Eric Lucero
Eric Lucero is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 30. He previously served in the Minnesota [House of Representatives], representing District 30B in east-central Minnesota. Lucero was a successful litigant in an October 2020 lawsuit which prohibited the implementation of a seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots received after Election Day, which had been put in place via emergency powers because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early life
Lucero attended Metropolitan State University, graduating with a B.A.S. and again with a B.S. He later attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a M.B.A.Minnesota House of Representatives
Lucero was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014.Lucero spoke at a “Storm the Capitol” rally in St. Paul on January 6, 2021, whose attendees cheered the 2021 [storming of the United States Capitol|actual storming of the United States Capitol] as it was unfolding in real-time.
Minnesota Senate
Lucero was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.On March 17, 2025, he was one of the five Republican authors of a bill, SF2589, that would designate "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as an officially recognized mental illness in Minnesota.