The 2020 Census Results and Redistricting in Minnesota – What Happens Next?

Originally presented:  October 7, 2021     |     Course length:  1.0 hour

Redistricting of Minnesota’s legislative and congressional seats is the constitutionally mandated redrawing of district lines once every 10 years after the census. This task falls to the state Legislature and the governor. Legislators have the right to select their voters, although they haven’t been completely successful since the 1960s. Creating these lines is significant for they determine the political boundaries for all 201 legislative and eight congressional districts in the state. Minnesota had the highest self-response rate in the nation for the 2020 census, which has been credited for the reason the state did not lose one of its eight congressional seats. However, the battle over how district lines will be drawn is just beginning. The political stakes are high, and the stage is set for an interesting road ahead. In this webcast, our experts will review the history of redistricting in Minnesota, the current situation in the parallel legislative and judicial redistricting tracks and provide insight into what lies ahead both politically and legally as the congressional and state legislative districts lines are redrawn.

– Professor David Schultz; University of Minnesota Law School and Hamline University
– Bibi Black; General Counsel, Office of Minnesota Secretary of State