# Aric Putnam

Aric Putnam is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2021-01-05
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/20c89480-8cde-4106-8b3d-54183371960a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/20c89480-8cde-4106-8b3d-54183371960a (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 Putnam’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.04), from 241 donors and 121 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

151 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-16 · voted nay · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 135 bills: 135 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 140. 3.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 15 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5177: Tax credit establishment for employer-provided child care expenses (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5177/
- SF 5176: Cooperative development grant program establishment (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5176/
- SF 5073: Omnibus Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development policy and supplemental appropriations (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5073/
- SF 4806: Wage credits usage by applicants employed by institutions of higher education clarification (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4806/
- SF 4774: Portable solar generation device definition establishment and portable solar generation devices exemption from interconnection and net metering requirements… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4774/
- SR 68: A Senate resolution recognizing Minnesota's Year of Water (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR68/
- SF 4851: Nanoparticle iron nitride permanent magnet manufacturing facility appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4851/
- SF 4807: Omnibus Veterans policy and supplemental appropriations (passed both chambers, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4807/
- SF 4856: St. Cloud Mississippi Riverwalk Connection bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4856/
- SF 4855: St. Cloud 5th Avenue South Campus and Downtown Connection capital project bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4855/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1249
- Campaign site: https://aricformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/Aric-ForMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorAricPutnam/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aricformn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jlK1p5F6KDD9YcbiXEDyw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aric-putnam-51792779/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/20c89480-8cde-4106-8b3d-54183371960a