# Erin Koegel

Erin Koegel is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 39A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 39A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d6f7edf-eae0-441d-8089-84472ce1f36f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d6f7edf-eae0-441d-8089-84472ce1f36f (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 Koegel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

152 classified statements: 152 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 | Koegel | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 13.2% | 2.5% | 32 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 15.1% | 10.4% | 200 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 28.9% | 39.2% | 540 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 2.9% | 556 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.7% | 14.4% | 689 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.6% | 1.0% | 81 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 39% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 27% (State House Democrats 11%); Commerce 14% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.1% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Health 9.1% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.60 (standard error 0.04), from 34 donors and 780 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 0 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 51 bills: 51 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 77. 3.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 57 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4881: Prescription Drug Affordability Advisory Council eliminated, nondepository financial institution provisions modified, health plan regulatory alignment… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4881/
- HF 4897: Table saw import, manufacture, or sale limited. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4897/
- HF 4544: License for artificial intelligence independent verification organizations established, advisory council established, rulemaking authorized, and reports… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4544/
- HF 4519: Fridley; authority to transfer tax increment extended. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4519/
- HF 4441: Requirements and limitations relating to Medicare-related coverage modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4441/
- HF 4403: Commerce; obsolete dates eliminated. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4403/
- HF 4404: Consumer protection; obsolete dates eliminated. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4404/
- HF 4235: Corporation and limited liability company powers related to election activity prohibited. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4235/
- HF 4223: Strengthen Minnesota homes program modified, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4223/
- HF 4188: Commerce policy bill. (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,050 (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.

- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2064456388672192830
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2056428867967987993
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2056428871008841898
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2052552442835861815
- 2026-05-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2052081637035315619
- 2026-05-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2052084018141651397
- 2026-05-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2052157315919335622
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2051454052748120349
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2051752615415783885
- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinKoegel/status/2051138617871938040

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15465
- Campaign site: https://erinformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/ErinKoegel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erinma14
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinkoegel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinkoegel/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d6f7edf-eae0-441d-8089-84472ce1f36f