Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
MN
In office since
2007
Next election
2030
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
13 (1.5%)
Committees
6
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports protecting the environment and natural resources while pursuing a new energy future that reduces dependence on foreign oil and addresses climate change.
Supported motions to disapprove multiple EPA rules on emissions and PFAS reporting.
🗳 Yea on SJRES187 (2026-08-05)🗳 Yea on SJRES188 (2026-06-03)
Supports comprehensive immigration reform and protections for Dreamers, opposed the 2018 family separation policy, opposes open borders and decriminalizing illegal border crossings, and has called for ICE to leave Minnesota while opposing an ICE funding bill.
Votes support DACA processing and redirecting ICE funds but also back targeted deportations of certain offenders.
🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-04)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-22)
Supports the Affordable Care Act, including protections for preexisting conditions, and has championed legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.
No votes address ACA protections, preexisting conditions, or Medicare drug price negotiation.
Supports policies to strengthen the workforce, expand trade with Canada and Mexico, and address issues like the green card backlog to help U.S. companies recruit talent.
No votes address workforce policies, USMCA trade, or green card backlogs.
Voted for the First Step Act to reduce recidivism through expanded job training, early-release programs, and sentencing reforms for nonviolent drug offenders.
No votes relate to recidivism programs, sentencing reform, or the First Step Act.
Identifies as pro-choice on abortion rights.
No votes directly address abortion access or restrictions.
Supports LGBT rights.
No votes address LGBT rights or related protections.
S. 5241 — A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office".
2026-08-04 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S. 2723 — Treatment Court, Rehabilitation, and Recovery Act of 2025
2025-09-04 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 2196 — Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2025
2025-06-26 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.