# Nathan Nelson Nathan Nelson is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 11B. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota House, district 11B - Serving since: 2019-03-27 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/172cb289-beec-4bc1-8627-f027f2cd3769 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/172cb289-beec-4bc1-8627-f027f2cd3769 (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 Nelson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans. ## What Nelson says (MN 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 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 | Nelson | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 | | Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 792 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 | Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 100% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 0% (State House Republicans 11%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 23 donors and 737 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.2% (97.5%). 7 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 nay · 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 77. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131). Recent sponsored bills: - HF 4796: Willard Munger state trail rehabilitation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4796/ - HF 4707: Class 2 agricultural property classification modified to include farm wineries. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4707/ - HF 4705: Certain intended parents required to adopt child. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4705/ - HF 4331: Lawn care services removed from the tax base. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4331/ - HF 4329: Prior agriculture provisions modified, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4329/ - HF 4297: Authority of hospital districts to support additional health care services and providers expanded. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4297/ - HF 4408: Child fatalities and near fatalities public disclosure required, and child mortality review panel investigations and annual report requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4408/ - HF 4388: Rotational grazing pilot program established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4388/ - HF 3508: Eligibility for the Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program modified. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3508/ - HF 3257: Wolf-livestock conflict prevention grants funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3257/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $8,100 (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. - 2026-08-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanNelsonMN/status/2093333098784055768 - 2026-08-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NathanNelsonMN/status/2093339190448521330 ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15534 - Campaign site: https://nathannelsonmn.com/ - X: https://x.com/NathanNelsonMN - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepNathanNelson - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-nelson-b490968 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/172cb289-beec-4bc1-8627-f027f2cd3769