# Samakab Hussein

Samakab Hussein is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 65A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 65A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1ff5f689-18c9-4d74-970f-c289f915dc6a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ff5f689-18c9-4d74-970f-c289f915dc6a (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 Hussein’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

131 classified statements: 131 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 | Hussein | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 5.3% | 10.4% | 467 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 39.7% | 39.2% | 388 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 2.9% | 336 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 17.6% | 14.4% | 275 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Labor and Employment 17% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.04), from 292 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 2 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 72 bills: 72 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 180. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5054: Event venue capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5054/
- HF 5024: African Development Center grant funding provided for forgivable loans to small businesses impacted by Operation Metro Surge, report required, and money… (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5024/
- HF 5023: Capital City youth art and culture initiatives funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5023/
- HF 4818: Minnesota Transportation Museum grant funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4818/
- HF 4623: St. Paul; indoor recreational dome facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4623/
- HF 4617: Sears site road and utility infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4617/
- HF 4463: Conditional medical release expanded to include geriatric and nonmedical release, and report required. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4463/
- HF 4370: Somali Museum of Minnesota funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4370/
- HF 4346: First-time homebuyer, fee-based home purchase financing program funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4346/
- HF 3961: Minnesota Civil Remedies Act established, and immunity for government employee torts prohibited. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3961/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.9K (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.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2110087007032791421
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2103607364590920021
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2098996208974922197
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2098553626419720489
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2092417247595684047
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2085828835459629265
- 2026-07-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2078964892623876479
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2077245831984398434
- 2026-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2075783278305431753
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/samakabforhouse/status/2075407738075480110

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15573
- Campaign site: https://www.samakabforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/samakabforhouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samakabforhouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samakab_hussein
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samakab-hussein-a7b7a4244

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ff5f689-18c9-4d74-970f-c289f915dc6a