# Jim Joy

Jim Joy is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 4B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 4B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0897d40e-d8b4-4b1e-b0cf-e0ae4e9685f2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0897d40e-d8b4-4b1e-b0cf-e0ae4e9685f2 (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 Joy’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Joy says (MN 2025–26 session)

11 classified statements: 11 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 | Joy | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 18.2% | 9.3% | 124 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 18.2% | 31.9% | 600 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 100% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.03), from 37 donors and 478 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 24 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 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 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 106. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4775: Definition of prepared food modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4775/
- HF 4776: Moorhead, Dilworth, and Detroit Lakes allowed to issue a social district license. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4776/
- HF 4693: Fees for replacement license plates and validation stickers eliminated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4693/
- HF 4692: Paid family and medical leave program made optional for both employers and employees. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4692/
- HF 4583: Audubon; city authorized to impose local sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4583/
- HF 4108: Audubon authorized to impose a local sales tax. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4108/
- HF 4107: Sign and label requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4107/
- HF 3844: Optometrist clarified to be able to prescribe certain window glazing materials for motor vehicles. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3844/
- HF 3754: Internal Revenue Code conformed to the federal exclusion from gross income for employer contributions to Trump accounts. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3754/
- HF 3531: Certain retail fuel transactions exempted from retail delivery fee. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3531/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,750 (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.

- 2026-04-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/2042270993700327719
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/2041873924623905044
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/2027129232703312130
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/2027129324541825242
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/2026808851236823092
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/2026809069965877455
- 2025-05-09 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/1920887066323251513
- 2025-03-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/1905312731453886514
- 2025-02-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/1895594883697844710
- 2025-02-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimJoyMN/status/1889147971520098759

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15591
- Campaign site: https://jimjoymn.com/
- X: https://x.com/JimJoyMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jim-Joy-for-MN-House-100078875381941/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-joy-baa70780/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0897d40e-d8b4-4b1e-b0cf-e0ae4e9685f2