| Jim Carlson | |
| Image Name: | Senator Jim Carlson on Equal Pay Day (cropped).jpg |
| State Senate: | Minnesota |
| District: | 52nd |
| Term Start: | January 8, 2013 |
| Preceded: | Ted Daley |
| State Senate2: | Minnesota |
| District2: | 38th |
| Term Start2: | January 3, 2007 |
| Term End2: | January 3, 2011 |
| Preceded2: | Michael McGinn |
| Succeeded2: | Ted Daley |
| Party: | Democratic (DFL) |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Alma Mater: | Dunwoody Institute University of Minnesota |
| Occupation: | Legislator |
| Spouse: | Gayle |
| Children: | 2 |
| Residence: | Eagan, Minnesota |
Jim Carlson (born February 17, 1947) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 52, which includes all but one precinct of Eagan and Mendota Heights, all of Mendota, and some of Burnsville in Dakota County in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Carlson was first elected in 2006.[1] He was unseated by Republican Ted Daley in 2010,[2] but ran again and was elected in 2012. Carlson was reelected in 2016, 2020, and 2022.
Carlson is Lutheran.