# Kaela Berg

Kaela Berg is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 55B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 55B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1912cdc1-267c-4d36-acec-08896502658e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1912cdc1-267c-4d36-acec-08896502658e (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 Berg’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

315 classified statements: 315 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 | Berg | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.6% | 2.5% | 287 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 14.6% | 10.4% | 214 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 49.2% | 39.2% | 233 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 2.9% | 581 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 16.5% | 14.4% | 296 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Labor and Employment 25% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Health 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 17% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 325 donors and 494 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 116. 4.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 46 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4970: Transparency regarding immigrant detention flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport required, and reports required. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4970/
- HF 4359: 2024 amendment to definition of trigger activator reenacted, 2024 changes to crime of transferring a firearm to an ineligible person reenacted with… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4359/
- HF 3878: Quality service wage for covered airport or related location workers required, and penalties provided. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3878/
- HF 3707: Unemployment insurance judges and paid leave judges designated as judicial officials. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3707/
- HF 3368: 2024 amendment to the definition of trigger activator reenacted. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3368/
- HF 3367: 2024 changes to the crime of transferring a firearm to an ineligible person reenacted with certain amendments, and affirmative defense repealed. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3367/
- HF 3264: Allocation of revenue from the regional transportation sales tax for student transit and replacement services modified. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3264/
- HF 2719: Isuroon microbusiness support funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2719/
- HF 2592: Burnsville; marked Trunk Highway 13 and Nicollet Avenue interchange reconstruction project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2592/
- HF 2355: Sexually transmitted diseases school district education program requirements modified. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2355/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,250 (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.

- 2026-08-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2087939985341051004
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2087155663956742380
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2087199915889877036
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2087224495438262571
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2087297258244944170
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2086808985965932866
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2086808989048721756
- 2026-08-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2086899294658089392
- 2026-08-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2086278841828356607
- 2026-08-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kaelaberg/status/2086496533629800559

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15550
- Campaign site: https://www.bergforminnesota.com/https://www.bergforminnesota.com/
- X: https://x.com/kaelaberg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repkaelabergmn/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berg4mn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaela-berg-62735118/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1912cdc1-267c-4d36-acec-08896502658e