# Cal Warwas

Cal Warwas is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 7B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 7B
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0fcdf023-48a4-4f62-92d0-0be6715bf229

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0fcdf023-48a4-4f62-92d0-0be6715bf229 (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 Warwas’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

10 classified statements: 10 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 | Warwas | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 10.0% | 2.9% | 55 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 20.0% | 31.9% | 566 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 10.0% | 12.7% | 400 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 50% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 50% (State House Republicans 1.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.03), from 62 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 91.7% (97.5%). 13 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 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 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 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 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 153. 2.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 87 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5109: McKinley; street and water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5109/
- HF 5038: Virginia; local sales tax authorization amended. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5038/
- HF 4861: Appropriations for local government aid and county program aid increased. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4861/
- HF 4714: Legislative working group on intellectual and developmental disabilities created, appointments provided, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4714/
- HF 4156: Buhl; wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4156/
- HF 4155: Chisholm; Minnesota Discovery Center new facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4155/
- HF 4055: Eveleth; wastewater treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4055/
- HF 3991: St. Louis County private sales of land authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3991/
- HF 4016: St. Louis County plats temporarily exempted from certifications related to taxes. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4016/
- HF 4007: Commissioner of Pollution Control Agency required to maintain a web-based permit application tracker. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4007/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.5K (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.

- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/2096018116077600887
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/2072011385110667372
- 2026-05-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/2056085567775838297
- 2025-04-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1913028619854631095
- 2025-03-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1902012047031967899
- 2025-03-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1900709025114972223
- 2025-02-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1890820492925227424
- 2025-02-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1888043986046067040
- 2025-01-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1881910315300094299
- 2025-01-15 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/Calwarwas/status/1879369859102085415

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15648
- Campaign site: https://calwarwas.com/
- X: https://x.com/Calwarwas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cal.warwas.for.house/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calwarwas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cal-warwas-15460187

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0fcdf023-48a4-4f62-92d0-0be6715bf229