# Steve Gander Steve Gander is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 1B. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota House, district 1B - Serving since: 2025-01-14 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/23bda6c1-1fa1-4d42-9b6c-8c76d1d91227 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/23bda6c1-1fa1-4d42-9b6c-8c76d1d91227 (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 Gander’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 46 donors and 194 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.2% (97.5%). 11 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 148. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131). Recent sponsored bills: - HF 5028: East Grand Forks; municipal infrastructure supporting an industrial park funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5028/ - HF 4774: Tax reduction authority modified, and restrictions removed. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4774/ - HF 4600: Red River Basin; flood hazard mitigation projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4600/ - HF 4301: County, municipality, and township funding provided for planning and assistance to support drinking water regionalization; report required; and money… (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4301/ - HF 4093: Requirements for shelters left on ice overnight modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4093/ - HF 3985: School-linked behavioral health grants funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3985/ - HF 3854: Penalties for criminal vehicular homicide increased, driver education programs required to instruct on the penalties for criminal vehicular homicide, and… (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3854/ - HF 3757: East Grand Forks; education learning center bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3757/ - HF 3586: Regional food bank grant program established, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3586/ - HF 3568: Student support personnel aid authorized to be used for costs of certain licensed special education teachers. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3568/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $7,525 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15631 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevegander4mn/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/23bda6c1-1fa1-4d42-9b6c-8c76d1d91227