# Brad Tabke

Brad Tabke is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 54A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 54A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/05f634e6-f8d3-4983-9604-dfc8dddc574e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05f634e6-f8d3-4983-9604-dfc8dddc574e (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 Tabke’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

225 classified statements: 225 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 | Tabke | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 9.3% | 10.4% | 332 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 30.7% | 39.2% | 518 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.2% | 2.9% | 103 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 5.3% | 14.4% | 553 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 34% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Government Operations and Politics 31% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 21% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Law 12% (State House Democrats 2.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.8% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 144 donors and 493 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.6% (97.5%). 3 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 178. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 43 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5148: Motor vehicle registration tax modified, registration tax rebate provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5148/
- HF 5122: Requirements governing electronic motor vehicle documents modified, electronic titling and lien release required, electronic transmission and signatures… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5122/
- HF 5009: Loan guarantee program created for furloughed federal employees, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5009/
- HF 5010: Pilot program established for delegation of authority for licensing and inspection of food, beverage, and lodging establishments; Shakopee delegation… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5010/
- HF 4935: Vehicle transfer requirements modified, vehicle certificate of title procedures modified, electronic credentials authorized, peace officer death benefits… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4935/
- HF 4955: Appropriate agencies required to destroy firearms subject to forfeiture that are not kept for a law enforcement purpose. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4955/
- HF 4954: Metropolitan Council; forecast adjustments made to special transportation service, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4954/
- HF 4956: Interchange fees on state and local taxes prohibited. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4956/
- HF 4846: Organizations authorized to use grant awards to pay administrative costs for the Lights On program. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4846/
- HF 4729: School employee health insurance provided, minimum starting salary for nonlicensed school personnel increased, paraprofessional paid orientation and… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4729/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2092704699002634474
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2092287014422925703
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2091698485980491941
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2090781576808329685
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2077361808164159503
- 2026-07-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2076292511228703092
- 2026-07-12 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2076355491547029778
- 2026-07-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2076367839355678883
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2075583303608832249
- 2026-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradTabke/status/2066246470332780690

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15523
- Campaign site: https://tabkeformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/BradTabke
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.tabke
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btabke/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/05f634e6-f8d3-4983-9604-dfc8dddc574e