Senator Matt Klein was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016. He represents Senate District 53 which includes Inver Grove Heights, South Saint Paul, West Saint Paul, Saint Paul Park, Cottage Grove, Newport, Mendota Heights, Lilydale, Sunfish Lake, Grey Cloud Island Township.
Senator Klein and his wife Kristine live in Mendota Heights and have five adult children. Klein graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed his medical training at Mayo Medical School in Rochester. Klein worked at Hennepin Healthcare for many years, including through the Coronavirus pandemic. He now practices internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Prior to his election to the Senate, Klein served on the West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School Board from 2013-2016.
As Chair of the Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, Klein led on consumer rights legislation in the 2023-24 session, passing ticket transparency legislation, banning junk fees, curbing copper wire theft, data privacy, strengthening protections for student loan borrowers, and much more. Klein’s commerce budget also created the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to review and limit how much Minnesotans pay for high cost drugs and prohibits drug manufacturers from price gouging.
Through his service as Vice Chair on Tax Committee, Klein helped usher to passage the largest income tax cut in state history, delivering more than $3 billion in new tax benefits to Minnesotans, including a national leading child tax credit.
Klein also serves on the Energy, Climate and Environment committee, and has been a champion of health care reform to ensure access to quality, affordable care and medication for all.
Read Senator Klein’s 2026 End of Session report here.
