Sam Solon: Marking 30 years in the Legislature

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July 10, 2001
Stephanie Hemphill - Reporter, Sam Solon - Interviewee, Kevin Walli - Interviewee, Edward Oliver - Interviewee, Arno Kahn - Interviewee
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MPR's Stephanie Hemphill presents a profile of Sam Solon, state senator from Duluth. He has represented the Duluth area in the state Legislature for 30 years, and has been successful in bringing state resources to his district for a variety of economic development projects. He now faces a personal fight…battling cancer.

In 1971, he was elected to the House of Representatives. In that year, the longest special session in history produced the so-called Minnesota Miracle. As a member of the House tax committee, Solon worked through the summer on the law that shifted most of the costs of education from local districts to the state. Some say he pulled off other miracles over the years in getting state support for key projects for Duluth.

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