# Eric Lucero *Minnesota state legislator, member of the Minnesota Senate (District 30)* Eric Lucero (born 1977/1978) is a Republican member of the [[Minnesota Senate]], where he holds the District 30 seat as a member of the [[Republican Party of Minnesota]].[^1] Before moving to the Senate, he represented District 30B, in east-central Minnesota, in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]].[^1] In October 2020, according to Wikipedia, Lucero won a lawsuit that stopped a seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots that arrived after Election Day. The extension had been adopted under emergency powers during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].[^1] The pack carries no court filing, caption or docket for that case. ## Early life Lucero earned a B.A.S. and a B.S. from Metropolitan State University.[^1] He then completed an M.B.A. at the [[University of Minnesota]].[^1] ## Minnesota House of Representatives Voters first sent Lucero to the Minnesota House in the 2014 election.[^1] Wikipedia reports that on January 6, 2021, he addressed a rally in St. Paul billed as "Storm the Capitol." Wikipedia also states that people at that event cheered the storming of the United States Capitol while it was taking place.[^1] ## Minnesota Senate Lucero won election to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.[^1] According to Wikipedia, he was one of five Republican authors of SF2589, a bill dated March 17, 2025. The bill would make "Trump Derangement Syndrome" an officially recognized mental illness in Minnesota.[^1] The pack does not include the bill text or its legislative history. ## 2024 atmospheric legislation Wikipedia reports that in 2024 Lucero was chief author of proposed Minnesota legislation. Wikipedia ties the proposal to claims about "chemtrails" and describes it as resting on pseudoscience. It also says the proposal referred to "xenobiotic electromagnetism and fields."[^1] The pack does not include the bill number, the bill text, or any record of legislative action on the proposal. ## Personal life Lucero and his wife, Erum Lucero, live in Dayton, Minnesota.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Eric Lucero* (revision 1378275746, retrieved 26 October 2026) — birth year, party, district and office history, education, the 2020 absentee-ballot litigation, the January 6, 2021 rally, SF2589, the 2024 proposal, and residence, as stated in the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Lucero