, 199780thDavid Ten EyckDFLJanuary 7, 1997October 27, 1999Appointed to Ninth Judicial District for Crow Wing CountyEast Gull Lake81stVacantOctober 27, 1999December 12, 1999Tony KinkelDFLDecember 12, 1999January 6, 2003Park Rapids82nd83rdCarrie RuudRepJanuary 7, 2003January 2, 2007Breezy PointBeltrami
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca84th85thMary OlsonDFLJanuary 3, 2007January 3, 2011Bemidji86th87thJohn CarlsonRepJanuary 4, 2011January 7, 201388thKent EkenDFLJanuary 8, 2013January 4, 2023Twin ValleyBecker
Clay
Norman89th90th91st92nd93rdRob KupecDFLJanuary 4, 2023IncumbentMoorheadBecker
Clay
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