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Republican · Minnesota House, district 23A

Serving since Jan 3, 2023MN 2025–26 session

Portrait of Peggy Bennett, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
0%
of itemized money from Minnesota donors, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans

0% of the itemized money from individuals in the 2026 cycle came from donors with an address in Minnesota. Ranks 2291st of 2,335, where 1st is the highest share. 1 itemized donors.

Only donors who give more than $200 are reported with an address, so this is the share of that itemized money from donors living in Minnesota, ranked among State House Republicans. Small gifts are not counted either way. Candidates running statewide or for federal office often draw more money from out of state.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. 26% of Bennett’s statements criticize a policy, 2.8 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%. 4.4% of Bennett’s statements use bipartisan language, 2.4 times the State House Republican average of 1.8%.

The measures on which Bennett sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

From Minnesota, 2026

0%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 2291st of 2,335 State House Republicans

Policy criticism

26%

State House Republicans average 9.3% · ranks 53rd of 791

Bipartisanship

4.4%

State House Republicans average 1.8% · ranks 86th of 791

Itemized, 2026

$2,500

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 2310th of 2,521

Party unity

93.1%

Minnesota House average 97.5% · ranks 118th of 133 · 19 votes against the majority of Minnesota House Republicans

CSIP ideology

+0.16

Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.03

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Bennett, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Bennett is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Bennett says

Bennett criticizes policies more than 93% of State House Republicans. Policy criticism in 26% of 227 statements, against 9.3% for the average State House Republican; 53rd of 791.

An AI model reads each of Bennett’s 227 statements in the MN 2025–26 session (227 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the MN 2025–26 session

0%80%
Bennett
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion105 statements
46%
32%
182nd of 791
Policy criticism60 statements
26%
9%
53rd of 791
Credit claiming14 statements
6%
13%
519th of 791
Bipartisanship10 statements
4%
2%
86th of 791
Personal attacks7 statements
3%
3%
226th of 791
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Bennett's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowBennettPeers
Policy discussion46%32%
Policy criticism26%9%
Credit claiming6%13%
Bipartisanship4%2%
Personal attacks3%3%
227

statements classified

227 posts on X.

posts on X: 227 (100.0%)posts on X 227
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Bennett's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X227
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Bennett; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Bennett does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Bennett used extreme labels in 0.9% of statements, below the peer average. 2 statements, most often aimed at radical left groups; peers 1.4%.

  1. “extreme”2
  2. “radical”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. radical left groups1
  2. this bill1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the MN 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 102025-02: 72025-03: 212025-04: 152025-05: 62025-06: 32025-07: 52025-08: 52025-09: 112025-10: 62025-11: 62025-12: 42026-01: 162026-02: 152026-03: 152026-04: 242026-05: 252026-06: 62026-07: 72026-08: 52026-09: 62026-10: 9peak 25 · May ’26Personal attackspeak 18.2% · Sep ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-03: 4.8% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-04: 6.7% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: 18.2% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-04: 4.2% of 24Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 25Personal attacks, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 54.5% · Sep ’25 · latest 12.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 40.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-03: 52.4% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-04: 26.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: 54.5% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Policy criticism, 2026-02: 13.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-03: 53.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-04: 0.0% of 24Policy criticism, 2026-05: 12.0% of 25Policy criticism, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 66.7% · Mar ’25 · latest 20.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 50.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-03: 66.7% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-04: 40.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: 63.6% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: 31.3% of 16Policy discussion, 2026-02: 40.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-03: 60.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-04: 37.5% of 24Policy discussion, 2026-05: 20.0% of 25Policy discussion, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 9.1% · Sep ’25 · latest 8.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.8% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 9.1% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 6.7% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 8.3% of 24Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 8.0% of 25Bipartisanship, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 20.0% · Feb ’26 · latest 8.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-03: 0.0% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-04: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2026-02: 20.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-03: 13.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-04: 16.7% of 24Credit claiming, 2026-05: 8.0% of 25Credit claiming, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 6.7% · Feb ’26 · latest 4.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2026-02: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 24Extreme labels, 2026-05: 4.0% of 25Extreme labels, 2026-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Bennett, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25100.0%40.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Feb ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’25214.8%52.4%66.7%4.8%0.0%0.0%
Apr ’25156.7%26.7%40.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%
May ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’253— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’251118.2%54.5%63.6%9.1%0.0%0.0%
Oct ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Nov ’256— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’254— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’26160.0%0.0%31.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Feb ’26150.0%13.3%40.0%0.0%20.0%6.7%
Mar ’26150.0%53.3%60.0%6.7%13.3%0.0%
Apr ’26244.2%0.0%37.5%8.3%16.7%0.0%
May ’26250.0%12.0%20.0%8.0%8.0%4.0%
Jun ’266— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’266— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’269— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the MN 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 13 months are hatched here.

