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Leon Lillie
Image of Leon Lillie
Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 55A

Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B
Successor: Mike Freiberg

Compensation

Base salary

$51,750/year

Per diem

$66/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Luther College

Personal
Religion
Christian: Lutheran
Profession
Airlines employee
Contact

Leon Lillie (Democratic Party) is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 44B. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Lillie (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 44B. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Leon Lillie lives in North St. Paul, Minnesota. Lillie earned his B.A. in political science from Luther College and attended Nottingham University in the United Kingdom. His career experience includes working as a baggage handler for Northwest Airlines.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Lillie was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Lillie was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Lillie was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
Capital Investment
Legacy Funding
• State Government

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lillie served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lillie served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
Capital Investment
Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy
Legacy, Vice chair
Rules and Legislative Administration
Taxes

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lillie served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lillie served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B

Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated Bill Dahn and TJ Hawthorne in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Leon Lillie
Leon Lillie (D)
 
56.4
 
12,369
Bill Dahn (R)
 
37.6
 
8,254
Image of TJ Hawthorne
TJ Hawthorne (L)
 
5.9
 
1,298
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
29

Total votes: 21,950
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Bill Dahn advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lillie in this election.

2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B

Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated William Johnston and TJ Hawthorne in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Leon Lillie
Leon Lillie (D)
 
56.6
 
9,197
William Johnston (R)
 
38.5
 
6,260
Image of TJ Hawthorne
TJ Hawthorne (L) Candidate Connection
 
4.8
 
785
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

Total votes: 16,250
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. William Johnston advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B.

2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B

Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated Jordan Herzog and Antonio Nerios in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Leon Lillie
Leon Lillie (D)
 
56.7
 
12,651
Image of Jordan Herzog
Jordan Herzog (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.3
 
8,330
Antonio Nerios (Veterans Party of America Party) Candidate Connection
 
5.9
 
1,309
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
22

Total votes: 22,312
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jordan Herzog advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B

Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated Rachael Bucholz in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Leon Lillie
Leon Lillie (D)
 
62.3
 
11,253
Rachael Bucholz (R)
 
37.6
 
6,788
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
19

Total votes: 18,060
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B

Incumbent Leon Lillie advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Leon Lillie

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B

Rachael Bucholz advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B on August 14, 2018.


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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Leon Lillie defeated Nathan Hansen in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B general election.[3][4]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43B General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Leon Lillie Incumbent 59.67% 12,017
     Republican Nathan Hansen 40.33% 8,123
Total Votes 20,140
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Leon Lillie ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B Democratic primary.[5][6]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43B Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Leon Lillie Incumbent (unopposed)


Nathan Hansen ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B Republican primary.[5][6]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43B Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Nathan Hansen  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Leon Lillie was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Justice Whitethorn was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lillie defeated Whitethorn in the general election.[7][8][9]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43B General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLeon Lillie Incumbent 58.1% 7,891
     Republican Justice Whitethorn 41.7% 5,672
     Write-in Write-in 0.2% 23
Total Votes 13,586

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Lillie won re-election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Kevin Klein (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43B, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLeon Lillie Incumbent 60.5% 12,445
     Republican Kevin Klein 39.5% 8,111
Total Votes 20,556

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Lillie won re-election to the District 55A seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Nathan Hansen (R) and Joseph Polencheck (Independence Party of Minnesota) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[12]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 55A (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Leon Lillie (DFL) 7,810 56.24%
Nathan Hansen (R) 5,136 36.98%
Joseph Polencheck (Independence) 930 6.7%
Write-In 12 0.09%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Lillie won election to the District 55A Seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Christine Jacobson and Bob Zick. [13]

Lillie raised $35,409 for his campaign.[14]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 55A (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Leon Lillie (DFL) 11,749 59.96%
Christine Jacobson (R) 5,961 30.42%
Bob Zick (I) 1,862 9.50%
Write-In 23 0.12%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Leon Lillie did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Leon Lillie did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Leon Lillie campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Minnesota House of Representatives District 44BWon general$32,220 $35,542
2022Minnesota House of Representatives District 44BWon general$27,055 $28,996
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 43BWon general$26,293 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 43BWon general$26,225 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43bWon $17,005 N/A**
2014Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43bWon $26,012 N/A**
2012Minnesota House, District 43BWon $19,242 N/A**
2010Minnesota House, District 55AWon $32,134 N/A**
2008Minnesota House, District 55AWon $35,409 N/A**
2006Minnesota House, District 55AWon $27,830 N/A**
2004Minnesota House, District 55AWon $33,481 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Patty Acomb (D)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Minnesota House of Representatives District 43B
2013-2023
Succeeded by
Mike Freiberg (D)
Preceded by
-
Minnesota House of Representatives District 55A
2005-2013
Succeeded by
-


Current members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Lisa Demuth
Majority Leader:Harry Niska
Representatives
District 1A
District 1B
District 2A
District 2B
District 3A
District 3B
District 4A
District 4B
Jim Joy (R)
District 5A
District 5B
District 6A
Ben Davis (R)
District 6B
District 7A
District 7B
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District 9A
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District 23B
District 24A
District 24B
District 25A
Kim Hicks (D)
District 25B
District 26A
District 26B
District 27A
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District 28A
District 28B
Max Rymer (R)
District 29A
District 29B
District 30A
District 30B
District 31A
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District 33A
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Ethan Cha (D)
District 48A
Jim Nash (R)
District 48B
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District 52A
Liz Reyer (D)
District 52B
District 53A
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John Huot (D)
District 57A
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Fue Lee (D)
District 59B
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District 62B
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Liz Lee (D)
District 67B
Jay Xiong (D)
Republican Party (67)
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Vacancies (1)