North metro legislators

The 2012 Legislature is convening this week in St. Paul. Here are the senators and House members who represent the north metro area:

• Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, seventh term, first elected 1998, District 48B

• Bob Barrett, R-Shafer, first term, District 17B

• Lyndon Carlson, DFL-Crystal, 20th term, first elected 1972, District 45B

• Bobby Jo Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, second term, first elected 2008, District, 58B

• Roger Crawford, R-Mora, first term, District 8B

• Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, first term, District 17A

• Denise Dittrich, DFL-Champlin, fourth term, first elected 2004, District 47A

• Sondra Erickson, R-Princeton, seventh term (non-consecutive), first elected 1998, District 16A

• Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, eighth term (non-consecutive), first elected 1994, District 48A

• Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center, sixth term, first elected 2000, District 46B

• Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, fourth term, first elected 2004, District 47B

• Mary Kiffmeyer, R-Big Lake, second term, first elected 2008, District 16B

• Carolyn Laine, DFL-Columbia Heights, third term, first elected 2006, District 50A

• Diane Loeffler, DFL-Minneapolis, fourth term, first elected 2004, District 59A

• Joe Mullery, DFL-Minneapolis, eighth term, first elected 1996, District 58A

• Mike Nelson, DFL-Brooklyn Park, fifth term, first elected 2002, District 46A

• Branden Petersen, R-Andover, first term, District 49B

• Sandra Peterson, DFL-New Hope, fourth term, first elected 2004, District 45A

• Linda Runbeck, R-Circle Pines, third term (non-consecutive), first elected 1989, District 53A

• Tim Sanders, R-Blaine, second term, first elected 2008, District 51A

• Peggy Scott, R-Andover, second term, first elected 2008, District 49A

SENATE

• Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, first term, District 49

• David Brown, R-Becker, first term, District 16

• Roger Chamberlain, R-Lino Lakes, first term, District 53

• Chris Eaton, DFL-Brooklyn Center, first term, won special election in fall 2011 to complete the term of the late Sen. Linda Scheid, District 46

• Linda Higgins, DFL-Minneapolis, fifth term, first elected 1996, District 58

• Mike Jungbauer, R-East Bethel, third term, first elected 2002, District 48

• Benjamin Kruse, R-Brooklyn Park, first term, District 47

• Sean Nienow, R-Cambridge, second term (non-consecutive), first elected 2002, District 17

• Kari Dziedzic, DFL-Minneapolis, first term, won special election this month to complete the term of Sen. Larry Pogemiller, who became director of the state Department of Higher Education, District 59

• Ray Vandeveer, R-Forest Lake, second term, first elected 2006 (previously served in House), District 52