# Mary Franson

Mary Franson is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 12B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 12B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b284763-8577-49ab-b641-f4f079196646

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b284763-8577-49ab-b641-f4f079196646 (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 Franson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

2,011 classified statements: 2,011 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 | Franson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 10.8% | 2.9% | 48 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.4% | 9.3% | 435 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 12.6% | 31.9% | 672 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 1.8% | 522 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.9% | 12.7% | 716 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 266 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 25% (State House Republicans 10%); Immigration 13% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 9.1% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 101 donors and 760 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 96.5% (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 nay · 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 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 65. 7.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 25 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5101: Alexandria; funding provided to furnish and equip a critical access dental clinic, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5101/
- HF 4948: Plastic bottle excise tax proposed to fund water infrastructure projects, account established, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4948/
- HF 4750: July 2026 temporary sales tax holiday provided. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4750/
- HF 4751: Quality Learing Center designated as historic place. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4751/
- HF 4752: Perpich Center for Arts Education renamed. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4752/
- HF 4691: Use of motorized waterfowl boats in wildlife management areas allowed under certain conditions. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4691/
- HF 4566: Suspension of medical assistance payments during investigation of kickback fraud permitted, and rulemaking required to include kickbacks in the definition of… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4566/
- HF 4497: Sauk Centre local sales tax authorization modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4497/
- HF 4288: Framework rates for family residential services reenacted. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4288/
- HF 4287: Definitions for adult foster care licensing requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4287/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.3K (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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2114469253738811848
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2113837582077383033
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2114100820220444857
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2113687323254669530
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2113068081207771304
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2112730656346431718
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2112731145385230584
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2112754456203051075
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2112915178547454391
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMaryFranson/status/2112998983341891979

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15347
- Campaign site: https://teamfranson.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepMaryFranson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fransonmary
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/team_franson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamFranson
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@team_franson
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-franson-4868981/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b284763-8577-49ab-b641-f4f079196646