Linda Higgins

Linda Higgins

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Minnesota State Senate District 58

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Hennepin County Commission District 2

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Education

Associate

Iowa Lakes Community College

Bachelor's

Mankato State College

Personal

Profession

Administrative analyst

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Linda Higgins was the nonpartisan District 2 county commissioner in Hennepin County in Minnesota. Higgins did not file for re-election in 2018.

Higgins is a former Democratic member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 58 from 1997 to 2013.

Biography

Higgins graduated from Iowa Lakes Community College with her associate degree and later graduated from Mankato State with her bachelor's degree. Higgins' professional experience includes working as an editor/writer for McGraw-Hill Publication, Control Data Corporation, and Modern Medicine Publication, as a self-employed writer, and as an administrative analyst for the Minneapolis Regulatory Services Department problem properties unit and licensing division.

Elections

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

In November 2011, Higgins announced she would not be seeking re-election in 2012.“I’ve been honored to serve the residents of North and Downtown Minneapolis for 15 years. I’m proud of what we have accomplished, and I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to serve our community,” she said.

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Higgins won re-election to the 58th District seat in 2010. She defeated Troy Parker and Kale Severson in the primary. Hayley Astrup ran for the seat on the Republican ticket. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

Minnesota State Senate, District 58 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Linda Higgins (DFL)		13955	80.27%
Hayley Astrup (R)		3378	19.43%
Write-In		53	0.30%

2006

On November 7, 2006, Higgins won re-election to the 58th District Seat in the Minnesota State Senate, defeating Jim Lilly (R).

Minnesota State Senate, District 58 (2006)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Linda Higgins (DFL)		14,598	78.93%
Jim Lilly (R)		3,830	20.71%
Write-In		67	0.36%

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Higgins served on these committees:

• Capital Investment
• Environment and Natural Resources, Ranking Minority Member
• Health and Human Services

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Higgins served on these committees:

• Finance
• Health, Housing and Family Security
• Judiciary
• Judiciary Budget Division
• Public Safety Budget Division (Chair)

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

Taxpayers League of Minnesota

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota, a Minnesota-based taxpayer advocacy organization, releases a legislative scorecard for the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate once a year. The scorecard gives each legislator a score based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on tax issues and “their efforts to balance the state budget without a tax increase.” The organization also compiles a legislator’s individual "Lifetime Score."

2012

Higgins received a score of 0 percent in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 63rd out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.

2011

Higgins received a score of 8 percent in the 2011 scorecard, ranking 50th out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.

See also

Hennepin County, Minnesota	Minnesota	Municipal government	Other local coverage
Government of Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin County, Minnesota Counties in Minnesota Cities in Minnesota	Minnesota Minnesota elections, 2018 Public policy in Minnesota Endorsers in Minnesota	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2018 municipal elections School board elections, 2018 Local ballot measure elections in 2018 2018 local judicial elections

External links

Suggest a link

• Search Google News for this topic
• Hennepin County website
• Linda Higgins official Minnesota State Senate website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1996

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Minnesota State Senate District 58 1997–2013	Succeeded by Dave Thompson (R)