In Bennett’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 26, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Crime and Law Enforcement; Education; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 30, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Education · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

May 18, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Health; Law; extreme label “extreme” aimed at this bill · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues · Health · target: Amy KlobucharSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: band teacherSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: Walz administrationSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Government Operations and Politics · target: governorSource

  5. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: HHSSource

All 227 statements

Newest first, the MN 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 227 posts on X.

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Policy

Education is what Bennett talks about most: 33% of policy statements, 2.2 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.48 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 348th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Bennett talks about. The bills Bennett sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Bennett talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the MN 2025–26 session

0%43%
Bennett
Peers
Education35 statements
33%
15%
Government Operations and Politics31 statements
30%
18%
Crime and Law Enforcement23 statements
22%
11%
Economics and Public Finance17 statements
16%
12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7 statements
7%
6%
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Policy areas Bennett talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowBennettPeers
Education33%15%
Government Operations and Politics30%18%
Crime and Law Enforcement22%11%
Economics and Public Finance16%12%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Bennett’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 43%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEducationEducation, talks about: 33% (State House Republicans 15%)33%Education, legislates on: 39% (State House Republicans 9%)39%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 30% (State House Republicans 18%)30%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 6% (State House Republicans 12%)6%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 22% (State House Republicans 11%)22%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 6% (State House Republicans 11%)6%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 16% (State House Republicans 12%)16%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 2% (State House Republicans 2%)2%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 7% (State House Republicans 6%)7%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 2% (State House Republicans 4%)2%
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Bennett's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Education33%15%39%9%
Government Operations and Politics30%18%6%12%
Crime and Law Enforcement22%11%6%11%
Economics and Public Finance16%12%2%2%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7%6%2%4%
0.48

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 348th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Bennett legislates on exactly the areas Bennett talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Bennett sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Bennett sits at +0.16 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 80% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.14 to +0.19, which understates the uncertainty; from 51 donors and 768 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.16

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.14 to +0.19. From 51 donors and 768 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Bennett +0.2State House Republicans +0.4Minnesota House −0.4All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Bennett, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Bennett’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Bennett sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Bennett +0.2Minnesota Housemedian −0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Bennett's CSIP score of +0.16 placed against State House Republicans, Minnesota House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Bennett
State House Republicans2917+0.420%
Minnesota House133−0.464%
All State House5324+0.156%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Bennett in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Bennett.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Bennett reported $2,500 in the 2026 cycle, 7.4% of the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 0% of itemized individual money came from Minnesota.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$2,500

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 1 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)Individuals (itemized): $250 (10.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)PACs and other committees: $2,250 (90.0%)
  • Individuals (itemized)10 squares$250
  • PACs and other committees90 squares$2,250
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Sources of Bennett's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$25010.0%
PACs and other committees$2,25090.0%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $17.3K$17.3K20202022 cycle: $22.4K$22.4K20222024 cycle: $15.6K$15.6K20242026 cycle: $2,500$2,5002026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Bennett's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$17.3K
2022 cycle$22.4K
2024 cycle$15.6K
2026 cycle$2,500

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 0% came from Minnesota.

No itemized donors with an address.

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Bennett's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
1

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

0%

from Minnesota

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Minnesota. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No occupations reported.

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. OAK PAC$1,000
  2. MN BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PAC$250
  3. MN PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS PAC$250
  4. MN STATE BLDG & CONSTRUCTION TRADES CNCL POL FUND$250
  5. MN STATE PATROL TROOPERS ASSOC$250

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Bennett voted with the majority of Minnesota House Republicans on 93.1% of party-line votes and missed none of 298 roll calls. Minnesota House on average: 97.5% party unity, 100% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bennett voted against the majority of Minnesota House Republicans 19 times.

