State Senate Minority Leader

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The Senate Minority Leader of a state senate is a partisan position. The minority leader is the floor leader of the minority caucus.

The minority leader is often assisted in his/her role by whips, whose job is to enforce party discipline on votes deemed to be crucial by the party leadership and to ensure that members do not vote in a way not approved of by the party.

Leadership Positions in State Legislatures

President of the Senate • President Pro Tempore • Senate Majority Leader • Senate Minority Leader • House Majority Leader • House Minority Leader • State Speaker of the House

Minority Leaders by State

Minority Leader:	Legislature	Party:
Roger Bedford, (D)	Alabama State Senate	Republican
Charlie Huggins (R)	Alaska State Senate
David Schapira, (D)	Arizona State Senate	Republican
Ruth Whitaker, (R)	Arkansas State Senate	Democrat
Robert Dutton, (R)	California State Senate	Democrat
Mike Kopp, (R)	Colorado State Senate	Democrat
John McKinney, (R)	Connecticut State Senate	Democrat
F. Gary Simpson, (R)	Delaware State Senate	Democrat
Nan Rich, (D)	Florida State Senate	Republican
Robert Brown, (D)	Georgia State Senate	Republican
Samuel Slom, (R)	Hawaii State Senate	Democrat
Edgar Malepeai, (D)	Idaho State Senate	Republican
Christine Radogno, (R)	Illinois State Senate	Democrat
Vi Simpson, (D)	Indiana State Senate	Republican
Paul McKinley, (R)	Iowa State Senate	Democrat
Anthony Hensley, (D)	Kansas State Senate	Republican
R.J. Palmer, (D)	Kentucky State Senate	Republican
	Louisiana State Senate	Republican
Barry Hobbins, (D)	Maine State Senate	Republican
Nancy Jacobs, (R)	Maryland State Senate	Democrat
Richard Tisei, (R)	Massachusetts State Senate	Democrat
Gretchen Whitmer, (D)	Michigan State Senate	Republican
Thomas Bakk, (D)	Minnesota State Senate	Republican
	Mississippi State Senate	Republican
Victor Callahan, (D)	Missouri State Senate	Republican
Carol Williams, (D)	Montana State Senate	Republican
	Nebraska State Senate
Mike McGinness, (R)	Nevada State Senate	Democrat
Sylvia Larsen (D)	New Hampshire State Senate	Republican
Thomas Kean, (R)	New Jersey State Senate	Democrat
Stuart Ingle, (R)	New Mexico State Senate	Democrat
John Sampson, (D)	New York State Senate	Republican
Linda Garrou, (D)	North Carolina State Senate	Republican
Ryan Taylor, (D)	North Dakota State Senate	Republican
Capri Cafaro, (D)	Ohio State Senate	Republican
Andrew Rice, (D)	Oklahoma State Senate	Republican
Ted Ferrioli, (R)	Oregon State Senate	Democrat
Jay Costa, (D)	Pennsylvania State Senate	Republican
Dennis Algiere, (R)	Rhode Island State Senate	Democrat
John Land, (D)	South Carolina State Senate	Republican
Jason Frerichs, (D)	South Dakota State Senate	Republican
Jim Kyle, (D)	Tennessee State Senate	Republican
	Texas State Senate	Republican
Ross Romero, (D)	Utah State Senate	Republican
William Doyle, (R)	Vermont State Senate	Democrat
Thomas Norment, (R)	Virginia State Senate	Democrat
Mike Hewitt, (R)	Washington State Senate	Democrat
Mike Hall, (R)	West Virginia State Senate	Democrat
Mark Miller, (D)	Wisconsin State Senate	Republican
John Hastert, (D)	Wyoming State Senate	Republican

See also

• Leadership positions in state legislatures
• Senate Majority Leader
• Speaker of the House

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