# Huldah Hiltsley

Huldah Hiltsley is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 38A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 38A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/05831ea3-3480-4a57-a5ea-a1844a554301

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05831ea3-3480-4a57-a5ea-a1844a554301 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

-3.9% of Hiltsley’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## What Hiltsley says (MN 2025–26 session)

89 classified statements: 89 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hiltsley | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.4% | 2.5% | 195 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.4% | 10.4% | 552 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.3% | 39.2% | 395 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 9.0% | 2.9% | 47 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 21.3% | 14.4% | 207 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 26% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Immigration 14% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Labor and Employment 14% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Families 11% (State House Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.05), from 54 donors and 192 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

293 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 135. 3.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 68 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4836: Employer required to provide notice to employees of federal immigration inspection, employers prohibited from allowing federal immigration officers into… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4836/
- HF 4826: Justice 4 Us The People housing project funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4826/
- HF 4651: Medical assistance program integrity requirements modified; commissioner directed to create a medical assistance program integrity advisory board; provider… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4651/
- HF 4392: Wage remediation following delayed federal approval of retroactive rate increases required. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4392/
- HF 4117: Family homeless prevention and assistance program appropriation increased. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4117/
- HF 3873: Osseo authorized to impose a local sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3873/
- HF 3197: Funding provided for Legacy Coordination Network Education Fund, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3197/
- HF 3198: Northwest Metro Regional Real Time Crime Center funding provided, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3198/
- HF 3203: Osseo; Sipe Park and other street or capital improvements, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3203/
- HF 3136: Establishment of a task force on prevention of female genital mutilation required, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3136/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). -3.9% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2097088242784899279
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2069884108583371244
- 2026-05-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2058019574835040634
- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, credit claiming · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2046496180146708929
- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2046645950471409916
- 2026-04-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2040844562311086345
- 2026-04-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2039263196352053275
- 2026-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2035119275292123447
- 2026-03-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2031145152912261354
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Huldah4House/status/2029443277041127786

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15634
- Campaign site: https://www.huldahforhouse.com/about
- X: https://x.com/Huldah4House
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepHuldahHiltsley
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omehul2/?hl=en
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hhiltsley

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05831ea3-3480-4a57-a5ea-a1844a554301