# Liz Boldon

Liz Boldon is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 25.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/26ed75ae-3230-4e92-82a3-486bd76e1893

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26ed75ae-3230-4e92-82a3-486bd76e1893 (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 Boldon’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.05), from 98 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 1 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 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/
- 2026-05-16 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 2433 Education finance bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2433/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 168 bills: 168 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 330. 1.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 27 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 97: A Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning Commissioner of Commerce Grace Arnold''s inaction on enforcement of home care nursing statutes (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR97/
- SF 5302: Prescription drugs prices establishment subject to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (in committee, 2026-05-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5302/
- SF 5275: Minnesota child credit amount increase (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5275/
- SF 5274: Anonymous threat reporting system grants to schools provision and appropriation (in committee, 2026-05-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5274/
- SF 5276: Eligibility for assistance creation to manufactured home owners experiencing economic displacement (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5276/
- SF 5212: Local public housing program bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5212/
- SF 5168: Baby brain builder tool kits funding appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5168/
- SF 5110: Direct Care and Treatment new secure psychiatric residential treatment facility bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5110/
- SF 5109: Health impact assessments requirement to be conducted in certain circumstances to assess the impact of proposed projects on human health (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5109/
- SF 4980: Certain uses of public land by homeless individuals penalties prohibition provision, criminal proceedings affirmative defense provision, and civil remedies… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4980/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.4K (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=1259
- Campaign site: https://lizboldon.com/
- X: https://x.com/LizBoldonMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/replizboldon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizboldonmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCois6laWDDMdVKnTLmV7yDQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-boldon-8a137b9b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26ed75ae-3230-4e92-82a3-486bd76e1893
