# Sandy Pappas Sandy Pappas is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 65. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 65 - Serving since: 1991-01-08 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0b83a916-567b-4d36-843f-17d8f5e13b8d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b83a916-567b-4d36-843f-17d8f5e13b8d (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 Pappas’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats. ## What Pappas says (MN 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Pappas | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.05), from 67 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 146 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (93.0%). 1 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/ - 2026-05-16 · voted nay · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/ ## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 116 bills: 114 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 80. 0.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 41 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5229: St. Paul local sales tax use modification (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5229/ - SF 5157: Rondo Community Land Trust grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5157/ - SF 5117: Time extension to use certain grant funds (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5117/ - SF 5089: City of St. Paul West 7th Street Improvement Project appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5089/ - SF 5003: Accessible Space Inc. capital project prior appropriation modification provision (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5003/ - SF 5004: Minor League baseball players exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements provision (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5004/ - SF 5061: St. Paul Neighborhood House capital improvements prior appropriation modification (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5061/ - SF 5005: Capital improvement appropriations provisions, new programs establishment and existing programs modifications, prior appropriations modifications, and bond… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5005/ - SF 4917: State grant program appropriations modification (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4917/ - SF 4916: City of St. Paul indoor recreational dome bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4916/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $11.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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. - 2025-02-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPappas/status/1890538338852942155 ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1046 - Campaign site: http://sandypappas.com/ - X: https://x.com/SenatorPappas - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SandyPappasForSenate - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pappas_sandy - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-pappas-81572118 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b83a916-567b-4d36-843f-17d8f5e13b8d