Eric Lucero, born between 1977 and 1978, is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate. He is part of the Republican Party in Minnesota and represents District 30. Before serving in the Senate, he worked in the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he represented District 30B in east-central Minnesota. In October 2020, Lucero won a lawsuit that stopped the use of a seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots received after Election Day. This extension had been created using special powers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early life

Lucero attended Metropolitan State University, where he graduated with a B.A.S. and later with a B.S. He later attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with an M.B.A.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Lucero was elected for the first time to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014.

On January 6, 2021, Lucero spoke at a rally called "Storm the Capitol" in St. Paul. Attendees cheered the real-time storming of the United States Capitol as it happened.

Minnesota Senate

Lucero was chosen to serve in the Minnesota Senate in 2022. On March 17, 2025, he was one of five Republicans who wrote a bill, SF2589, that would name "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as an officially recognized mental health condition in Minnesota.

Promotion of conspiracy theory

In 2024, Lucero was the lead author of a proposed Minnesota law based on the chemtrails conspiracy theory. The legislation relied on unscientific ideas and included references to false scientific-sounding terms, such as "xenobiotic electromagnetism and fields."