Joe McDonald
D
64%
Freedom Score
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Session Voting Records
Reports
2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota: House
Score: 45
Land Conservation
Appropriates $191.1 million from Minnesota's Outdoor Heritage Fund for 54 projects involving wildlife habitat restoration, land conservation, and the protection of natural areas.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Cost per household: -$82.80
Healthcare and Welfare Programs
Increases state healthcare and welfare spending by $312 million.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Cost per household: -$136.00
Infrastructure and Economic-development Projects
Appropriates $46.47 million for infrastructure improvements and economic-development projects.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Cost per household: -$24.05
Workforce-development Programs
Would have expanded Minnesota's taxpayer-funded workforce-development programs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Cost per household: -$1.04/year
Electronic-device Restrictions While Driving
Would have prohibited drivers from viewing electronic content on devices or vehicle screens while driving or stopped in traffic.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Housing Grants
Redirects $9 million to provide emergency grants to supportive-housing providers facing federal-funding shortfalls.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: No
Cost per household: -$3.90
Removing Illegals From MinnesotaCare
Changed MinnesotaCare eligibility by removing access for illegal migrants.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Housing Omnibus and Homelessness Prevention
Sets the 2026-27 budget for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and makes broad changes to state housing laws and programs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Cost per household: -$78.00/year
Legacy Finance Bill
Allocates money from the state's Legacy Amendment sales-tax funds for outdoor heritage, clean-water projects, parks and trails, and arts and cultural initiatives.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Cost per household: -$402.00/year
Property and Contract Rights Violation
Imposes that landlords and homeowners' associations cannot charge extra pet fees for training service dogs.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Climate and Energy Spending
Appropriates state funding for a wide range of climate, energy, and renewable-development programs for the 2026-27 biennium.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Cost per household: -$13.00/year
241 State Office Building *
St. Paul, MN 55155
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