Minnesota Statutes Elections (Ch. 200-212) § 204D.02. Officers chosen at state general election; terms of office

Subdivision 1. Officers. All elective state and county officers, justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals and district court, state senators and state representatives, and senators and representatives in Congress shall be elected at the state general election held in the year before their terms of office expire. Presidential electors shall be chosen at the state general election held in the year before the expiration of a term of a president of the United States.

Subd. 2. Term of office. The term of office of all elective state and county officers shall begin on the first Monday in January of the odd-numbered year following their election.