# Tom Dippel

Tom Dippel is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 41B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 41B
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/05de7bba-70ee-4848-b0ec-d67354b6073a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05de7bba-70ee-4848-b0ec-d67354b6073a (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

0% of Dippel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

149 classified statements: 149 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Dippel | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.9% | 430 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.7% | 9.3% | 383 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 43.6% | 31.9% | 206 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 1.8% | 346 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 18.8% | 12.7% | 193 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Water Resources Development 20% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 15% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 11% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.02), from 70 donors and 182 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

284 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 97.8% (97.5%). 22 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 64. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5126: School year calendar start date construction project exception modified. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5126/
- HF 5102: Motor vehicle registration tax modified. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5102/
- HF 4803: Electronic visit verification requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4803/
- HF 4715: Comparison of actual expenditures in forecasted programs to projected spending from prior forecasts required, notice to legislative auditor when actual… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4715/
- HF 4165: Hastings Bridge designated as "Lieutenant General Edward J. Heinz Memorial Bridge." (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4165/
- HF 4166: Sports activities for children of military personnel and veterans funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4166/
- HF 4163: Procedures to fill a school board vacancy modified. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4163/
- HF 4164: Irrigation systems installers exempted from power limited technician licensure. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4164/
- HF 3842: New disposal facilities near schools prohibited. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3842/
- HF 3841: Courts required to recognize the fundamental right to the parent-child relationship in child custody and parenting time determinations. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3841/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% 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.

- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2109472309341835339
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2108340365195358290
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2106807501320552880
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2105729812753268919
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2104003428728938859
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2102938977137483778
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2098508783437693366
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2096683376597983535
- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2094077474820755501
- 2026-08-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/TomDippel/status/2093169374727168153

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15628
- Campaign site: https://dippelformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/TomDippel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dippel2024/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dippel4mn/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-dippel-b649206/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05de7bba-70ee-4848-b0ec-d67354b6073a