Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

MN Scorecard 2023

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

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.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Unemployment Expansion

Good Vote: No

SF40 Unemployment Expansion (Passed 127 to 7 on 1/23/23). Makes additional unemployment benefits available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for miners.

2. Paid Family Leave

Good Vote: No

HF2 Paid Family Leave (Passed 68 to 62 on 5/17/23). 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.

3. Renewable Energy

Good Vote: No

HF7 Renewable Energy (Passed 70 to 60 on 1/26/23). Sets unreasonable Renewable Energy Standards (RES) modifications.

4. Homeless Prevention

Good Vote: No

HF1440 Homeless Prevention (Passed 73 to 50 on 3/16/23). Allocates $50,000,000 from the general fund to the Housing Finance Agency for the family homeless prevention and assistance program.

5. Voting Changes

Good Vote: No

HF3 Voting Changes (Passed 70 to 57 on 4/13/23). Establishes automatic voter registration and allows voters to receive ballots automatically for each election.

6. Protect Reproductive Options Act

Good Vote: No

HF1 Protect Reproductive Options Act (Passed 69 to 65 on 1/19/23). Enacts that every individual possesses a fundamental right to autonomously make decisions regarding their reproductive health, including abortion.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Patty Acomb	D	HD-044B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Esther Agbaje	D	HD-059B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pam Altendorf	R	HD-020A	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Paul H. Anderson	R	HD-012B	80%	-	.	+	+	+	+
Patti Anderson	R	HD-033A	80%	-	+	+	+	.	+
Jeff Backer	R	HD-012A	75%	-	+	.	+	.	+
Kristin Bahner	D	HD-034B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Bakeberg	R	HD-054B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Dave Baker	R	HD-017B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Jamie Becker-finn	D	HD-042B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peggy Bennett	R	HD-027A	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Kaela Berg	D	HD-056B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Bierman	D	HD-057A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Bliss	R	HD-005A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Jeff Brand	D	HD-018A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Burkel	R	HD-001A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Ned Carroll	D	HD-042A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethan Cha	D	HD-047B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mary Clardy	D	HD-053A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nathan Coulter	D	HD-051B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brion Curran	D	HD-036B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Daniels	R	HD-024B	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Kurt Daudt	R	HD-031A	80%	-	+	+	+	.	+
Gregory Davids	R	HD-028B	80%	-	+	.	+	+	+
Ben Davis	R	HD-006A	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Lisa Demuth	R	HD-013A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Jeff Dotseth	R	HD-011A	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Heather Edelson	D	HD-049A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Elkins	D	HD-049B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Elliott Engen	R	HD-036A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Sandra Feist	D	HD-041B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leigh Finke	D	HD-066A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Fischer	D	HD-043A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marj Fogelman	R	HD-021B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Mary Franson	R	HD-008B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Cedrick Frazier	D	HD-045A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luke Frederick	D	HD-019B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Freiberg	D	HD-045B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pat Garofalo	R	HD-058B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Dawn Gillman	R	HD-017A	80%	-	+	+	+	.	+
Aisha Gomez	D	HD-062B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Emma Greenman	D	HD-063B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matthew Grossell	R	HD-002A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Rick Hansen	D	HD-052A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jessica Hanson	D	HD-056A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobbie Harder	R	HD-017B	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hodan Hassan	D	HD-062A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joshua Heintzeman	R	HD-010A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger	D	HD-047A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kaohly Her	D	HD-064A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kim Hicks	D	HD-025A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josiah Hill	D	HD-033B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Athena Hollins	D	HD-066B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Hornstein	D	HD-061A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Melissa Hortman	D	HD-036B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Howard	D	HD-050A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shane Hudella	R	HD-041B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Walter Hudson	R	HD-030A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
John Huot	D	HD-057B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samakab Hussein	D	HD-065A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Igo	R	HD-005B	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Steven Jacob	R	HD-020B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Brian Johnson	R	HD-032A	80%	-	+	+	+	.	+
Sydney Jordan	D	HD-060A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Joy	R	HD-004B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Heather Keeler	D	HD-004A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debra Kiel	R	HD-001B	75%	-	.	+	+	.	+
Ginny Klevorn	D	HD-044A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Krista Knudsen	R	HD-005A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Erin Koegel	D	HD-037A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn	D	HD-048B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alicia Kozlowski	D	HD-008B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Koznick	R	HD-058A	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Larry Kraft	D	HD-046A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Kresha	R	HD-009B	80%	-	+	.	+	+	+
Fue Lee	D	HD-059A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liz Lee	D	HD-067A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tina Liebling	D	HD-026A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leon Lillie	D	HD-043B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Lislegard	D	HD-006B	17%	-	+	-	-	-	-
Jamie Long	D	HD-061B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe McDonald	R	HD-029A	80%	-	.	+	+	+	+
Shane Mekeland	R	HD-015B	100%	+	+	+	.	+	+
Kelly Moller	D	HD-042A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patricia Mueller	R	HD-027B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Tom Murphy	R	HD-009B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Andrew Myers	R	HD-045A	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Danny Nadeau	R	HD-034A	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jim Nash	R	HD-047A	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Nathan Nelson	R	HD-011B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Mike Nelson	D	HD-040A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anne Neu Brindley	R	HD-032B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Harry Niska	R	HD-031A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Mohamud Noor	D	HD-060B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Norris	D	HD-032B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Novotny	R	HD-030A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Tim O'Driscoll	R	HD-013B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Marion O'Neill	R	HD-029B	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Bjorn Olson	R	HD-023A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Liz Olson	D	HD-007B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gene Pelowski	D	HD-028A	33%	-	+	-	-	-	+
Maria Perez-Hedges	D	HD-065B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernie Perryman	R	HD-014A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
John Petersburg	R	HD-024A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Brian Pfarr	R	HD-020A	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Dave Pinto	D	HD-064B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Laurie Pryor	D	HD-048A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kristi Pursell	D	HD-058A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duane Quam	R	HD-025A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Lucille Rehm	D	HD-048B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liz Reyer	D	HD-051B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruth Richardson	D	HD-052B	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Kristin Robbins	R	HD-034A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Joe Schomacker	R	HD-022A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Isaac Schultz	R	HD-010B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Peggy Scott	R	HD-035B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Samantha Sencer-Mura	D	HD-063A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Skraba	R	HD-003A	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Andrew Smith	D	HD-025B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zack Stephenson	D	HD-036A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Swedzinski	R	HD-016A	80%	-	+	+	+	.	+
Brad Tabke	D	HD-054A	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Torkelson	R	HD-016B	80%	-	.	+	+	+	+
Dean Urdahl	R	HD-018A	80%	-	+	.	+	+	+
Samantha Vang	D	HD-040B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bianca Virnig	D	HD-052B	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nolan West	R	HD-037B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Mike Wiener	R	HD-005B	100%	+	+	+	.	+	+
Mark Wiens	R	HD-041A	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Jeff Witte	R	HD-057B	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Dan Wolgamott	D	HD-014B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Xiong	D	HD-067B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cheryl Youakim	D	HD-046B	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Natalie Zeleznikar	R	HD-003B	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	0.7%
Republican	82.8%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution