2023 MN Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Minnesota Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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House Votes

1. Unemployment Expansion

Makes additional unemployment benefits available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for miners.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
SF40 Roll Call 1234748

2. Paid Family Leave

Establishes a state-run insurance program to provide Minnesota workers with up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and up to an additional 12 weeks of paid medical leave per year.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HF2 Roll Call 1327472

3. Renewable Energy

Sets unreasonable Renewable Energy Standards (RES) modifications.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HF7 Roll Call 1236945

4. Homeless Prevention

Allocates $50,000,000 from the general fund to the Housing Finance Agency for the family homeless prevention and assistance program.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$22.00/year
HF1440 Roll Call 1278052

5. Voting Changes

Establishes automatic voter registration and allows voters to receive ballots automatically for each election.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HF3 Roll Call 1301387

6. Protect Reproductive Options Act

Enacts that every individual possesses a fundamental right to autonomously make decisions regarding their reproductive health, including abortion.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
HF1 Roll Call 1233742

How did they vote?

Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Patty Acomb D 0%
Esther Agbaje D 0%
Pam Altendorf R 100%
Patti E. Anderson R 80%
Paul H. Anderson R 80%
Jeff Backer R 75%
Kristin Bahner D 0%
Ben Bakeberg R 83%
Dave Baker R 83%
Jamie Becker-finn D 0%
Peggy Bennett R 80%
Kaela Berg D 0%
Robert Bierman D 0%
Matt Bliss R 83%
Jeff Brand D 0%
John Burkel R 83%
Ned Carroll D 0%
Ethan Cha D 0%
Mary Frances Clardy D 0%
Nathan Coulter D 0%
Brion Curran D 0%
Brian Daniels R 80%
Gregory M. Davids R 80%
Ben Davis R 80%
Lisa Demuth R 83%
Jeff Dotseth R 67%
Heather Edelson D 0%
Steve Elkins D 0%
Elliott Engen R 83%
Sandra Feist D 0%
Leigh Finke D 0%
Peter Fischer D 0%
Marj Fogelman R 100%
Mary Franson R 83%
Cedrick Rommel Frazier D 0%
Luke Frederick D 0%
Mike Freiberg D 0%
Pat Garofalo R 83%
Dawn Gillman R 80%
Aisha Gomez D 0%
Emma Greenman D 0%
Matthew J. Grossell R 83%
Rick Hansen D 0%
Jessica Hanson D 0%
Bobbie V. Harder R 100%
Hodan Hassan D 0%
Joshua Heintzeman R 83%
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger D 0%
Kaohly Her D 0%
Kim Hicks D 0%
Josiah Hill D 0%
Athena Hollins D 0%
Frank Hornstein D 0%
Melissa Hortman D 0%
Michael Howard D 0%
Shane Hudella R 83%
Walter Hudson R 83%
John Huot D 0%
Samakab Hussein D 0%
Spencer Igo R 80%
Steven E. Jacob R 83%
Brian Johnson R 80%
Sydney Jordan D 0%
Jim Joy R 83%
Heather Keeler D 0%
Debra Kiel R 75%
Ginny Klevorn D 0%
Krista Knudsen R 83%
Erin Koegel D 0%
Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn D 0%
Alicia Kozlowski D 0%
Jon Koznick R 100%
Larry Kraft D 0%
Ron Kresha R 80%
Fue Lee D 0%
Liz Lee D 0%
Tina Liebling D 0%
Leon Michael Lillie D 0%
Dave Lislegard D 17%
Jamie Long D 0%
Joe McDonald R 80%
Shane Mekeland R 100%
Kelly Moller D 0%
Patricia Mueller R 83%
Tom Murphy R 83%
Andrew Myers R 80%
Danny Nadeau R 67%
Jim Nash R 80%
Mike V. Nelson D 0%
Nathan Nelson R 83%
Harry Niska R 83%
Mohamud Noor D 0%
Matt Norris D 0%
Paul Novotny R 83%
Tim O'Driscoll R 83%
Bjorn Olson R 83%
Liz Olson D 0%
Gene Pelowski D 33%
Maria Isa Perez-Hedges D 0%
Bernie Perryman R 83%
John Petersburg R 83%
Brian Pfarr R 100%
Dave Pinto D 0%
Laurie Pryor D 0%
Kristi Pursell D 0%
Duane Quam R 83%
Lucille Lucy Rehm D 0%
Liz Reyer D 0%
Kristin Robbins R 83%
Joe Schomacker R 83%
Isaac Schultz R 83%
Peggy Scott R 83%
Samantha Sencer-Mura D 0%
Roger J. Skraba R 67%
Andrew Smith D 0%
Zack Stephenson D 0%
Chris Swedzinski R 80%
Brad Tabke D 0%
Paul Torkelson R 80%
Dean Urdahl R 80%
Samantha Vang D 0%
Nolan West R 83%
Mike Wiener R 100%
Mark Wiens R 83%
Jeff Witte R 83%
Dan Wolgamott D 0%
Jay Xiong D 0%
Cheryl Youakim D 0%
Natalie Zeleznikar R 67%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat0.7%
Republican82.9%
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