# David Gottfried

David Gottfried is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 40B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 40B
- Serving since: 2025-03-17
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d187b4d-c15c-487e-9602-541bd7dd948a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d187b4d-c15c-487e-9602-541bd7dd948a (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 Gottfried’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

23 classified statements: 23 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 | Gottfried | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.3% | 2.5% | 153 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 21.7% | 39.2% | 614 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 13.0% | 14.4% | 359 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 4.3% | 1.0% | 45 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 40% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (State House Democrats 8.0%); International Affairs 20% (State House Democrats 1.4%); Science, Technology, Communications 20% (State House Democrats 2.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.06), from 89 donors and 153 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

255 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 1 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 119. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 41 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5141: State or a county authorized to acquire the property of a public utility or cooperative electric association through eminent domain. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5141/
- HF 5051: Disclosures when selling or distributing programs with artificial intelligence required. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5051/
- HF 4953: State Board of Investment required to develop goals and investment manager policy, waivers and seed-stage commitments authorized, and reports required. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4953/
- HF 4721: Provider categories added to the volunteer health care provider program. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4721/
- HF 4533: Hennepin and Ramsey Counties; 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience pilot program created, and report required. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4533/
- HF 4537: Certain artificial intelligence use in employment procedures prohibited. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4537/
- HF 4445: Use of automated decision systems in employment settings regulated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4445/
- HF 4451: Use of electronic monitoring tools in employment settings regulated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4451/
- HF 4369: Notice and a transitional employment period required for employees displaced by artificial intelligence, and penalties imposed. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4369/
- HF 4222: State parks; acquisition provisions modified, state parks added to and deleted from, and sales and conveyances of state and county lands authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4222/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $67.8K (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.

- 2026-01-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/doronclark/status/2009761058970272049
- 2025-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1978833803016585470
- 2025-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1934444571926339889
- 2025-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1934447208826605629
- 2025-04-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1913046422649184593
- 2025-04-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1909330187080417743
- 2025-03-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1905775631369162814
- 2025-03-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1905775635278291370
- 2025-03-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1898455971694891174
- 2025-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/doronclark/status/1896264102730998034

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1275
- Campaign site: https://www.doronforsenate.org/
- X: https://x.com/doronclark
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doronclark/
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- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@senatordoronclark

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d187b4d-c15c-487e-9602-541bd7dd948a