# Marion Rarick

Marion Rarick is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 29B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 29B
- Serving since: 2013-01-08
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0682bc6b-e4f2-427a-917b-96fbc49bb741

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0682bc6b-e4f2-427a-917b-96fbc49bb741 (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 Rarick’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

330 classified statements: 330 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 | Rarick | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 13.6% | 2.9% | 29 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 17.3% | 9.3% | 134 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 29.7% | 31.9% | 418 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.1% | 1.8% | 242 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.4% | 12.7% | 651 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.8% | 1.4% | 211 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 19% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 8.2% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 7.1% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.01), from 45 donors and 742 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

288 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.6% (97.5%). 17 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 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 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 nay · 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 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 54. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 22 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5085: Minnesota Competency Attainment Board's role as public employer clarified, policy changes to Minnesota Competency Attainment Board processes made, and civil… (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5085/
- HF 3229: Spent fuel located at Prairie Island required to be transferred to another site for storage, additional storage authorized to be constructed at the Monticello… (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3229/
- HF 2610: Cybersecurity permitted to be offered as an applied doctoral degree. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2610/
- HF 2312: Higher education policy and finance bill. (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2312/
- HF 2131: Workforce development scholarships program eligibility expanded. (in committee, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2131/
- HF 2132: Monticello; refundable sales and use tax exemption provided for construction materials for a water treatment facility. (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2132/
- HC 1: A house concurrent resolution relating to the regent nomination joint committee. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HC1/
- HF 1998: Victim notification to order for protection and harassment restraining order violations not prosecuted extended, and victim notification requirements… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1998/
- HF 1748: Monticello; water treatment facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1748/
- HF 1345: Allowable number of statutory city public utility commission members increased. (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1345/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,150 (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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2112892893350252590
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2112514926501560350
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2110531499686760762
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2109987612127539694
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2109698553430020133
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2108979526025769434
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2108410951749734696
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2107803898039746863
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2107812515124011130
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarionONeill1/status/2107514103963033706

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15409
- X: https://x.com/MarionONeill1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Marion-Rarick-For-Representative-29B-100058023792304/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-o-neill-99285442/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0682bc6b-e4f2-427a-917b-96fbc49bb741