298 roll calls Bennett could vote on in the MN 2025–26 session, compared with Minnesota House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Bennett voted with the majority of Minnesota House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

19

votes against the majority of Minnesota House Republicans

Party unity 93.1%, Minnesota House average 97.5%, ranks 118th of 133. 298 roll calls in the MN 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Bennett, the thin grey bar the Minnesota House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Bennett
Peers
Rank
Attendance
100%
100%
67th of 133
Party unity
93.1%
97.5%
118th of 133
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Bennett's attendance and party unity against Minnesota House.
RowBennettPeers
Attendance100%100%
Party unity93.1%97.5%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the MN 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
May 17, 2026
HF 1849
Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Niska Motion Suspension of Rules
YeaWith majorityfailD 0–67 · R 64–2Democrats 0 yea, 67 nay; Republicans 64 yea, 2 nayclose vote
May 17, 2026
HF 2354
Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties provided, conforming changes made, and money appropriated.
Passage, as amended
YeaWith majoritypassD 67–0 · R 51–16Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 51 yea, 16 nayparty crossover
May 17, 2026
HF 5149
Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force investigations expanded, access to certain information limited.
Long motion Suspension of Rules
NayWith majoritypassD 67–0 · R 0–63Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 0 yea, 63 nayclose vote
May 17, 2026
SF 4612
Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations
Repassage, as amended by Conference
NayAgainst majoritypassD 67–0 · R 41–26Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 41 yea, 26 naybecame law · party crossover
May 17, 2026
SF 334
Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation
Passage
YeaWith majoritypassD 67–0 · R 67–0Democrats 67 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 67 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bennett most often

  1. John BurkelR296 shared votes95%
  2. Nolan WestR295 shared votes95%
  3. Bernie PerrymanR285 shared votes95%
  4. Ben BakebergR298 shared votes95%
  5. Patty MuellerR294 shared votes95%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Bennett least often

  1. Jay XiongD287 shared votes47%
  2. Tina LieblingD295 shared votes49%
  3. Aisha GomezD295 shared votes49%
  4. Leigh FinkeD296 shared votes49%
  5. Ned CarrollD289 shared votes49%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

MN 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Bennett sponsored 24 bills in the MN 2025–26 session; 1 became law. Cosponsored 90 others. 4.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House average 4.4%; 53rd of 131).

The bills Bennett sponsored and cosponsored in the MN 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the MN 2025–26 session

Sponsored24 billsSponsored, Introduced: 2424Sponsored, In committee: 2424Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 11Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 11Sponsored, Became law: 11Cosponsored90 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 9090Cosponsored, In committee: 9090Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 1515Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 33Cosponsored, Became law: 22IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Bennett sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored2424111
Cosponsored90901532
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Bennett sponsored, ochre blocks bills Bennett cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

4.2%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Minnesota House average 4.4%. Ranks 53rd of 131.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Bennett, by number of shared bills in the MN 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Patty Mueller30
  2. Ben Bakeberg28
  3. Krista Knudsen27
  4. Ron Kresha16
  5. Bryan Lawrence16
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Bennett’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HF 5064Coercing a pregnant minor female into seeking or obtaining an abortion prohibited, suspected cases of human trafficking of minors screened and reported, certain information required to be displayed, action for wrongful death resulting from abortion added, and rulemaking required.CosponsorApr 22, 2026In committeeCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues(model)Author added Backer Apr 23, 2026
HF 5040Tax on certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud established.CosponsorApr 20, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes Apr 20, 2026
HF 5001Restrictions on use of Minnesota investment fund local government loan repayment funds temporarily modified, and report required.SponsorApr 16, 2026In committeeEconomics and Public Finance(model)Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Apr 16, 2026
HF 5015School safety plans enhanced, student discipline provisions modified, anonymous reporting systems enabled, safe schools revenue increased, school building and cybersecurity grant program modified, reports required, and money appropriated.CosponsorApr 16, 2026In committeeEducation(model)Motion did not prevail Apr 16, 2026
HF 4313State legislators and legislative employees required to pay 50 percent of the Minnesota Paid Leave Law premium.CosponsorMar 16, 2026In committeeLabor and Employment(model)Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Mar 16, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Bennett’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Bennett’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Bennett posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Bennett posted

No images from Bennett’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

74 turns, Feb 27, 2020 to May 18, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Bennett is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
16c8390c-93c6-403e-83d4-5ff1a81fe4aa
Open States
ocd-person/16c8390c-93c6-403e-83d4-5ff1a81fe4aa

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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