BC-MN-XGR--Senate RollCall-Gay Marriage/303

Minn. Senate vote on a bill to ban gay marriage

ST. PAUL (AP) — Votes Wednesday as the Senate, on a 38-27 vote, approves putting a constitutional
amendment to prohibit gay marriage on the 2012 ballot. Voting yes were 37 Republicans and one
Democrat. Voting no were 27 Democrats.

DEMOCRATS VOTING YES

Stumpf (Plummer)

DEMOCRATS VOTING NO

Bakk (Cook); Berglin (Minneapolis); Bonoff (Minnetonka); Dibble (Minneapolis); Goodwin (Columbia
Heights); Harrington (St. Paul); Higgins (Minneapolis); Kelash (Minneapolis); Kubly (Granite Falls);
Langseth (Glyndon); Latz (St. Louis Park); Lourey (Kerrick); Marty (Roseville); McGuire (Falcon Heights);
Metzen (South St. Paul); Pappas (St. Paul); Pogemiller (Minneapolis); Reinert (Duluth); Rest (New Hope);
Saxhaug (Grand Rapids); Sheran (Mankato); Sieben (Newport); Skoe (Clearbrook); Sparks (Austin);
Tomassoni (Chisholm); Torres Ray (Minneapolis); Wiger (Maplewood)

DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING

Cohen (St. Paul); Scheid (Brooklyn Park)

REPUBLICANS VOTING YES

Benson (Ham Lake); Brown (Becker); Carlson (Bemidji); Chamberlain (Lino Lakes); Dahms (Redwood
Falls); Daley (Eagan); DeKruif (Madison Lake); Fischbach (Paynesville); Gazelka (Brainerd); Gerlach (Apple
Valley); Gimse (Willmar); Hall (Burnsville); Hann (Eden Prairie); Hoffman (Vergas); Howe (Red Wing);
Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria); Jungbauer (East Bethel); Koch (Buffalo); Kruse (Brooklyn Park); Lillie (Lake
Elmo); Limmer (Maple Grove); Magnus (Slayton); Michel (Edina); Miller (Winona); Nelson (Rochester);
Newman (Hutchinson); Nienow (Cambridge); Olson (Minnetrista); Ortman (Chanhassen); Parry
(Waseca); Pederson (St. Cloud); Robling (Jordan); Rosen (Fairmont); Senjem (Rochester); Thompson
(Lakeville); Vandeveer (Forest Lake); Wolf (Spring Lake Park)

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