# Shane Mekeland

Shane Mekeland is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 27A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 27A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/204ac87d-7f04-4b49-adc4-658faec7d413

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/204ac87d-7f04-4b49-adc4-658faec7d413 (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 Mekeland’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

146 classified statements: 146 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 | Mekeland | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.7% | 2.9% | 254 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 4.8% | 9.3% | 460 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 8.9% | 31.9% | 709 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.4% | 12.7% | 697 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.4% | 1.4% | 254 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 38% (State House Republicans 18%); Commerce 23% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 23% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 15% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 7.7% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.02), from 38 donors and 776 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.6% (97.5%). 18 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 nay · 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 nay · 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, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 79. 2.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 80 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4990: Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4990/
- HF 4937: Electric generation transition aid; criteria for an eligible taxing jurisdiction to qualify for aid modified, and calculation of aid modified. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4937/
- HF 4770: Anaerobic digester or biomass thermal generation facility planning and construction funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4770/
- HF 4706: Propane school bus deployment program established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4706/
- HF 4424: Sherburne County authorized to impose a local sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4424/
- HF 4330: Individuals who may supervise electrical work modified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4330/
- HF 4153: Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4153/
- HF 4168: Renewable energy requirements for state-funded construction projects modified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4168/
- HF 4169: Use of state funds to subsidize or support protests prohibited. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4169/
- HF 3599: Becker; water treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3599/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,650 (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.

- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2111709125495128173
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2097190753839587378
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2096501600177082647
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2084859717122208056
- 2026-07-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2083075676999970969
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2079035147379151175
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2071800294791405732
- 2026-04-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2040423791356977179
- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2040187779976511565
- 2026-03-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/shanemekeland/status/2032604323306201091

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15500
- Campaign site: https://shanemekeland.com/
- X: https://x.com/shanemekeland
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shane.mekeland
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanemekeland
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-mekeland-19820090/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/204ac87d-7f04-4b49-adc4-658faec7d413